War is forcing the world to reckon with geography’s power

Geography is back with a vengeance. “As we think about the global economy or the modern economy, we often forget just the basic plumbing, and that is logistics,” said Shannon O’Neil, senior vice-president of studies and Maurice R. Greenberg chair at the Council on Foreign Relations. “Stuff still needs to get from here to there.” Conflicts and climate change are causing disruption Countries and armed groups that can’t begin to match the military, technological or economic power of the United States have to some degree held the world’s economy hostage simply because of their position on the map. Iran disrupted…