“Then when you get to the moon, that’s more geography. “There’s radiation belts, there’s vast oceans of distance superhighways, where you can slingshot around a planet to to take advantage of its gravity, to speed you up etc. He explained the atmosphere is a ‘border’ beyond which “prime real estate” is to be found, the low earth orbit where satellites are. Tim Marshall discusses the geopolitical space race in his forthcoming book Mr Marshall says the great space rush of the 21st century is in full pelt, with great cosmic strides to be taken by countries competing for power over the next 50 years. There is now there’s no real separation between the two.” “So much in our life is absolutely connected to it, whether it’s your mobile phone, your car, jeeps, your delivery, the next day, the military, international systems. I wanted to take that template and put it out in space to let us try to better understand. We all know that their borders, there are rivers, mountains. “Geography has an impact on international relations. “I used that sort of language just to get us used to the idea that it isn’t really any more ‘out there’. He told Scotland Tonight: “It’s just an hour up to space if you’re going 60 miles an hour.
Now his sights have turned to the skies as his new book, The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World, predicts how society will grow with the geopolitical space race in the near future.īut he insists this is not science fiction – this is simple geopolitics. The journalist and bestselling author has 30 years’ experience writing about international diplomacy and foreign affairs, reporting from 30 countries and covering 12 wars throughout his career. We can learn a lot from Tim’s generosity of spirit.The international fight for power and resources in space is escalating – and there is no going back, according to Tim Marshall. Understanding people from their perspectives is in such a short supply in today’s social media rage! That makes for the integrity of his commentaries and analysis. He’s one of the media’s good guys, staying clear of political commentary, instead seeing the world from the viewpoint of the people and places he observes. Our paths have crossed radio and TV newsrooms at Independent Radio News, LBC and Sky News in London and we stayed in touch as he became a bestselling author on geopolitics. His latest book, The Power of Geography, Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World discusses the many changes in a globalised and multipolar world. Our guest today is former TV and radio foreign correspondent, now acclaimed best-selling author on geopolitics, Tim Marshall.
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