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- In order to explain the British control of the sea he listed some elements of sea power
- Those were: geographic location, physical structure, land area, population, character of people and government. He also identified that sea power was a comprising strong navy and commercial fleet
- That's right! He also argued that the proper control of the sea depends on necessary communication in the broadest sent for a nation to project its power and influence
- We are missing one theory
- The Rimland theory! That one stated that the main power resides in the countries on the periphery of Europe and Asia
- That is correct! He said that in the outskirts is the land of the heart so whoever controls the boundaries will eventually control the world island
- And what about the Shatterbelt and Bufferzone?
- With those, he explain the opposition to the unification in the European continent since that would change the balance. Remember when US intervened in Europe to avoid German hegemony
- Can we talk about similarities and differences within the theories?
- We can!Both, Mahan´s and Spykman theories state that the control of coastal states and oceans has advantages over control of land.Both Spykman and Mackinder has similar assumptions about unity of world politics and unity of worlds oceans
- On the contrary, Heartland theory states that whoever controls the Heartland will control the World Island, while Rimland states that whoever controls the Rimland, will control the worldAside from that, Heartland emphasizes landlocked areas while Rimland argues that sea power with longer coastlines is more powerful
- Class is over...
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