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Prisoners Of Geography: Explaining Global Politics
A new book, Prisoners of Geography, gives an insight into the dramatic recent changes in global security through an understanding of geopolitics.
A whole raft of new conflicts, humanitarian disasters and tensions, from the rise of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria to a resurgent Russia, have changed the world we live in.
The government's decision to commit to spending two per cent of national income on defence in the summer budget, meanwhile, can be seen as evidence of just how seriously Britain regards threats from an increasingly unstable world.
Forces TV's Kate Gerbeau spoke to the book's author Tim Marshall, a former diplomatic editor for Sky News and a leading authority on foreign affairs.
She asked him why a grasp of geopolitics is so vital to understanding the world we're in now.
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