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Central Asia is the prime battlefield in the New Great Game — Pepe Escobar

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More intersection of geopolitics (control of territory) and geoeconomics (resource). Russia and Central Asia, along with Africa, which is now also in play with many US and allied bases there, on to mention Latin America, which is already ringfenced by the Monroe Doctrine, are where much of the world's natural resources are located. These areas are now part of the battleground for control in the new Great Game based on unipolarism (continued domination of the globe by the West under the US-led "rules-based order") versus multipolarism (national sovereignty and the rule of international law, led by Russia and China). Simply put, multipolarism guarantees all countries the right to develop independently as they see fit for themselves and their circumstances, including traditions, while

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More intersection of geopolitics (control of territory) and geoeconomics (resource). Russia and Central Asia, along with Africa, which is now also in play with many US and allied bases there, on to mention Latin America, which is already ringfenced by the Monroe Doctrine, are where much of the world's natural resources are located. 

These areas are now part of the battleground for control in the new Great Game based on unipolarism (continued domination of the globe by the West under the US-led "rules-based order") versus multipolarism (national sovereignty and the rule of international law, led by Russia and China). Simply put, multipolarism guarantees all countries the right to develop independently as they see fit for themselves and their circumstances, including traditions, while unipolarism requires development in accordance with the rules of the hegemon, including liberalism and Western values. 

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Central Asia is the prime battlefield in the New Great Game

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The "anaconda strategy" is designed to secure the natural resources of the region by the Western powers.

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Central Asia is the prime battlefield in the New Great Game — Pepe Escobar

You know what this is? This is the anaconda strategy.
control and strangulation of the coastal zones of littoral countries in Africa and Asia, including India and China, emphasizing the role of force in establishing political order. By the end of World War II, it became obvious to identify the "Heartland" with the Soviet Union. The defeat of Germany enhanced the reputation of Mackinder's geopolitical concept.

Therefore, in Spykman's new model of world order, a mainland power from the "hartland" (the USSR) confronts a maritime power from the "outer crescent" (the United States), separated by a zone of contact ("rimland"). In accordance with this model, the postwar policy of containment of communism was formed in the United States. The U.S. containment of the "fortress" (the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact countries) was realized by the formation of anti-Soviet military blocs along the "rimland": NATO in Europe, CENTO in West Asia, and SEATO in East Asia. The confrontation was alternated by big and small conflicts in Berlin, Korea, Middle East, Vietnam, Cambodia and Afghanistan.

PS...As it is not difficult to understand on the basis of this geopolitical theory the relations between countries have been formed since 1904 when Alford Mackinder put forward it for the first time.

Heartland [Mackinder] versus Rimland [Spykman].
"He who controls Rimland controls Eurasia [Heartland], and he who controls Eurasia controls the destinies of the whole world"


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Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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