West/Non-West: Funhouse Mirror of World Politics

... category of mixed types such as 3) Thalassocracy-leaning (the USA), 4) Tellurocracy-leaning (Russia) and 5) fluctuating between Thalassocracy and Tellurocracy (France during the Napoleonic Wars as a colonial empire). Such scholars of the Anglo-American school ... ... typical of the maritime or continental position of the leading powers. And it’s exactly what later evolved into concepts of the Heartland, Lenaland, and Rimland. Andrey Kortunov: Heartland Reunion: Geopolitical Chimera or Historical Chance? Since the Earth's ...