An Analysis of the Influential Geopolitical Thoughts of Francis Fukuyama, Alfred Mahan, Samuel P. Huntington, and Halford Mackinder
(By Dr. Atique Rehaman) The ascendance of Asia can be attributed to Sir Halford Mackinder’s 1904 essay, which proposed the concept of the world as a “World Island” and identified the “Heartland.” Nonetheless, Mackinder’s viewpoint on geopolitical power has been criticized for its Eurocentric disregard for America. Unlike Halford J. Mackinder’s European concerns about a…