“What is now the EU was set up so that France and Germany could hug each other so tightly in a loving embrace that neither would be able to get an arm free with which to punch the other.” — Tim Marshall Copy Share Image
“The routine expression of hatred for others is so common in the Arab world that it barely draws comment other than from the region’s… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“We have even broken the shackles of the Earth’s gravity. In our newly globalised world we can use that technology to give us all… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“Because it is located so far south, and the coastal plain quickly rises into high land, South Africa is one of the very few… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“Look again at the standard Mercator map and you see that Greenland appears to be the same size as Africa, and yet Africa is… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“The countries of northern Europe have been richer than those of the south for several centuries. The north industrialised earlier than the south and… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“What is now the EU was set up so that France and Germany could hug each other so tightly in a loving embrace that… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“Baltic and the North Sea are still there. In his book Of Paradise and Power the historian Robert Kagan argues that Western Europeans” — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“Equally important, anyone stupid enough to contemplate invading America would soon reflect on the fact that it contains hundreds of millions of guns, which… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“When we are reaching for the stars, the challenges ahead are such that we will perhaps have to come together to meet them: to… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma,” but few go on to complete the sentence, which ends “but perhaps there… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“The word ‘arctic’ comes from the Greek artikos, which means ‘near the bear’, and is a reference to the Ursa Major constellation whose last… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“All the sovereignty issues [in the Arctic region] stem from the same desires and fears -- the desire to safeguard routes for military and… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“To this day most people still live close to the coastal areas, despite the dramatic decision made in the late 1950s to move the… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
