First of all , we would like to begin with an explanation what does the Eurasia is, for a full imagination of it.

First of all, we would like to begin with an explanation what does the Eurasia is, for a full imagination of it.

-The Eurasia takes 55 km2.Approximetely it take more than a half of the whole world.

-The population of Eurasia is more than 4.7 billion inhabitants.

-The borders of Eurasia usually measure from East part of Ural Mountainsto the Caucasus.

The Cold War period (late 1940s to late 1980s) was long enough to present a real test of Mackinder's theory, as the Soviet Union:

the Western powers' main objective during the Cold War was to limit the Soviet Union's expansion and influence by any means which would not lead to a nuclear war. Some Western pundits doubted whether the West could survive in the long term (centuries), and hardly anybody seriously considered attempting to reduce the Soviet Union's territory or influence.

But Mackinder had pointed out that "The actual balance of political power at any given time is… geographical conditions, both economic and strategic, and, on the other hand, of the relative number, virility, equipment and organization of the competing peoples."

And there was increasing evidence that the Soviet Union lacked "virility, equipment and organization": Thats why Soviet Union failed.

---The United States has also been using the Heartland Theory in their guidelines in foreign affairs. The US has military bases all over the world and has kept good allies with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait which keep a United States influence in the Middle East, close to the Pivot Area. Having military presences in Afghanistan, the Iraq War and the NATO expansion in Europe gave the United States even more power in an area that is pivotal to having control of the Heartland.[

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