Cold Feet, Warm Waters: Russia’s Strategic Retreat
Journal: GEOpolitics
Year: 2025

When Sir Halford Mackinder devised his Heartland-Rimland theory, the rulers of Russia had long cherished dreams of becoming a hybrid power that would encompass the straits of both the Heartland and Rimland. While Russia is the world’s largest country by land area, much of its coastline lies in the Arctic Ocean, which is frozen for […]