Tim Marshall is a leading authority on foreign affairs with more than thirty years of reporting experience. He was diplomatic editor at Sky News and before that worked for the BBC and LBC/IRN radio. He has reported from forty countries and covered conflicts in Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Israel. He is the author of Prisoners of Geography, The Age of Walls, A Flag Worth Dying For, The Power of Geography, and The Future of Geography.
‘A voyage of galactic discovery’ Robert Verkaik, The Mail
on Sunday
‘[An] engaging exploration of power politics in space’ Irish
Independent
‘A superb survey of planetary politics’ Bryan
Appleyard, The Sunday Times
‘[Tim’s] prose is brisk in pace and refreshingly crystalline in its
clarity, affording a highly readable lesson in historical
geopolitics… deeply thought-provoking’ BBC Sky at Night
‘Marshall is an engaging writer, good at explaining the science as
well as the politics, and with an eye for a telling
fact’ Lawrence Freedman, The New Statesman
‘Written with insight and great wit, this is an essential take on
power, politics and the future of humanity from the UK’s most
popular writer on geopolitics.’ The Daily Telegraph
‘In the latest instalment of his popular books on the meaning of
geography, Marshall looks to the stars and the new frontier where
astropolitics will be the new geopolitics’ Financial Times
‘An important contribution to the growing work of space-power
theorists’ Times Literary Supplement
‘Insightful, hopeful and endlessly fascinating, Marshall’s latest
non-fiction masterpiece sets out the possibilities and pitfalls
that lie ahead’ Daily Express ‘A fascinatingly insightful
book, written with humour and excitement about the road ahead’
Geographical
‘A fascinating and crucial insight into how, even as humanity moves
upwards into the final frontier, we’ll be influenced by the
geographies of space. Marshall has done it again!’ Professor
Lewis Dartnell, author of Being Human
‘Astropolitics is a word I never thought would enter my lexicon –
but after reading this fascinating book, I’m hooked!’ Dr Becky
Smethurst, astrophysicist and author of A Brief History of
Black Holes
‘Tim Marshall captures the excitement, anxiety and strangeness of
being at the beginning of a period of major geopolitical change. A
fascinating book.’ Helen Gordon, author of Notes from
Deep Time
‘If space is our future, this urgent book reveals that we’re in
danger of handing it over to warmongers, plutocrats and
conquistadors as rapacious as those on Earth. Tim Marshall shows us
why we need to look up – fast.’ Tom Burgis, author
of Kleptopia
‘A chilling, insightful exploration of the political and military
implications of our presence in space.’ Brian Clegg, author
of Final Frontier
‘This stirring book shows why astropolitics matters for everyone on
Earth – not just the scientists and the dreamers.’ Dr Bleddyn
E. Bowen, author of Original Sin: Power, Technology and War in
Outer Space
‘In his typical style – wielding a wickedly clever pen – Marshall
provides a thoroughly enjoyable, dizzyingly thought-provoking, and
technologically plausible ride through the terrain of solar
space.’ Professor Everett Dolman, author of Astropolitik:
Classical Geopolitics in the Space Age
‘The Future of Geography takes us on a gripping and amazing
journey, to guide us expertly and often amusingly into the
exploration of space and its profound implications for those of us
left behind on planet earth.’ --Professor Ian Goldin, author
of Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years
‘Having conquered the world with his bestselling series on how
geography shapes international relations, Tim Marshall is reaching
for the skies. As states and companies compete aggressively for
scarce resources on Earth, the desire to control space grows ever
more powerful. The next stage of geopolitical rivalry is being
shaped, he says, by who and what will dominate the final frontier.
What could go wrong?’ Jason Cowley, The Sunday Times, Best Thought
and Ideas Books of 2023
‘In his latest analysis of international relations,
our geopolitical columnist Tim Marshall turns his
attention to the skies and the geopolitics of outer space, or
‘astropolitics’. We’re headed back to the Moon and this time we’re
there to stay. Will it be a mission for the benefit of all
humanity? Unlikely, says Marshall in his new book, The Future
of Geography – at least, not unless we see a lot of changes,
and we’re running out of time to make them.’ Geographical, The best
books of 2023
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