Meaning & use
rimland
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In geopolitics, the coastal fringe regions of Eurasia that lie between the continental interior and the surrounding seas.
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Cold War strategists focused on containing Soviet influence across the rimland of Asia and Europe.
Spykman argued that whoever controlled the rimland would ultimately dominate world affairs.
A note on using this word
Coined by geopolitical theorist Nicholas Spykman in the 1940s as a counterpoint to Halford Mackinder's heartland theory.
Words with an opposite meaning
heartland
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