China Morning Missive

There’s a rather famous quote which I expect will begin making the zeitgeist rounds in the not-to-distant future. Fantastic to see it here in this article.

"Who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island." Attributed to historian Halford Mackinder in 1904, the concept stated that whichever power controlled the landmass from Russia to China, and all part in-between, would rule the world.

The reason for bringing this up is to highlight the recently launched China-to-Iran rail line. Not only does this allow for faster transit, but the rail line also removes the all potential threats of maritime chock points.

Strongly recommend reading through this article below. It hits on so many pertinent points.