WILL RUSSIA QUIT SYRIA
CURRENT GEOPOLITICS AND MACKINDER’S PIVOT OF HISTORY
16 December 2024
While we talk about the rush to a multipolar world and the end of block politics, reality is we have numerous conflicts. In this article, I will argue that these are best viewed as approximating to one long joined-up front line between America and its allies, and the Rest of the World. From Ukraine, through the Donbas and Crimea and The Black Sea, the Caususes (Georgia, Armenia, Azabaijan), Syria Lebanon Israel Jordan Iraq, the Caspian Sea, Iran, Central Asia (the Stans), Afghanistan, Pakistan, China.