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There is plenty of criticism of Robert D. Kaplan's analysis of geopolitics and I will leave it to much greater minds than mine to offer that. What I enjoy about his method is his mix of journalism (interviews with some of the leading thinkers in the nations he's traveling through), history, geography lessons and political analysis as he reflects upon what he visits as he travels. And of course, his bibliographies. His books always have copious bibliographies of books that have informed his journeys from which I often select several for further reading. I have learned so much about parts of the world I may never be able to visit and insights into regional histories that I would otherwise not have learned. Like the cosmopolitanism that Kaplan admires I find myself much more interested in the world beyond my door through Kaplan.