Books by Robert D. Kaplan
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review 1: A disappointing read. The preface was promising but there onwards it starts to go downhill. The subject of geopolitics is interesting, but the world traveling author makes it a daunting read because everything is jumbled and feels under researched. Kaplan has a way to gorge out t...
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review 1: This was interesting, but never compelling. It's a standard IR book about the South China Sea region, which the author believes to be the most likely conflict spot over the coming decades as China grows, the U.S. (relatively) declines, and the other Southeast Asian countries eme...
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review 1: "For wise policymakers, while aware of their nation's limitations, know that the art of statesmanship is about working as close to the edge as possible, without stepping over the brink. In other words, true realism is more an art than a science, in which the temperament of a sta...
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review 1: This was another great novel by Robert Kaplan, where he effectively describes and summarizes the position of each of the critical nations in Southeast Asia and how they are responding to China's growing maritime power. As an individual who has toured several of these countries du...