Robert D. Kaplan

American writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1952 · age 74

Robert David Kaplan is an American author. His books are on politics, primarily foreign affairs, and travel. His work over three decades has appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The New Republic, The National Interest, Foreign Affairs and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications.

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2016“Wherever you have weakening states and turmoil, you will have a fertile petri dish for terrorism.”In their wordsRobert D. Kaplan, cited in: Steve Lamy, ‎John Masker (2016), Introduction to Global Politics. p. 232Read the whole statement

2014“Europe is a landscape; East Asia a seascape. Therein lies a crucial difference between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.”In their wordsRobert D. Kaplan (2014), Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific. p. 21Read the whole statement

2011“In foreign policy, a modest acceptance of fate will often lead to discipline rather than indifference.”In their wordsRobert D. Kaplan (2011), Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Requires a Pagan Ethos, p. 110Read the whole statement

1952Born23 June 1952

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Simon Wiesenthal told me that any political party in a democracy that uses the word 'freedom' in its name is either Nazi or Communist.
Robert D. Kaplan, Balkan Ghosts, p. liii, Own words

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