Prisoners of Geography

Mountains, rivers, coastlines and the absence of a warm-water port explain a surprising share of foreign policy, and Tim Marshall builds his account of world affairs on exactly that. Each section takes a region and reads its politics through the terrain: what a country can defend, where it can trade, which neighbours it cannot avoid. This tenth anniversary edition has been revised to take in the shifts of the past decade, and the writing stays free of specialist jargon from start to finish. Key features: • Updated tenth anniversary edition of the geopolitics bestseller • Region-by-region analysis tied to physical terrain and borders • Maps and examples that ground abstract strategy in real places • Plain language aimed at readers with no background in the field Useful for students, journalists, civil service aspirants and anyone following international news, available in English at Boipoka.