This is 11 year video But what I see , is most of his comments are coming true about Russia, Syria, China, America, Canada , Middle East . Hats of to this Academician Mr. Robert Kaplan
According to the book "The Revenge of Geography" by Robert Kaplan, geographical factors wield a profound influence on the course of human history, shaping the destinies of nations and playing a pivotal role in determining the interactions, conflicts, and alliances that unfold on the global stage.
The author Robert Kaplan, in "The Revenge of Geography," points out that geographical factors are not mere backdrops but powerful forces that shape the geopolitical landscape, influencing the rise and fall of empires, the emergence of conflicts, and the challenges faced by modern societies.
In his work "The Revenge of Geography," Robert Kaplan suggests that the physical landscape and geographic features exert a potent influence on the political, social, and economic dynamics of nations, often serving as a critical backdrop to the intricate tapestry of global affairs.
5000 years ago Sahara was as green as it could be. South America it's on similar latitudes with Africa. America was developed by the will of the founder fathers towards a 100% humanist and illuminist future.
+Cesar Farinho It means that geography helps determine how nations act in the world. He was once part of Stratfor, a company that focusing on geopolitical forecasting. Their founder, George Friedman believes that it's possible to predict geopolitical events. Both George Friedman and Robert Kaplan agree on much of their views of the world, but they disagree on how accurate geopolitical forecasting really is. Friedman thinks that it's possible to predict because of constraints that are in place on leaders, while Kaplan believes that it isn't as feasible because human nature interferes and adds an element of uncertainty to global events.
In the American bubble we can't even come to terms with our own imperial power Issues like geographical control of the world or even shipping lanes are not discussed in our main stream. You have to understand how badly the fall of the Soviets fucked up our grand strategy before you can understand why Americans write books like these. These should be issues we're well versed in, but the vast majority of our talk about foreign affairs is so ideologically charged it's worthless. Basically he just wrote a realist book that Americans can fit in their own odd view of the world.
Eric M seems to me that the prevailing view in the US, regarding diversity in the world, political in particular, is: why can't they just be like us? and foreign policy, on the surface at least, is about how to make'em more like us. you're quite right about the ideological charge. but if it is Democracy that's invoked, it's money and geostrategical interests that are the real cause and there seems to be a total lack of scruple about wreaking havoc anywhere if it serves the purpose
***** Yes exactly, we are stuck in an ideological struggle with hundreds of flavors of things we don't like. And can't change. We have an inability to look at the world from a realist perspective, or recognize what our ideological stances mean about our power. Complete denial Things used to be simple. One ideology to fight, and gave us simple and effective propaganda. And we had the soviets to make us think about the stupid shit we were doing. A complex world can't be governed by people who have no strategic empathy and no check on their power. We are now a global empire, and need return to the more realist approach of our forefathers. Trade and fund our defense expenditures. Keep standard of living up. Americans will acknowledge strategic interests, but we overemphasize things that we find distasteful so we can "fix" them. Which causes things like half a million dead in Iraq from us starving them through sanctions.
(...) "he does geography a serious disservice and misleads the many readers from outside academia who will think that the geographers’ work he draws on reflects the extent and quality of their contributions to contemporary scholarship"... (The AAG Review of Books, 1(1) 2013, pp. 1-3).
15 minutes into this and its all banal narration and usual stupidity from a pseudo-philosophical base. Hope I can continue watching. Usual myopic illusion and delusional perspective.
Excellent exposition of the importance of geography by Robert Kaplan, as always.
This is 11 year video
But what I see , is most of his comments are coming true about Russia, Syria, China, America, Canada , Middle East .
Hats of to this Academician Mr. Robert Kaplan
One of the only intros I didnt skip.
This is my favorite new thinker
Bobby is a great geopolitical prognosticator.
Next to George Friedman, he is the best.
According to the book "The Revenge of Geography" by Robert Kaplan, geographical factors wield a profound influence on the course of human history, shaping the destinies of nations and playing a pivotal role in determining the interactions, conflicts, and alliances that unfold on the global stage.
