Tag Archives: Robert Kaplan

  1. A Taiwanese F-16 fighter jet prepares for takeoff, August 12, 2006 (Steven Weng)

    US Concede to Chinese Pressure, Cancel F-16 Sale

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    The United States watered down an arms deal with Taiwan in an attempt to appease China.

  1. President Barack Obama briefs German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and French President Nicolas Sarkozy during the climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, December 18, 2009

    America’s Tripolar Approach to Europe

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    Robert Kaplan suggests that American foreign policy in Europe should focus on France, Germany and Poland.

  1. China and India’s Strings of Pearls

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    China and India are competing for influence across the Indian Ocean, each building bases on small islets and atolls.

  1. An abandoned railway track near the Afghan border, January 9, 2008 (Agha Waseem Ahmed)

    The Afghan Silk Route: A Pipe Dream?

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    Afghanistan, situated in the heart of Asia, has for centuries been pivotal to international transport and trade. The argument is

  1. North Pass of Juyongguan pass, known as the Badaling, January 2010 (Javier Alvarez Cobb)

    The Geography of Chinese Power

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    Writing for the International Herald Tribune, Robert D. Kaplan makes good sense once again on geopolitics. This time, he describes