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Professor Brands on Mackinder and the Eurasian Century, Engelsberg Ideas

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In this five-part series in Engelsberg Ideas, Kissinger Center Professor Hal Brands examines the ideas of Sir Halford Mackinder and the trajectory of the Eurasian Century. Beginning with the geopolitical issues of the early 1900s, Professor Brands explores the evolution of grand strategy and highlights the major concepts over the ensuing century, through the Cold War to the collapse fo the Soviety Union.

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