Prisoners of Geography

There's something attractive about the claim that a nation's prosperity and geopolitical history can be explained by its geography. The characteristics of our coasts, rivers and mountains define how successful we are at trading and how eager we are to wage war with our neighbours. And why straight borders drawn in colonial past are meant to fail.

Illuminating how important and political shipping routes still are. Channels are are being built, the melting of arctic ice is welcome, and all to allow us to cut transportation routes short.

An excellent geopolitical history primer.