Robert D. Kaplan, Robert Strausz-Hupé Chair in Geopolitics at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and author of Waste Land: A World in Permanent Crisis
Aaron, another good episode today. I looked through my Study books and don't see one from Mr. Kaplan, but I will be looking for a copy of the Revenge of Geography. That sounds like a great read. I especially like his comment about technology making the world so small we are one huge Weimar. As usual, great work and look forward to the next espisode. Hopefully one coming soon on the Replublic of Georgia.
Aaron, I really enjoyed this episode. Thank you to Mr. Kaplan and thank you for creating it! I have so little expertise in things geopolitical, but I have expertise in knowing what I can't grasp. Back when Russia invaded Ukraine, I was listening to a former Catholic missionary to Ukraine on Matt Fradd's "Pints with Aquinas" podcast. He said something powerful. He said that the modern western mind really can't grasp that conflict, as old and complicated as it is. That made sense to me. And it may well be true in Gaza, in Taiwan and countless other places. I'm confident that our American understanding of such ancient problems is terribly inadequate. Post-modern materialists, we don't always grasp the ancient reality that land, tribe, honor and religion are unbelievably powerful forces. Again, I always appreciate your work.
Fascinating 🧐
Another fine episode.
Aaron, another good episode today. I looked through my Study books and don't see one from Mr. Kaplan, but I will be looking for a copy of the Revenge of Geography. That sounds like a great read. I especially like his comment about technology making the world so small we are one huge Weimar. As usual, great work and look forward to the next espisode. Hopefully one coming soon on the Replublic of Georgia.
Aaron, I really enjoyed this episode. Thank you to Mr. Kaplan and thank you for creating it! I have so little expertise in things geopolitical, but I have expertise in knowing what I can't grasp. Back when Russia invaded Ukraine, I was listening to a former Catholic missionary to Ukraine on Matt Fradd's "Pints with Aquinas" podcast. He said something powerful. He said that the modern western mind really can't grasp that conflict, as old and complicated as it is. That made sense to me. And it may well be true in Gaza, in Taiwan and countless other places. I'm confident that our American understanding of such ancient problems is terribly inadequate. Post-modern materialists, we don't always grasp the ancient reality that land, tribe, honor and religion are unbelievably powerful forces. Again, I always appreciate your work.