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The New Great Game: the West, Uyghers and China
• July 29, 2015
• 2,200 Words • 115 Comments • Reply
The control of Central Asia has been a core part of international relations since the “Great Game” between Tsarist Russia and the British Empire. At the turn of the 20th century, John Halford Mackinder developed the “Heartland Theory,” which revolves around the concept of a pivot area/Heartland, that covers Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Western China... Read More