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

Nourzhanov, Kirill

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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.

dc.contributor.authorNourzhanov, Kirill
dc.contributor.editorMegoran, N.
dc.contributor.editorSharapova, S.
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T21:53:23Z
dc.identifier.isbn9781849042437
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/38503
dc.description.abstractThis 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.
dc.publisherC. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofCentral Asia in International Relations: The Legacies of Halford Mackinder
dc.rightsThe Publisher permission to archive the version was granted via email on 25/10/16
dc.source.urihttp://global.oup.com/academic/product/central-asia-in-international-relations-9780199327973;jsessionid=0751CB10150BBD4B69BED3F6E53DCB9D?cc=au&lang=en&#
dc.titleMackinder on the Roof of the World: Contemporary Geopolitical Discourse in Tajikistan
dc.typeBook chapter
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
dc.date.issued2013
local.identifier.absfor160607 - International Relations
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4334722xPUB162
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationNourzhanov, Kirill, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage149
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage170
local.identifier.doi/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199327973.003.0006
dc.date.updated2020-12-20T07:31:17Z
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublicationUnited Kingdom
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