Status Updates From Geografijos įkaitai

I feel like it is a bit disingenuous and reductive to say that Africa is trapped in poverty because the rivers have waterfalls and are thus unnavigable. Totally has nothing to do with violent resource extraction or the slave trade.

I’m very happy that this book is short

Big ideas:

Geographical features (mountains, deserts, bodies of water) are militarily and geopolitically relevant. Russia and China have large landmasses (Xinjiang) that act as a buffer zone from potential invaders