"Who controls the Rimland rules Eurasia; who rules Eurasia controls the destinies of the world."
Spykman predicted the Cold War dynamic before WWII even ended. While the U.S. was fighting Germany and Japan, Spykman noted that a powerful Soviet Union in the Heartland was equally a threat to the balance of power. He foresaw that the U.S. would eventually have to contain Soviet influence to prevent them from overrunning the Rimland. nicholas j spykman the geography of the peace pdf
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1944. ... Spykman had planned a follow-up volume to America's Strategy in World Politics N. The Geography of the Peace - Foreign Affairs "Who controls the Rimland rules Eurasia; who rules