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Robert D. Kaplan

ロバート・カプラン　/　ろばーと・かぷらん

American geopolitical analyst

June 23, 1952 (age 73)　・　New York City, New York, United States

New York
geopolitical analyst
journalist
writer

My Take

What draws me to Robert D. Kaplan is that he is the rare analyst who actually goes where the action is rather than theorizing from a desk. Three decades of bylines in The Atlantic, the Times, Foreign Affairs and beyond tell me this is a writer who earned his geopolitical authority on the ground. I find his blend of travel and hard foreign-policy thinking genuinely refreshing, because he treats geography as a story about people and places, not abstract strategy. Born in New York in 1952, he has stayed disciplined on a single hard subject for a lifetime, and that persistence is exactly what I respect most in him.

Overview

Robert David Kaplan (born June 23, 1952) is an American author. His books are on politics, primarily foreign affairs, and travel. His work over three decades has appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The New Republic, The National Interest, Foreign Affairs and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Robert D. Kaplan
Name (Japanese): ロバート・カプラン
Reading: ろばーと・かぷらん
Born: June 23, 1952 (age 73)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Dragon
Origin: New York City, New York, United States
Blood type: Private
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Occupation: geopolitical analyst / journalist / writer

2. Background

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University: University of Connecticut

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