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Issues of United States strategy in Central Asia

The concept of Central Asia being a geographical pivot of history was first introduced to public in 1904 by sir Halford John Mackinder. Nowadays geopolitical schemes are still based on the “geographical” part of that idea. We can argue a lot about the “pivotal” part of Mackinder’s concept, but the “geographical” part is too strong to overthrow – Central Asia is, indeed, in the center of habitable land of the Old World. This exceptional location made...