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Robert Kaplan | Veteran Geopolitical Analyst On A World In Permanent Crisis

February 26, 2025 • Robert Kaplan • Episode 197

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Robert Kaplan has been sighted as one of the most influential geopolitical thinkers of the modern era. The Revenge Of Geography, Surrender or Starve, Balkan Ghosts, Asias Cauldron, The Tragic Mind, and so on, I counted 18 books so far with his most recent being - Waste Land: A World In Permanent Crisis.

I’ve listened to many of his books at this point, I found Revenge Of Geography a few years ago whilst preparing for my interviews with Tim Marshall.

00:00 - Robert D. Kaplan
00:54 - Deterioration Of The Rules Based Order
08:34 - Utopian Versus Tragic Leaders
14:32 - Geographies Role In Shaping Geopolitics
23:05 - Writing For History Or Influence?
25:13 - Australia
28:46 - A Position Robert Holds That Folds Against The Status Quo

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