The essay presented as "The Spykman Trap" argues that the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East cannot be understood through separate crises or short-term diplomacy. Instead, it treats the region as part of a single strategic system shaped by geography, power projection and long-running policy choices.
Drawing on the tradition of Nicholas J. Spykman, the piece revisits the idea of the Rimland — the belt of territory surrounding the Eurasian heartland — as a key zone for global influence. In this reading, ports, corridors, trade routes and strategic access points matter as much as military posture, because they connect finance, security and political control.
The article’s core claim is that the West tried to secure its position by building a fortress-like order across this space. According to the author, that approach did not produce lasting stability. Instead, it deepened fragmentation and contributed to the weakening of the broader American-led order the strategy was supposed to protect.
Overall, the blog post offers a geostrategic critique of Western policy in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean. It frames current instability not as a string of isolated emergencies, but as the outcome of a larger design in which capital, transit corridors and regional alignment have been central to the struggle for influence.
