GEOPOLITICAL REGIONALISTICS: THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST AS THE “HEARTLAND” OF THE 21ST-CENTURY WORLD-SYSTEM
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geopolitical regionalistics, Greater Middle East, Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, forecasts of the geopolitical situation in the regionAbstract
The author has applied the geopolitical regionalistics concept to the Greater Middle East as the new heartland within the geopolitical theory of Halford Mackinder and offered the following arguments: this region directly affects the political and economic processes unfolding in the world which, in their turn, are products of entangled interests of the great and regional powers and the much wider scopes of globalization-related interaction and interconnection of the countries of Central Asia, Transcaucasia and the Middle East. The Greater Middle East is a new geopolitical phenomenon created by the end of the Cold War and the Soviet Union’s disintegration, which allowed the main actors of world politics to reformat the regional space to the south of the Russian borders.
Inspired by the new horizons, Turkey, Iran, and Saudi Arabia are waging an uncompromising struggle for regional leadership. Having analyzed the local situation and assessed the trends that will shape the future political context of the Greater Middle East, the author has offered his own forecasts of the future of the geopolitical situation in the region.
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