Robert D. Kaplan

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

#inspirational

The first thing to recognize not just about Afghanistan but about any poor undeveloped country is that as big as it looks on the map, it's much bigger when you're there. ↗

— Robert D. Kaplan

#afghanistan #any #big #bigger #country

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

— Robert D. Kaplan

#empire #history #long #look #nation

It is a cliche these days to observe that the United States now possesses a global empire - different from Britain's and Rome's but an empire nonetheless. ↗

— Robert D. Kaplan

#cliche #days #different #empire #global

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

— Robert D. Kaplan

#development #poverty #terrorism #upheaval

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

— Robert D. Kaplan

#essentially #global #may #media #organizations

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

— Robert D. Kaplan

#cannot #control #go #government #strong

Americans are opting out of public venues like the playground and the sidewalk for private venues like the healthclub and the mall. We're living our lives inside one form of corporation or another. ↗

— Robert D. Kaplan

#corporation #form #inside #like #lives

The more dynamic the capitalistic expansion, the greater the disparity. It is from the disparity that we are going to get all the political upheaval for the next few years. ↗

— Robert D. Kaplan

#disparity #dynamic #expansion #few #get

The most important thing I learned as a foreign correspondent in about 80 countries is that it takes a very shallow knowledge of history to think that there are solutions to most problems. ↗

— Robert D. Kaplan

#correspondent #countries #foreign #history #i