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The Coming Anarchy
Shattering the Dreams of the Post-Cold War
Book • 2000
The book, expanded from Kaplan's 1994 article in The Atlantic Monthly, argues that the period of the Cold War was an unusually stable and peaceful time in world history.
Kaplan forecasts that the future will be marked by increasing urban crime, lawlessness, environmental destruction, disease, hunger, and war.
He suggests that traditional political borders will become less relevant as power becomes more localized and identities are redefined along cultural or tribal lines.
The book also discusses the importance of addressing the causes of these problems rather than just their consequences and advocates for a new kind of cartography that reflects the evolving nature of global conflicts and identities.
Kaplan forecasts that the future will be marked by increasing urban crime, lawlessness, environmental destruction, disease, hunger, and war.
He suggests that traditional political borders will become less relevant as power becomes more localized and identities are redefined along cultural or tribal lines.
The book also discusses the importance of addressing the causes of these problems rather than just their consequences and advocates for a new kind of cartography that reflects the evolving nature of global conflicts and identities.
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Mentioned by Alec Russell as one of Robert Kaplan's books on geopolitics, focusing on a bleak view of humanity's role in the world.
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The World in 2025 with Robert Kaplan: Finding A Way Through Permanent Crisis (Part One)
Mentioned by Richard Hames when discussing Robert Kaplan's analysis of West Africa and the spiral of chaos.
Novara FM: The New Scramble for Africa in the Vacuum of Empire w/ James Pogue
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Ben Thompson alongside Huntington's work, contrasting their predictions with Fukuyama's.
Ben Thompson alongside Huntington's work, contrasting their predictions with Fukuyama's.
Internet 3.0 and the Beginning of (Tech) History
