5/19/2021, 7:00:00 PM
If you want to understand what’s happening in the world, look at a map. Tim Marshall’s global bestseller Prisoners of Geography showed how every nation’s choices are limited by mountains, rivers, and seas. Since then, the geography hasn’t changed, but the world has.
In a revelatory Salon London live stream, Tim will explore ten regions that will shape global politics in a new age of multipolar rivalry, the subject of his new book: The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World. Find out why Europe’s next refugee crisis is closer than it thinks; why the Middle East must look beyond oil and sand to secure its future; why the eastern Mediterranean is one of the most volatile flashpoints of the twenty-first century; and why the Earth’s atmosphere is set to become the world’s next battleground. In ten chapters covering Australia, The Sahel, Greece, Turkey, the UK, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Space.
Yes in this lucid and gripping exploration, he’ll explain the power of geography to shape humanity’s past, present – and future.
Tim will be in conversation with Jonathan Paterson. Jonathan is a freelance journalist and consultant who spent two decades with the BBC, initially travelling the world's hotspots, before realising there were people far braver than him, and returning to London for a series of senior editorial roles. Most recently Head of Video for BBC News digital platforms, he also worked for Newsnight and Radio 4.
This Salon is part of our drive to get us together with the big ideas we need. Tickets are £10 or why not support our bookselling and buy our book inclusive ticket, which includes the option of getting more involved in the Salon in our live signing with Tim to sign your copy of, The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World, and we'll post it to you after the Salon. Alternatively, become a member and get your big ideas curated by us at Salon London for a whole year.
