S. Kalyanaraman replies: Mackinder's heartland theory highlighted the probability of Imperial Russia, which occupies the vast, interior, pivotal position in Eurasia, and which enjoys direct territorial access to all the other regions (Inner Crescent, or Rimland in Spykman's formulation) of the Eurasian landmass (West Asia, South Asia, East Asia and Europe), expanding its territorial extent along these axes and thereby seeking dominance over the whole world.
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