“Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland;
Who rules the Heartland commands the world-island;
Who rules the world-island controls the world.”
This is the Mackinder doctrine, the foundation of Anglo-American supremacy: the inexorable convergence of Russia and Europe sounds the death-knell of that supremacy.
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BRUSSELS, June 25 (RIA Novosti) – The European Union is seeking closer ties with Russia under President Dmitry Medvedev, the EU foreign policy supremo said in an interview published on Wednesday.