Mackinder on the Roof of the World: Contemporary Geopolitical Discourse in Tajikistan

Kirill Nourzhanov

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Mackinder on the Roof of the World: Contemporary Geopolitical Discourse in Tajikistan

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This chapter presents a snapshot of geopolitical discourse in Tajikistan, based on fieldwork and interviews conducted in Dushanbe and Khujand in the autumn of 2009. It treats 'Mackinderian geopolitics' as the cumulative legacy of British, German, and American political geographers from the first half of the twentieth century informed by Halford Mackinder’s idea of the pivot/heartland.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Central Asia in International Relations: The Legacies of Halford Mackinder
Editors	Megoran, N. and Sharapova, S.
Place of Publication	United Kingdom
Publisher	C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd
Pages	149-170
Volume	1
ISBN (Print)	9781849042437
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199327973.003.0006
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Mackinder on the Roof of the World: Contemporary Geopolitical Discourse in Tajikistan. / Nourzhanov, Kirill.
Central Asia in International Relations: The Legacies of Halford Mackinder. ed. / Megoran, N. and Sharapova, S. Vol. 1 United Kingdom: C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, 2013. p. 149-170.

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