{"id":150387,"date":"2026-04-26T21:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T21:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150387"},"modified":"2026-04-26T21:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T21:30:08","slug":"why-us-led-security-alliances-in-asia-are-losing-coherenceunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150387","title":{"rendered":"Why US-led security alliances in Asia are losing coherenceUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostGeopolitics, at its core, examines how geography shapes international politics, power distribution and security dynamics. One enduring idea is geographer Halford Mackinder\u2019s \u201cheartland\u201d theory, which situates Eurasia as the central arena of global power competition.<br \/>\nIn 1904, Mackinder argued that the vast land mass of Europe and Asia \u2013 what he called the \u201cworld island\u201d \u2013 contained a pivotal core, the \u201cheartland\u201d, rich in resources, population and strategic depth. His dictum \u2013 \u201cWho rules Eastern&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/world-opinion\/article\/3351015\/why-us-led-security-alliances-asia-are-losing-coherence?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostGeopolitics, at its core, examines how geography shapes international politics, power distribution and security dynamics. One enduring idea is geographer Halford&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150387"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}