The completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway and proliferation of railways across Eurasia in the early 20th century created new possibilities for large-scale military conquest by enabling big aggressive powers to move armies over larger distances than previously possible since Genghis Khan.
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“mender gave his famous lecture on the importance of Eurasia in early 1904 just as the Trans Siberian Railway was being completed and the proliferation of Railways in general and that Railway in particular across Eurasia raised the prospect that a big aggressive power could move big armies over larger distances um than really at any time since genas K”
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'We’re Living In a Pre-War World. Great Power War Is No Longer Unthinkable.' | Ep. 49 Hal Brands— Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik PreslCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:56:42 AM
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