In the latter part of the 19th century, an obscure American admiral, Alfred Thayer Mahan, propounded what he called the "Heartland Theory." It presupposed that if a combination of Eurasian nations (China, India, Russia) merged into a single power block, they could control the rest of the world.
Although a naval strategist, Mahan realized that maritime powers such as dominant Great Britain and the evolving United States of America would only have a marginal impact on the world's future. He likened the sea lanes to arteries of commerce, indispensable to the maintenance of economic growth.
As today's global restructuring indicates, world power is increasingly reposing in the world's extractionist and conversion nations.
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