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Lebensraum political science development theory elite theory rule impossibility theorem state monopoly on violence power

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Halford Mackinder

Halford Mackinder

British political geographer

Haushofer

Karl Haushofer

German officer and political geographer

Rudolf Kjellén

Swedish political scientist