A #WorldHistory colouring book--guess whose weekend is sorted.

My recent podcast with School of War on Great Power Diplomacy: tinyurl.com/mr3x5dzh. Thanks to Aaron MacLean for an engaging conversation.

“A new global economic corridor is about to come online. … This is a gamechanger” ASPI Center for the National Interest

🇰🇷 moves north to the Arctic. huge implications for Asia-Pacific trade incoming.

Thanks to Dr. John Hamre @csis for a stimulating conversation about my new book Great Power Diplomacy, which comes out next Tuesday! shorturl.at/CxD2o

Been consumed with other things lately and not making enough maps. But had a fresh look at the Baltic and came up with this take with an old style. Labeling needs work, but feels more dynamic than the traditional view.

*That’s* how you do it. Walking the ground, map in hand. #WWTJ Battle Honours Tours @andyaitcheson

xkcd.com/2613

very into oblique maps at the moment (especially ones that include Bornholm, my favorite island of Denmark)

I’m loving this view of the Baltics by @rhodesmaps. A nice way of showing how close St Petersburg is to the Baltic states.

Came across a beautiful old globe.

My new map of the Baltic Sea got a strong response last week, especially thanks to the RT by Simon Kuestenmacher. Many seemed to appreciate the fresh perspective on maritime geopolitics, and a few asked for a high-resolution download, so I've posted it here: thinkinginspace.net/f/baltic-sea--…

[ACTUS] Cette semaine découvrez nos nouvelles cartes, réalisées pour différents projets et à retrouver dès maintenant en librairie. ➡️ Les maîtres du Monde - éditions Eyrolles

If you are in London on Nov. 10th, I will be giving a talk at the Royal Geographical Society on 19th century naval history, exploration, and diplomacy in the life of Alexander Macomb Mason. Also online. Information on Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) website: rgs.org/events/upcomin…

I am grateful to Wil Anthony Hay for his thoughtful review of Great Power Diplomacy over the weekend in The Wall Street Journal: wsj.com/arts-culture/b….

So glad to receive my copy of Great Power Diplomacy by Wess Mitchell. It was a worthy challenge to make maps for a range of case studies. I am especially grateful that Wess thought to include a "Note on the Maps": a rare chance to reflect on the interplay of maps and strategy.

Rhodes Cartography I am grateful to Rhodes Cartography for the beautiful, one-of-a-kind maps in Great Power Diplomacy. Strategic cartography of the kind Andrew creates, in the grand tradition of Richard Edes Harrison, has become a lost art in the US.

New Wess Mitchell book (p. 24) "From their perch on the Bosporus, Theodosius and his advisors looked out on a vast estate of dizzying complexity whose frontiers stretched from the Adriatic to the Euphrates and from the Danube to the Nile. In every direction, trouble beckoned."

Rhodes Cartography The kingdom of France had two crucial geopolitical advantages: a big arable northern heartland coursed by deep navigable rivers and imposing natural barriers on every frontier but one.