Description: From the New York Times bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography and leading geopolitics expert comes an "insightful, hopeful, and endlessly fascinating" (Daily Express) book on today's new space race and the geopolitics of space--including the increasingly tense power struggle between the US, China, and Russia and what it means for all of us here on Earth.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 reality. Humans are venturing up and out, and we're taking our competitive spirit with us. Soon, what happens in space will shape human history as much as the mountains, rivers, and seas have impacted civilizations around the world. It's no coincidence that Russia, China, and the US are leading the way. The next fifty years will change the face of global politics and the world order as we know it. In this must-read work, bestselling author Tim Marshall navigates the new astropolitical reality to show how we got here and where we're heading. Extensively researched, "thought-provoking" (Popular Science), and drawing on the latest information from intelligence, government, and civilian institutions, this book provides a detailed, clear account of the new space race, the power rivalries, and how technology, economics, and war have a ripple effect on everyone across the globe. Written with all the insight and wit that have made Marshall one of the world's most popular and trusted writers on geopolitics, The Future of Geography is an essential read about global power, politics, and the future of humanity.
Brief description: 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.
Review Quotes: "Insightful, hopeful and endlessly fascinating, Marshall's latest non-fiction masterpiece sets out the possibilities and pitfalls that lie ahead." -Daily Express "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." -Daily Telegraph "Thought-provoking. . . . Marshall's assessments intrigue, and he provides valuable insight into an overlooked aspect of space exploration." -Publisher's Weekly "Compelling . . . Marshall demonstrates a refreshing understanding of the new space age - one in which humanity will go into space and stay there . . . His book is an important contribution to the growing work of space-power . . . readable, intelligent and forward-leaning. It provides a practical vision of our necessary future in space, and I recommend it." -Brandon J. Weichert, Times Literary Supplement "Tim Marshall boldly goes where no geopolitical thinker has gone before." -Business Post "Lead[s] the reader on a voyage of galactic discovery." -The Mail on Sunday "Marshall is an engaging writer, good at explaining the science as well as the politics, and with an eye for a telling fact." -New Statesman "[An] engaging exploration of power politics in space." -Irish Independent "A superb survey of planetary politics." -The Sunday Times "Thought provoking and worrying in equal measures." -Popular Science "[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 "A prophetic vision of what the geopolitics of space could look like over the next 50 years." -ClimateWithBrian.com