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The concept of geopolitics initially gained attention through the work of Sir Halford Mackinder in England and his formulation of the Heartland Theory which was set out in his article entitled " The Geographical Pivot of History " in 1904.

Mackinder's doctrine of geopolitics involved concepts diametrically opposed to the notion of Alfred Thayer Mahan about the significance of navies ( he coined the term sea power ) in world conflict.

He saw navy as a basis of Colombian era empire ( roughly 1492 – 19 < sup > th </ sup > century ) and expected 20 < sup > th </ sup > century to be domain of land power.

The Heartland theory hypothesized the possibility for a huge empire being brought into existence in the Heartland, which wouldn't need to use coastal or transoceanic transport to remain coherent.