Open AccessThe British Geopolitician’s Views on the Slavic question. For the 100th anniversary of Halford John Mackinder’s "Democratic Ideals and Reality"
Author(s) -
Ella Zadorozhnyuk
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
perspektivy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2411-3417
DOI - 10.32726/2411-3417-2019-3-83-94
Subject(s) - slavic languages , spell , democracy , coercion (linguistics) , promotion (chess) , political science , history , classics , law , philosophy , theology , politics , linguistics
In H.J. Mackinder's book "Democratic Ideals and Reality," published 100 years ago, the term "Slavic question" is absent. However, the British geopolitician noted Eastern Europe and the Slavic peoples inhabiting it in his famous spell about the key to domination over the world. The belt of states on the map between the defeated Germany and the revolutionary Russia was identified as "strategic Heartland." Mackinder proposed to link the solution of the Slavic question with promotion of "democratic ideals" in these countries, allowing also measures of coercion.