Shanghai lectures (2018) Eurasianism 欧亚大陆

Eurasianism
欧亚大陆

Principles, Theories, Geopolitics
原则, 理论,地缘政治

Eurasia as multilayer concept
Eurasia = geographical concept (Europe – small, Asia – big)
Eurasia = Land Power, Heartland of Mackinder (opposed to Sea Power and atlanticism)
Eurasia = Turan, Step’, nomadic part to the north from China, India, Persia, Greece
Eurasia = Russia as country
Eurasia = Russia as Empire, USSR, Post-Soviet space
Eurasia = Russia as civilization (slavo-turk, European/Asian)
Eurasia = Idea of unified diversity (Empire of Middle)
Eurasia = one pole of multipolar world