No. 4, Issue 34, 2005

CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS
No. 4, Issue 34, 2005
IN THIS ISSUE:

On the Centenary of Halford Mackinder’s
Geographical Pivot of History

Eldar Ismailov. PREFACE

Nick Megoran, Sevara Sharapova. MACKINDER’S “HEARTLAND”: A HELP OR HINDRANCE IN UNDERSTANDING CENTRAL ASIA’S INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS?

Ekaterina Borisova. HALFORD MACKINDER’S IDEAS TODAY

Sayragul Matikeeva. MACKINDER’S LEGACY: WAS IT A PROPHESY?

Ulugbeck Khasanov. ON MODERN GEOPOLITICAL PLURALISM OR ONE-NATION HEGEMONISM

Anita Sengupta. 9/11 AND THE HEARTLAND DEBATE IN CENTRAL ASIA

Ambrish Dhaka. MACKINDER’S HEARTLAND AND THE LOCATION OF THE GEOPOLITICAL TETRAHEDRON

Fabrizio Vielmini. THE INFLUENCE OF MACKINDER’S THEORY ON CURRENT U.S. DEPLOYMENT IN EURASIA: PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES

Levent Hekimoglu. WHITHER “HEARTLAND”? CENTRAL ASIA, GEOGRAPHY AND GLOBALIZATION

Bahodirjon Ergashev. DETERMINISM VERSUS FRICTION: A CRITIQUE OF MACKINDER

Nick Megoran. THE POLITICS OF USING MACKINDER’S GEOPOLITICS: THE EXAMPLE OF UZBEKISTAN

Sevara Sharapova. MACKINDER’S “HEARTLAND” THEORY AND THE ATLANTIC COMMUNITY

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

The Special Feature section in the next issue will discuss: Central Asia and the Caucasus

  • The Democratic Revolutions in Georgia and Ukraine and their Impact on Central Asian and Caucasian Politics
  • Border Delimitation and Separatism
  • What Makes the Parliamentary and Presidential Elections in Central Asia and the Caucasus Specific