![]() ![]() Few of Marshall’s explanations for the decline of territorial conflict - among them the risks of nuclear war, the rise of globalization and economic interdependence, and the contention that human society has generally become more civilized and rational - have much to do with geography. DescriptionThe Power of Geography: Ten Maps that Reveal the Future of Our World the sequel to Prisoners of GeographyIn this revelatory new book, Marshall. When countries do fight over territory today, the battles are strictly limited: Consider troops from India and China, two nuclear-armed superpowers, going at it, by mutual agreement, with rocks and metal rods on their disputed Himalayan border. The exceptions - Russia’s incursions into its post-Soviet neighbors, China’s threats against Taiwan - only prove the rule, as leftover disputes from the breakup of the Soviet Union and China’s civil war, respectively. ![]() And yet, conventional conflicts between states over the control of territory are nearly unheard of today. He sees states as constantly motivated by fear of invasion or the desire for territorial expansion. ![]() But Marshall never really addresses the changing nature of armed conflict. ![]()
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