Tim Marshall

Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

Prisoners of Geography

Marshall explores ten regions that are set to shape global politics in a new age of great-power rivalry: Australia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UK, Greece, Turkey, the Sahel, Ethiopia, Spain and Space

Ten Maps That Reveals the Future of Our World

The Power of Geography

An enlightening popular account of the symbolism that drives global conflict

The Power and Politics of Flags

Worth Dying for

Walls are going up. Nationalism and identity politics are on the rise once more. Thousands of miles of fences and barriers have been erected in the past ten years, and they are redefining our political landscape. ; There are many reasons why we erect walls, because we are divided in many ways: wealth, race, religion, politics. In Europe the ruptures of the past decade threaten not only European unity, but in some countries liberal democracy itself. In China, the Party's need to contain the divisions wrought by capitalism will define the nation's future. In the USA the rationale for the Mexican border wall taps into the fear that the USA will no longer be a white majority country in the course of this century.; Understanding what has divided us, past and present, is essential to understanding much of what's going on in the world today. Covering China; the USA; Israel and Palestine; the Middle East; the Indian Subcontinent; Africa; Europe and the UK, bestselling author Tim Marshall presents a gripping and unflinching analysis of the fault lines that will shape our world for years to come.

Why We're Living in an Age of Walls

Divided

10 Karten erklären die Politik von heute und die Krisen der Zukunft

Die Macht der Geographie im 21. Jahrhundert

The last of the devastating series of conflicts resulting from the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, the Kosovo War saw more than 13,500 fatalities, with reports of atrocities, amid controversial intervention and bombing by NATO. Twenty years have passed since the war's end on 11 June 1999, yet Kosovo's status remains uncertain and questions remain about the possibility of future conflict on European soil. Tim Marshall, then diplomatic editor at Sky News, was on the ground covering the war. This is his captivating account of how events unfolded, exploring the inside story of the way MI6 and the CIA helped the Serbian people to overthrow Slobodan Milosevic, the president of Yugoslavia. It is also a thrilling journalistic memoir, revealing key strategic insights that went on to shape the ideas behind the million-copy international and no.1 Sunday Times bestseller Prisoners of Geography. Drawing on personal experience, eyewitness accounts, and interviews with intelligence officials from five countries, this is the definitive account of one of the major events in recent geopolitical history, the repercussions of which continue to be felt today.

The Inside Story of Europe's Last War

Shadowplay: Behind the Lines and Under Fire

Wie sich Weltpolitik anhand von 10 Karten erklären lässt

Die Macht der Geographie

Wiezniowie geografii, czyli wszystko, co chcialbys wiedziec o globalnej polityce

Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries' GDP. People on Mars within the next ten years. This isn't science fiction. It's astropolitics. Humans are heading up and out, and we're taking our power struggles with us. Soon, what happens in space will shape human history as much the mountains, rivers and seas have on Earth. It's no coincidence that Russia, China and the USA are leading the way. The next fifty years will change the face of global politics. In this gripping book, bestselling author Tim Marshall lays bare the new geopolitical realities to show how we got here and where we're going, covering the new space race; great-power rivalry; technology; economics; war; and what it means for all of us down here on Earth. Written with all the insight and wit that have made Marshall the UK's most popular writer on geopolitics, this is the essential read on power, politics and the future of humanity.

How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World

The Future of Geography

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Prisoners of Geography, a fascinating, “refreshing, and very useful” (The Washington Post) follow-up that uses ten maps to explain the challenges to today’s world powers and how they presage a volatile future. Tim Marshall’s global bestseller Prisoners of Geography offered us a “fresh way of looking at maps” (The New York Times Book Review), showing how every nation’s choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas, and walls. Since then, the geography hasn’t changed, but the world has. Now, in this “wonderfully entertaining and lucid account, written with wit, pace, and clarity” (Mirror, UK), Marshall takes us into ten regions set to shape global politics. Find out why US interest in the Middle East will wane; why Australia is now beginning an epic contest with China; how Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the UK are cleverly positioning themselves for greater power; why Ethiopia can control Egypt; and why Europe’s next refugee crisis looms closer than we think, as does a cutting-edge arms race to control space. Innovative, compelling, and delivered with Marshall’s trademark wit and insight, this is “an immersive blend of history, economics, and political analysis that puts geography at the center of human affairs” (Publishers Weekly).

Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World

Dünyanin Kaderini Degistiren On Harita

Cografya Mahkumlari

Non c'è storia senza geografia Per comprendere quel che accade nel mondo abbiamo sempre studiato la politica, l’economia, i trattati internazionali. Ma senza geografia, suggerisce Tim Marshall, non avremo mai il quadro complessivo degli eventi: ogni volta che i leader del mondo prendono decisioni operative, infatti, devono fare i conti con la presenza di mari e fiumi, di catene montuose e deserti. Perché il potere della Cina continua ad aumentare? Perché l’Europa non sarà mai veramente unita? Perché Putin sembra ossessionato dalla Crimea? Perché gli Stati Uniti erano destinati a diventare una superpotenza mondiale? Le risposte a queste domande, e a molte altre, risiedono nelle dieci fondamentali mappe scelte per questo libro, che descrivono il mondo dalla Russia all’America Latina, dal Medio Oriente all’Africa, dall’Europa alla Corea. Con uno stile chiaro e una prosa appassionante, Marshall racconta in che modo le caratteristiche geografiche di un paese hanno condizionato la sua forza e la sua debolezza nel corso della storia e, così facendo, prova a immaginare il futuro delle zone più calde del pianeta. NOTA ALL'EDIZIONE EBOOK Alcune mappe all'interno del volume sono state ruotate di 90 gradi per permetterne una visualizzazione ottimale anche ai device in bianco e nero e con gli schermi più piccoli.

