It is probably a fairly common reaction to be either outraged, or perplexed, or both, at Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine. Why is he risking international opprobrium, at the very least, for ...

“Geography has always been a prison of sorts — one that defines what a nation is or can be, and one from which our world leaders have often struggled to break free.” To better explain these ...

To see how geography and ideology collide, consider the ominous plain that is the Turkish-Syrian border. On one side is a Nato country. On the other, for long stretches, are the jihadis of the ...

In the book, “Prisoners of Geography” by Tim Marshall, he writes: “The land in which we live always shaped us. It has shaped the wars, the power and social development of the peoples that ...

The media often becomes consumed by political tittle-tattle so it is refreshing that a leading correspondent should remind us, in the subtext to Prisoners of Geography, that there is something far ...

“The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World,” a sequel to 2015’s “Prisoners of Geography,” takes readers on a tour of places — from Australia to Iran to ...

In this regard, “Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World (Politics of Place)” by Tim Marshall is a fascinating and useful book whose opening chapter is highly ...

Prisoners of Geography breaks the globe up into 10 distinct regions and examines just what the implications are behind the lie of the land. He takes care to use a projection that doesn’t distort ...

In 10 breakneck chapters, Marshall explains the way in which geography has shaped the actions of Russia in the Ukraine, the complex interplay between African nations and the rest of the world—with ...