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Robert D. Kaplan quotes: Ivan showed that in his time and place the only antidote to chaos was absolutism.

Ivan showed that in his time and place the only antidote to chaos was absolutism.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: The search for power is not made for the achievement of moral values; moral values are used to facilitate the attainment of power.

The search for power is not made for the achievement of moral values; moral values are used to facilitate the attainment of power.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: Realists value order above freedom: for them the latter becomes important only after the former has been established.

Realists value order above freedom: for them the latter becomes important only after the former has been established.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: Whereas devotees of globalization stress what unifies humankind, traditional realists stress what divides us.

Whereas devotees of globalization stress what unifies humankind, traditional realists stress what divides us.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: In Iraq, order, even of totalitarian dimensions, turned out to be more humane than the lack of order that followed.

In Iraq, order, even of totalitarian dimensions, turned out to be more humane than the lack of order that followed.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: Even in the heart of America, if a small city is not connected in some demonstrable fashion to other continents, it is dead.

Even in the heart of America, if a small city is not connected in some demonstrable fashion to other continents, it is dead.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: Wherever you have weakening states and turmoil, you will have a fertile petri dish for terrorism.

Wherever you have weakening states and turmoil, you will have a fertile petri dish for terrorism.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: A better age would have to follow.

A better age would have to follow.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: It is time to understand the environment for what it is: the national security issue of the early twenty-first century.

It is time to understand the environment for what it is: the national security issue of the early twenty-first century.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: Kazakhstan is Mackinder's Heartland!

Kazakhstan is Mackinder's Heartland!

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: Mass education, because it produces hosts of badly educated people liberated from fatalism, will contribute to instability (p. 123).

Mass education, because it produces hosts of badly educated people liberated from fatalism, will contribute to instability (p. 123).

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: And believe me, there is nobody who hates Communism more than a former Communist.

And believe me, there is nobody who hates Communism more than a former Communist.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: It is development, not poverty, that causes upheaval and terrorism.

It is development, not poverty, that causes upheaval and terrorism.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: Media organizations are global. They may be based in the U.S., but they're essentially global.

Media organizations are global. They may be based in the U.S., but they're essentially global.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: Terrorism can go anywhere where there is not strong government, or government that cannot control its hinterlands.

Terrorism can go anywhere where there is not strong government, or government that cannot control its hinterlands.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: The threat to Europe comes not in the form of uniforms, but in the tattered garb of refugees,

The threat to Europe comes not in the form of uniforms, but in the tattered garb of refugees,

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: What happened on September 11th is at least, theoretically, small stuff compared to what can happen.

What happened on September 11th is at least, theoretically, small stuff compared to what can happen.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: It was the union of Franks, Goths, and Roman provincials against these Asiatics that produced the basis for modern France.

It was the union of Franks, Goths, and Roman provincials against these Asiatics that produced the basis for modern France.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: Travel is like a good challenging book: It demands presentness-the ability to live completely in the moment.

Travel is like a good challenging book: It demands presentness-the ability to live completely in the moment.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: In 1945, there were 20,000 mosques in Turkey; in 1985, 72,000, and that number has since risen steadily, out of proportion to the population.

In 1945, there were 20,000 mosques in Turkey; in 1985, 72,000, and that number has since risen steadily, out of proportion to the population.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: of ocean, around the North Pole there is an ocean surrounded by a near-unbroken

of ocean, around the North Pole there is an ocean surrounded by a near-unbroken

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: The masses cannot ultimately be free: only the individual can be.

The masses cannot ultimately be free: only the individual can be.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: As Napoleon said, to know a nation's geography is to know its foreign policy

As Napoleon said, to know a nation's geography is to know its foreign policy

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: There are riches enough for all of us, no matter our abilities or circumstances. It is only the inspiration that requires summoning.

There are riches enough for all of us, no matter our abilities or circumstances. It is only the inspiration that requires summoning.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: If you look at the history of the U.S., we were an empire long before we were a nation.

If you look at the history of the U.S., we were an empire long before we were a nation.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: Here is America Now: smoke, greasy fumes, the friction of tire rubber, the memory of terrifying refineries with their rubbery rotten-egg smells.

Here is America Now: smoke, greasy fumes, the friction of tire rubber, the memory of terrifying refineries with their rubbery rotten-egg smells.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: It is easy to be a moral perfectionist when one is politically unaccountable.

It is easy to be a moral perfectionist when one is politically unaccountable.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: Grand strategy is about marrying ends to means, about doing what you can, consistent with the nation's capabilities and resources.

Grand strategy is about marrying ends to means, about doing what you can, consistent with the nation's capabilities and resources.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: That technology has canceled geography contains just enough merit to be called a plausible fallacy,

That technology has canceled geography contains just enough merit to be called a plausible fallacy,

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: state's position on the map is the first thing that defines it, more than its governing philosophy even.

state's position on the map is the first thing that defines it, more than its governing philosophy even.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: It is the freedom to concentrate military equipment in key locations around the world that has preserved American military might.

It is the freedom to concentrate military equipment in key locations around the world that has preserved American military might.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: Likewise, democracy in Saudi Arabia is potentially our enemy.

Likewise, democracy in Saudi Arabia is potentially our enemy.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: Without the Indian Subcontinent, in other words, there could not have been a Vietnam in any cultural or aesthetic sense.

Without the Indian Subcontinent, in other words, there could not have been a Vietnam in any cultural or aesthetic sense.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: You don't grow up gradually. You grow up in short bursts at pivotal moments, by suddenly realizing how ignorant and immature you are.

You don't grow up gradually. You grow up in short bursts at pivotal moments, by suddenly realizing how ignorant and immature you are.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: Europe is a landscape; East Asia a seascape. Therein lies a crucial difference between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Europe is a landscape; East Asia a seascape. Therein lies a crucial difference between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: Europe's era of internal cohesion may already be past.

Europe's era of internal cohesion may already be past.

Robert D. Kaplan quotes: democracy that cannot control its own population may be worse for human rights than a dictatorship that can.

democracy that cannot control its own population may be worse for human rights than a dictatorship that can.