Aaron O’Connell, Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin, joins the show to talk about the “founding fathers” of 20th century geopolitical thought: Mahan, Mackinder, and Spykman.
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• 01:46 Introduction
• 02:20 From Marine to scholar to the NSC
• 06:24 Alfred T. Mahan
• 12:27 Choke points, decisive battle, and battleships
• 15:45 Security through imperialism
• 18:08 Chinese Mahanians
• 20:33 China’s crowded neighborhood
• 21:27 Halford Mackinder
• 28:56 Heartland rising
• 31:36 Inner and outer crescent
• 33:01 Nicholas Spykman
• 37:55 The nature of power
• 39:03 Containment
• 42:11 The American role
• 46:22 The path of partnerships
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