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Robert Kaplan, a contributing editor with The Atlantic, talked about his book, In Europe’s Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty-Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond.

Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg opened a day-long conference on the future of U.S. foreign policy with a speech about U.S. foreign policy priorities. Following his remarks diplomat…

Robert Kaplan talked about his book Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts: The American Military in the Air, at Sea, and on the Ground, published by Random House. He provided a ground-level portrait…

Robert Kaplan talked about his book Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground, published by Random House. He spent time with the U.S. Armed Forces in several countries around the…

Robert Kaplan was interviewed about his life and work. He also responded to telephone calls, faxes, and electronic mail from viewers. Robert Kaplan is a correspondent for the Atlantic …

The American Enterprise Institute held a discussion on controlling information during wartime. Panelists talked about the dissemination of classified information, the relationship between th…

Mr. Kaplan talked about his book, Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucases, published by Random House. In his book and talk, Mr. Kaplan examines the soc…

Robert Kaplan discussed his article in the new Atlantic Monthly magazine on how the U.S., as the ruler of a global empire, should operate to preserve its imperium. He responded to audience t…

Author Robert Kaplan talked about his book Warrior Politics, published by Random House, with Council on Foreign Relations Director Garrick Utley. Touching on the work of ancient philosophers…

Mr. Wright and Mr. Kaplan debated the condition of the world in 2010. Mr. Wright talked about some of the themes of his book, Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, published by Pantheon Books…

Author Robert Kaplan talked about his book The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero, published by Oxford University Press. The author examined the origin of zero, how the symbol for it…

Author Robert Kaplan talked about his book The Coming Anarchy: Shattering the Dreams of the Post Cold War, published by Random House. A collection of nine previously published essays, the bo…

Robert Kaplan discussed his book, An Empire Wilderness, published by Random House. The book is about his travels through the American west from Kansas to Washington state. He talked about th…

Mr. Kaplan theorized that constructive pessimists who planned for the worst-case scenarios founded the United States. He said that Americans overemphasized the role of character in their cou…

Panelists discussed global security and the future of United States military capability. They outlined the steps which need to be taken to ensure safety and the continued modernization of th…

Robert Kaplan talked about his recent book, “The Ends of the Earth: A Journey at the Dawn of the 21st Century,” published by Random House. He warned against the widening gap between rich and…