%0 Journal Article
%T Die Macht des geografischen Raums ¨C Auch nach gut hundert Jahren sind Halford J. Mackinders Aussagen zum  geografischen Drehpunkt der Geschichte¡° von ¨¹berraschend politischer Relevanz
%A Maresch
%A Rudolf
%J Journal of New Frontiers in Spatial Concepts
%D 2010
%I KIT Scientific Publishing
%X The English geographer Sir Halford Mackinder ended his famous 1904 article, ¡°The Geographical Pivot of History,¡± with a disturbing reference to China. He posited that the Chinese, should they expand their power well beyond their borders, ¡°might constitute the yellow peril to the world¡¯s freedom.¡± Leaving aside the sentiment¡¯s racism, which was common for the era, nearly a hundred years ago Mackinder¡¯s statement gives us a surprising view of enormous political actuality in geopolitics, which was denied for a couple of decades in Western Europe, especially in Germany.
%K Geography
%K Space
%K Power
%K Geopolitics
%K Pivot
%U http://ejournal.uvka.de/spatialconcepts/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/spatialconcepts_article_1184.pdf