--- title: Robert D. Kaplan | TIME description: Robert D. Kaplan is a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and the author of "The Revenge of Geography.", The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China, and The Good American: The Epic Life of Bob Gersony, the U. S. Government’s Greatest Humanitarian. He holds the Robert Strausz-Hupé Chair in Geopolitics at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. canonical: https://time.com/author/robert-d-kaplan/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/robert-d-kaplan/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Robert D. Kaplan ## Robert D. Kaplan Robert D. Kaplan is a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and the author of "The Revenge of Geography.", [_The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China,_](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/672341/the-loom-of-time-by-robert-d-kaplan/) and [_The Good American: The Epic Life of Bob Gersony, the U. S. Government’s Greatest Humanitarian_](https://bookshop.org/a/4973/9780525512301)_. He holds the Robert Strausz-Hupé Chair in Geopolitics at the Foreign Policy Research Institute._ ## Robert D. Kaplan *  Aug 31, 2023 ### [What Tolstoy Can Teach Us About Geopolitics](https://time.com/6309819/leo-tolstoy-teach-us-about-geopolitics/) To understand what might happen next in this tumultuous world, one needs a literary imagination, wri... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 9, 2021 ### [America Is Strongest When We Unite Realism and Human Rights](https://time.com/5937592/george-schultz-life-realism-human-rights/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 15, 2015 ### [Iran and the New Geopolitics](https://time.com/3959548/iran-and-the-new-geopolitics/) The nuclear accord just announced demonstrates the limitations of American power in the Middle East [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 20, 2014 ### [Geopolitics and the New World Order](https://time.com/31911/geopolitics-and-the-new-world-order/) Geography increasingly fuels endless chaos and old-school conflicts in the 21st Century. [WORLD](/section/world/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/robert-d-kaplan/","name":"Robert D. Kaplan"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/robert-d-kaplan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/robert-d-kaplan/"},"name":"Robert D. Kaplan","jobTitle":"","description":"Robert D. Kaplan is a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and the author of \"The Revenge of Geography.\", The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China, and The Good American: The Epic Life of Bob Gersony, the U. S. Government’s Greatest Humanitarian. He holds the Robert Strausz-Hupé Chair in Geopolitics at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.","url":"https://time.com/author/robert-d-kaplan/","sameAs":["https://x.com/RobertDKaplan"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```