Robert D. Kaplan

Kaplan is the author of The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China

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What Tolstoy Can Teach Us About Geopolitics

To understand what might happen next in this tumultuous world, one needs a literary imagination, writes Robert D. Kaplan

By Robert D. Kaplan

America Is Strongest When We Unite Realism and Human Rights

Realism in foreign policy reflects a messy, dangerous world where too little can be distilled into clear-cut moral absolutes, and thus national interest takes precedence over universal values. Nevertheless, a world ravaged by war, migration,...

By Robert D. Kaplan

Iran and the New Geopolitics

The nuclear accord just announced demonstrates the limitations of American power in the Middle East

By Robert D. Kaplan

Geopolitics and the New World Order

Geography increasingly fuels endless chaos and old-school conflicts in the 21st Century.

By Robert D. Kaplan
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