Robert D. Kaplan

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Robert D. Kaplan (2014)

Robert D. Kaplan (born June 23, 1952 in New York ) is an American journalist and publicist.

In 1994, he set up a paradigm for global political developments in a highly regarded article for The Atlantic Monthly magazine entitled The Coming Anarchy . Kaplan believes global anarchy is imminent. He justifies this mainly with regard to the civil wars in Africa. His proposal to put a stop to this development is the hegemony of a liberal empire . American exceptionalism is based on this point of view .

Publications (selection)

  • Surrender or Starve: The Wars Behind the Famine . Westview Press, Boulder 1988, ISBN 0-8133-0754-6 .
  • Soldiers of God: With the Mujahideen in Afghanistan . Houghton Mifflin, Boston 1990, ISBN 0-395-52132-7 .
  • Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History . St. Martin's Press, New York 1993, ISBN 0-312-08701-2 .
    • German edition: The ghosts of the Balkans: A journey through the history and politics of a crisis area . Translated by Michael Windgassen and Thomas Ziegler. Kabel, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-8225-0254-5 .
  • The Arabists: The Romance of an American Elite . Free Press, New York 1993, ISBN 0-02-916785-X .
  • The Ends of the Earth: A Journey at the Dawn of the 21st Century . Random House, New York 1996, ISBN 0-679-43148-9 .
    • German edition: Traveling to the frontiers of mankind: What the future will look like . Translated by Annegrete Lösch and Harald Stadler. Droemer Knaur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-426-26860-4 .
  • To Empire Wilderness: Travels Into America's Future . Random House, New York 1998, ISBN 0-679-45190-0 .
  • The Coming Anarchy: Shattering the Dreams of the Post Cold War. Random House, New York 2000, ISBN 0-375-50354-4 .
  • Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus . Random House, New York 2000, ISBN 0-375-50272-6 .
  • Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos. Random House, New York 2002, ISBN 0-375-50563-6 .
  • Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power. Random House, New York 2010, ISBN 978-1-4000-6746-6 .
  • The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate. Random House, New York 2012, ISBN 978-1-4000-6983-5 .
  • Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shapes America's Role in the World . Random House, New York 2017, ISBN 978-0399588211 .

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SURNAME Kaplan, Robert D.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH New York , United States