tellurocracy

noun

1. Dominance or supremacy due to military or commercial power on land.

   countable, uncountable

   Probably the United States has realized, a bit too late, that its stake on a pro-Pakistan regime in Afghanistan had been a mistake. Obviously, this was done not for the sake of stake itself: the strategic aim was to penetrate the Heartland. From the point of view of the tellurocracy versus thalassocracy opposition a maritime power (the US) may entrench itself in the IRAFPAK zone.

2. A state whose power derives from landbased military or commercial supremacy.

   countable, uncountable

   The "thalassocracy" here is the United States and its allies; the "tellurocracy" is Eurasia.

Where it comes from

From telluro- + -cracy. Coined by Russian political activist and philosopher Alexander Dugin.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry tellurocracy (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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