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The Return Of Marco Polo`s World: War, Strategy, And American
Interests In The Twenty-first Century
A bracing assessment of U.S. foreign policy and world disorder over the past two decades, anchored by a major new Pentagon-commissioned essay about changing power dynamics among China, Eurasia, and America--from the renowned geopolitical analyst and bestselling author of The Revenge of Geography and The Coming Anarchy.In the late thirteenth century, Marco Polo began a decades-long trek from Venice to China. The strength of that Silk Road--the trade route between Europe and Asia--was a foundation of Kublai Khan`s sprawling empire. Now, in the early twenty-first century, the Chinese regime has proposed a land-and-maritime Silk Road that duplicates exactly the route Marco Polo traveled.In the major lead essay, recently released by the Pentagon`s Office of Net Assessment, Robert D.
Kaplan lays out a blueprint of the world`s changing power politics that recalls the late thirteenth century. As Europe fractures from changes in culture and migration, Eurasia coheres into a single conflict system. China is constructing a land bridge to Europe. Iran and India are trying to link the oil fields of Central Asia to the Indian Ocean. America`s ability to influence the power balance in Eurasia is declining.This is Kaplan`s first collection of essays since his classic The Coming Anarchy was published in 2000. Drawing on decades of firsthand experience as a foreign correspondent and military embed for The Atlantic, as well as encounters with preeminent realist thinkers, Kaplan outlines the timeless principles that should shape America`s role in a turbulent world: a respect for
the limits of Western-style democracy; a delineation between American interests and American values; an awareness of the psychological toll of warfare; a projection of power via a strong navy; and more.From Kaplan`s immediate thoughts on President Trump (”On Foreign Policy, Donald Trump Is No Realist, ” 2016) to a frank examination of what will happen in the event of war with North Korea (”When North Korea Falls, ” 2006), The Return of Marco Polo`s World is a vigorous and honest reckoning with the difficult choices the United States will face in the years ahead.
Kaplan lays out a blueprint of the world`s changing power politics that recalls the late thirteenth century. As Europe fractures from changes in culture and migration, Eurasia coheres into a single conflict system. China is constructing a land bridge to Europe. Iran and India are trying to link the oil fields of Central Asia to the Indian Ocean. America`s ability to influence the power balance in Eurasia is declining.This is Kaplan`s first collection of essays since his classic The Coming Anarchy was published in 2000. Drawing on decades of firsthand experience as a foreign correspondent and military embed for The Atlantic, as well as encounters with preeminent realist thinkers, Kaplan outlines the timeless principles that should shape America`s role in a turbulent world: a respect for
the limits of Western-style democracy; a delineation between American interests and American values; an awareness of the psychological toll of warfare; a projection of power via a strong navy; and more.From Kaplan`s immediate thoughts on President Trump (”On Foreign Policy, Donald Trump Is No Realist, ” 2016) to a frank examination of what will happen in the event of war with North Korea (”When North Korea Falls, ” 2006), The Return of Marco Polo`s World is a vigorous and honest reckoning with the difficult choices the United States will face in the years ahead.
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