What is the "Great Game" and how does NATO pushing missiles closer and…
The "Great Game" refers to the 19th-century strategic rivalry (roughly 1830s–1890s) between the British Empire and the Russian Empire for influence, territory, and control in Central Asia.<grok:render card_id="f1ee84" card_type="citation_card" type="render_inline_citation"><argument name="citation_id">0</argument></grok:render>
Britain aimed to protect its "jewel in the crown" (India) from Russian expansion, while Russia sought to expand southward for security, trade routes, warm-water ports, …
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