Heartland Reunion: Geopolitical Chimera or Historical Chance?

... is one of Mackinder’s main points, and it is by no means outdated. The Prerequisites for Consolidation Andrey Kortunov: Indo-Pacific or Community of Common Destiny? It would seem that there are no fundamental obstacles to the consolidation of the Heartland: the interests of Beijing and New Delhi coincide on most major international issues. China and India have much in common. Both countries are, in their own way, historically stable and internally cohesive alternatives to Atlantic civilization. China and India are, along with the Arabic East (and to a lesser extent Tropical Africa south of the Sahara), the two most important points of the crystallization of “non-western” ...