Tim Marshall on the power of geography and the new frontier of geopolitics: Space

[@humanbeing6933]

Great easy to read Author who makes issues like this accessible to everyone. Really enjoyed his book on what was Yugoslavia too (Shadowplay)

[@NMiller80666]

Tim Marshall sparked my interest in Geopolitics :).

[@picejumbo]

Geography and geopolitics are the absolute basics.

[@shishirmehta8709]

Well done Krishna for bring on note worthy people on to your progs.👏👏 very intresting listening

[@paulbrowne3033]

Listening to Tim on Irish radio about Britain geography etc leading to empire like many historical circles omitted the fact Ireland needed to be conquered as to avoid back door to invasion but crucially the vast forests were cut down to provide timber for the emerging British navy, later food surpluses kept a growing British population sustained to expand the empire, so one country needed the other as well as manpower for its armies /navy empire building is never just geographical!

[@chilldude30]

Oh yeah, Ireland played a big part in creating the British Empire

[@ascgazz]

Interesting sweatshirt Krishnan.

[@herbayum76]

It would be less tiring to listen to had they done a sound check...

[@tonyyarbray]

yeah check sound before you start and maybe do a split screen i find the back and forth camera cuts annoying going form who is talking to watch someone listen or make a 'I'm listening' face or just waggle his bottom in his seat when he didn't expect the camera to switch

[@dimitrismanolas]

Please do a sound check next time

[@ascgazz]

Doesn’t sound like a remainer though does he.

[@simonb7048]

the audio is horrific for some reason for moi

[@chessdaddy0720]

Great interview, but not agree with the guest's opinion. Every nation looks for its own interests. With the two superpower countries of the US and China, they will find ways to align themselves with the superpower based on their interest. The US is retreating, at a faster pace during Trump's 4-year presidency. The underlying issue could be more complex and difficult to handle such as race division, the gap between rich and poor, outdated infra, and etc. In the meantime, China is rising faster. Hope two superpower countries won't end up like the cold war or even worse WWIII. For China, its main interest is to leverage its economic power to have greater influence. In the latest economy update, EU/East Asian 10 nations have China as their largest trading partners. Taiwan, resisting the unification, nevertheless has more than 40% of export to mainland China. It's a smart way for China to claim its position in the world by establishing economic ties, not by war. As matter of fact, China has rarely invaded other nations in its 5000-year history. This mentality is built in its DNA and philosophy. And it's a good thing, good for the peace of the world.

[@Seastallion]

China is NOT a Superpower, they are a Regional Power. The official definition of a Superpower Nation is one capable of fighting two wars simultaneously in two different theaters. The US remains the only Nation capable of doing so. Odds are not good that China will ever be a Superpower. For one, their geography works against them as they are surrounded by hostile neighbors, and secondly they are facing a severe demographic implosion that will put significant pressure on them. In addition, they're facing very serious economic problems that may soon blow up in their faces, Evergrande being a good example.

[@chessdaddy0720]

@@Seastallion Your definition of superpower is correct. Then look at how US handles the Afghanistan? How to explain it

[@Seastallion]

@@chessdaddy0720 Afghanistan wasn't a war. It was, at best, a police action and social experiment badly managed. The withdrawal wasn't simply badly managed it was incompetence so severe that it's not much of a stretch to believe it was intentional. The US hasn't really flexed its true military might in quite some time. In fact, the last time the US REALLY flexed its full might was during WWII, when it fielded a 12 Million strong military in the European and Pacific theaters, while simultaneously supplying more than half of all the war materials used in the war. Everything since then hasn't really been the US making a serious war effort. It's almost all been casual uses of military capability and that casual approach has from time to time reflected itself in poorly managed operations leading to disaster for the ones on the ground. Meanwhile, the political power in Washington has been left unscathed and ready to play another round of the "war games". Once upon a time, the political class in Washington took the global order seriously, since then it has devolved into an exercise in self aggrandizement and enrichment opportunities behind the scenes. The US political class has declined significantly, but the US military technical capability is as strong as ever.

[@virginiamccallum3366]

@@Seastallion Why does no one ask why Northern Tribal and other tribal areas just laid down all those American supplied weapons, did not use even one bit of American supplied training to defend their people and territory -- all without Taliban firing even one shot? How is that something the U.S. had control over? Aside from continuing to do their job to defend themselves for them? Once Trump made a separate peace with the Taliban - one possibility is the tribal leaders made their own separate deals with the Taliban? How is that the fault of Biden? Or the U.S. Military? Have you another plausible answer?

[@shishirmehta8709]

China has not invaded any country in its history, Hope you are right and these words don't come back to bite you, China is an unknown quantity

[@stokesk1]

Dreadful audio. Real pity

[@southafrica6120]

Tremendously poor analytics ( talking about Russian part) ….. very Superficial knowledge of the history …… therefore my conclusion is - with the degraded Western political and economic elite together with a such unprofessional analysis based on prejudice ….. Russia is saved !!!! 😄😄😄 Good luck to all !