West/Non-West: Funhouse Mirror of World Politics

... of NATO. Famous American geopolitician Nicholas Spykman developed the theory of H. Mackinder introducing the concept of the Rimland, land areas encircling the Heartland. Unlike Mackinder, Spykman sought to understand how to prevent the domination of ... ... the pivotal part of the planet had shifted from Central Asia to the Middle East where Europe, Asia, and Africa come together. Orientalism and Occidentalism As can be seen, the re-emerging West/non-West opposition represents nothing more than a revival ...