Quote of the day
The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian.
Halford Mackinder
Born: February 15, 1861
Died: March 6, 1947 (aged 86)
Bio: Sir Halford John Mackinder was an English geographer, academic, politician, the first Principal of University Extension College, Reading and Director of the London School of Economics, who is regarded as one of the founding fathers of both geopolitics and geostrategy.
Known for:
- Britain and the British seas (1902)