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Book SynopsisCHARLES EMMERSON was born in Australia and grew up in London. After graduating top of his class in Modern History from Oxford University he took up an Entente Cordiale scholarship to study international relations and international public law in Paris. The author of
1913 : The World Before the Great War, he has also written numerous articles for a variety of newspapers, as well as speaking widely on geopolitics to university, literary, government and business audiences.He is a Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House (the Royal Institute for International Affairs).
Trade ReviewAs reviving as a blast of polar air, bringing the Arctic into wonderfully clear focus; one of the most impressive accounts of the contemporary Arctic I've read -- Joanna Kavenna * Spectator *
An excellent primer to the economic issues of a region so recently and rudely thrust into the geopolitical limelight -- Sara Wheeler * Financial Times *
It's rare to find books that treat [the Arctic] as something other than a chilly adventure playground or an excuse for reams of purple prose. Thank goodness, then, for Charles Emmerson... Ruthlessly efficient * Scotland on Sunday *
A fascinating, personal and visionary book. Splendid -- Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, author of A Blueprint for a Safter Planet
An expert on geopolitics, he writes with insight and authority * Independent on Sunday *
