Does geography dictate international politics? No. But does it affect her? Of course. With the bestseller The 10 maps that explain the world British Tim Marshall, for 30 years correspondent of the BBC and Sky News, he showed us how mountain ranges, rivers, seas and deserts contribute to shaping the historical trajectories of a nation, its economic prospects and the choices made by the leaders who govern them. Today, with the new book The power of maps. The 10 crucial areas for the future of our planet, the journey continues. From Australia to the Sahel, from Greece to Turkey, from the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia and then flying beyond the Earth’s atmosphere, Marshall explains that we are only at the beginning of a long struggle for control of the Pacific, that the next crisis of refugees in Europe is much closer than you think, and that the new frontier of geopolitical competition will be space.
Tim Marshall, The power of maps. The 10 crucial areas for the future of our planet, Garzanti, 420 pages, 20 euros