The Future of Geography - How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World
By Tim Marshall

COMING SOONand - The perfect companion to Tim Marshall's geopolitical explainers! Test your geography IQ withand Prisoners of Geography: The Quiz Book. Includes over 300 questions, puzzles and word games based on world affairs, designed to challenge, entertain and inform.and Available to PRE-ORDER NOW in paperback and ebook - out 10th October 2024THE NO.1and SUNDAY TIMESand BESTSELLERAand SUNDAY TIMESand BOOK OF 2023A WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2023Space: the biggest geopolitical story of the coming century - new from the multi-million-copy international bestselling author ofand Prisoners of Geographyand andand The Power of GeographySpy satellites orbiting the Moon. Space metals worth billions. Humans on Mars within our lifetimes.This isn't science fiction. It's astropolitics.We're entering a new space race - and it could revolutionise life on Earth.Space: the new frontier, a wild and lawless place. It is already central to communication, economics, military strategy and international relations on Earth. Now, it is the latest arena for human exploration, exploitation - and, possibly, conquest. We're heading up and out, and we're taking our power struggles with us. China, the USA and Russia are leading the way.From physical territory and resources to satellites, weaponry and strategic choke points, geopolitics is as important in the skies above us as it is down below. If you've ever wondered if humans are going back to the Moon, who will benefit from exploration or what space wars might look like, the answers are here.With all the insight and wit that have made Tim Marshall the UK's most popular writer on geopolitics, this gripping book shows how we got here and where we're going, covering great-power rivalry; technology; commerce; combat in space; and what it means for all of us down here on Earth. This is essential reading on power, politics and the future of humanity.