Le 10 mappe che spiegano il mondo

First published in Great Britain in 2016 by Elliott and Thompson Limited as: Worth dying for: the power and politics of flags.

The Power and Politics of National Symbols

A Flag Worth Dying For

All leaders are constrained by geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Yes, to follow world events you need to understand people, ideas and movements - but if you don’t know geography, you’ll never have the full picture. If you’ve ever wondered why Putin is so obsessed with Crimea, why the USA was destined to become a global superpower, or why China’s power base continues to expand ever outwards, the answers are all here. In ten chapters (covering Russia; China; the USA; Latin America; the Middle East; Africa; India and Pakistan; Europe; Japan and Korea; and the Arctic), using maps, essays and occasionally the personal experiences of the widely travelled author, Prisoners of Geography looks at the past, present and future to offer an essential insight into one of the major factors that determines world history. It’s time to put the 'geo’ back into geopolitics.

Ten Maps that Tell You Everything You Need to Know about Global Politics

Geografins makt

Tim Marshall, the New York Times bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography, offers “a readable primer to many of the biggest problems facing the world” (Daily Express, UK) by examining the borders, walls, and boundaries that divide countries and their populations. The globe has always been a world of walls, from the Great Wall of China to Hadrian’s Wall to the Berlin Wall. But a new age of isolationism and economic nationalism is upon us, visible in Trump’s obsession with building a wall on the Mexico border, in Britain’s Brexit vote, and in many other places as well. China has the great Firewall, holding back Western culture. Europe’s countries are walling themselves against immigrants, terrorism, and currency issues. South Africa has heavily gated communities, and massive walls or fences separate people in the Middle East, Korea, Sudan, India, and other places around the world. In fact, more than a third of the world’s nation-states have barriers along their borders. Understanding what is behind these divisions is essential to understanding much of what’s going on in the world today. Written in Tim Marshall’s brisk, inimitable style, The Age of Walls is divided by geographic region. He provides an engaging context that is often missing from political discussion and draws on his real life experiences as a reporter from hotspots around the globe. He examines how walls, borders, and barriers have been shaping our political landscape for hundreds of years, and especially since 2001, and how they figure in the diplomatic relations and geo-political events of today. “Marshall is a skilled explainer of the world as it is, and geography buffs will be pleased by his latest” (Kirkus Reviews). “Accomplished, well researched, and pacey…The Age of Walls is for anyone who wants to look beyond the headlines and explore the context of some of the biggest challenges facing the world today, it is a fascinating and fast read” (City AM, UK).

How Barriers Between Nations Are Changing Our World

The Age of Walls

The Renewal of a European Metropolis

Transforming Barcelona

Hay un límite a lo que los hombres pueden decidir. A menudo, se trata de un límite real, físico. Montañas, ríos, mares y hormigón se interponen entre lo que los dirigentes han querido para sus países a lo largo de la historia y lo que han podido conseguir. Para entender y explicar lo que ocurre en el mundo solemos referirnos a personas, ideas y movimientos políticos; pero sin los condicionantes que impone la geografía el resultado de semejante aproximación sencillamente está incompleto. Muchos de los accidentes geográficos del planeta seguirán existiendo en el futuro. De aquí a un siglo, Rusia continuará mirando con angustia hacia el oeste, y seguirá encontrando allí una planicie difícil de defender. La cordillera del Himalaya continuará separando a India y Pakistán e impidiendo en gran parte un enfrentamiento directo. Florida continuará siendo el guardián que vigile la entrada y salida al golfo de México, pertenezca al país que pertenezca. Con ese punto de partida, y a través de diez mapas —de Rusia, China, Estados Unidos, Europa, África, Oriente Medio, India/Pakistán, Corea/Japón, Latinoamérica y el Ártico—, Tim Marshall mira al pasado, al presente y al futuro de la humanidad en este libro, una obra de investigación excepcional y accesible, de enorme éxito en Reino Unido y Alemania, que ha abierto los ojos de muchos acerca de uno de los mayores (y más ignorados) factores que determinan la historia mundial.

Todo lo que hay que saber de política mundial a partir de diez mapas

Prisioneros de la geografía

Wie sich Weltpolitik anhand von 10 Karten erklären lässt, Erweiterte und aktualisierte Taschenbuchausgabe

Waarom is Poetin geobsedeerd door de Krim? Welke rol speelden watervallen in de ontwikkeling van het Afrikaanse continent? Waarom is China een marinevloot aan het opbouwen? Wat voor conflict broeit er tussen Egypte en Ethiopië? Of het nu gaat om machtige bergketens of begeerlijke zeehavens, de geografische kenmerken van een land beïnvloeden het handelen van zijn leiders. Om de wereldpolitiek te kunnen volgen moet je mensen, ideeën en bewegingen begrijpen, maar zonder kennis van de geografie krijg je nooit een compleet beeld. Aan de hand van tien landkaarten legt ervaren buitenlandcorrespondent Tim Marshall uit hoe grenzen, grondstofvoorraden en de loop van rivieren de loop van de wereldgeschiedenis nog altijd bepalen.

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