Tim Marshall on the Power of Geography, Part Two
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Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm head of programming, Connor Boyle. For this episode, we're rejoining for part two of our conversation with Tim Marshall, the Global Affairs journalist turned best-selling author of books such as Prisoners of Geography and his newest title, The Future of Geography, How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World. Tim was live on stage recently at London's Kiddogan Hall, joined by science communicator and presenter, Helen Chersky. This is the second installment of our in-depth discussion, Intelligence Square Premium subscribers can get access to the full conversation, including content that isn't available anywhere else. Head to intelligence squared.com slash membership to find out more or hit the IQ two extra button on Apple. Now let's rejoin our host, Helen Chersky, live on stage in conversation with Tim Marshall. So let's pick up on that on Crimea and you know the those regions of of of Ukraine which are You know, currently the there was some movement and now the bits that Russia controls are the Crimea and then these kind of bits around the edge, basically.
Is it's the Like is is the just from a g geographical point of view Does if r I mean, it it's unclear whether Russia is going to end up holding any of those regions, but from a geographical point of view, is there a natural border anywhere in there? And and if so, where is it? There's a natural border, but you know, there's there's a There's a limit to how much
Natural borders should dictate. Uh I mean the the French during the French Revolution, um Actually no, when Napoleon took over, one of his generals was saying, We have a natural frame, we shouldn't go beyond it, which is the Pyrenees. The ocean. The rhyme. And then they see at the top that that's your lot.
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