The author Robert Kaplan, in "The Revenge of Geography," points out that geographical factors are not mere backdrops but powerful forces that shape the geopolitical landscape, influencing the rise and fall of empires, the emergence of conflicts, and the challenges faced by modern societies.
Very nice Analysis.
In his work "The Revenge of Geography," Robert Kaplan suggests that the physical landscape and geographic features exert a potent influence on the political, social, and economic dynamics of nations, often serving as a critical backdrop to the intricate tapestry of global affairs.
He was bang on right about Poland being important.
Man I'd pay to have a beer with this guy
The geopolitical landscape is deeply influenced by geographical factors (Kaplan, 2012).
One of the top 100 global thinkers according to FP Magazine 2012. President Obama is in that same list.
Obama is the greatest disappointment of the 21st century.
Obama was Bush Jr, there's not a dimes worth of difference between them.
Recycling ibn khaldun
he can live well off his books can't he?
5000 years ago Sahara was as green as it could be. South America it's on similar latitudes with Africa. America was developed by the will of the founder fathers towards a 100% humanist and illuminist future.
That's a lot of pencils
I surely need a life. I'm off !!!
geography is a force? what does that mean? the world is different everywhere you go??
+Cesar Farinho It means that geography helps determine how nations act in the world. He was once part of Stratfor, a company that focusing on geopolitical forecasting. Their founder, George Friedman believes that it's possible to predict geopolitical events. Both George Friedman and Robert Kaplan agree on much of their views of the world, but they disagree on how accurate geopolitical forecasting really is. Friedman thinks that it's possible to predict because of constraints that are in place on leaders, while Kaplan believes that it isn't as feasible because human nature interferes and adds an element of uncertainty to global events.
what's the bloody point? is texas like utah?
In the American bubble we can't even come to terms with our own imperial power
Issues like geographical control of the world or even shipping lanes are not discussed in our main stream.
You have to understand how badly the fall of the Soviets fucked up our grand strategy before you can understand why Americans write books like these. These should be issues we're well versed in, but the vast majority of our talk about foreign affairs is so ideologically charged it's worthless.
Basically he just wrote a realist book that Americans can fit in their own odd view of the world.
Eric M seems to me that the prevailing view in the US, regarding diversity in the world, political in particular, is: why can't they just be like us? and foreign policy, on the surface at least, is about how to make'em more like us. you're quite right about the ideological charge. but if it is Democracy that's invoked, it's money and geostrategical interests that are the real cause and there seems to be a total lack of scruple about wreaking havoc anywhere if it serves the purpose
*****
Yes exactly, we are stuck in an ideological struggle with hundreds of flavors of things we don't like. And can't change. We have an inability to look at the world from a realist perspective, or recognize what our ideological stances mean about our power. Complete denial
Things used to be simple. One ideology to fight, and gave us simple and effective propaganda. And we had the soviets to make us think about the stupid shit we were doing. A complex world can't be governed by people who have no strategic empathy and no check on their power.
We are now a global empire, and need return to the more realist approach of our forefathers. Trade and fund our defense expenditures. Keep standard of living up.
Americans will acknowledge strategic interests, but we overemphasize things that we find distasteful so we can "fix" them.
Which causes things like half a million dead in Iraq from us starving them through sanctions.
(...) "he does geography a serious disservice
and misleads the many readers from outside academia
who will think that the geographers’ work he draws on
reflects the extent and quality of their contributions to
contemporary scholarship"... (The AAG Review of Books, 1(1) 2013, pp. 1-3).
When he was asked for Israel and Palestine , he smoothered with excuses and changing countries.
I thought IPI was a serious institution? Why are you hosting people who write books about things that they dont understand?
Its very silly to talk about American power etc, when it is run by Europe
15 minutes into this and its all banal narration and usual stupidity from a pseudo-philosophical base. Hope I can continue watching. Usual myopic illusion and delusional perspective.
I was grooving along until he started spouting climate change bullshit.