"
The Great Game" was the strategic rivalry and
conflict between the
British Empire and the
Russian Empire for supremacy in
Central Asia.
[1] The classic Great Game period is generally regarded as running approximately from the
Russo-Persian Treaty of 1813 to the
Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907. A less intensive phase followed the
Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. In the post-Second World War post-colonial period, the term has continued in use to describe the geopolitical machinations of the
Great Powers and
regional powers as they vie for geopolitical power and influence in the area.
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