Robert D. Kaplan

In English

On June 24 and 25, The Hague will be the stage for the NATO summit with 45 heads of state and more than 8,500 ministers, journalists, and other participants.

This is a perfect moment for the Crossing Border Festival and Het Nationale Theater to organize an in-depth discussion on current geopolitical developments on the evening of Wednesday, June 25, at the Koninklijke Schouwburg.

The guest is the renowned American journalist and political writer Robert D. Kaplan. He will be interviewed about his new book WASTE LAND: A World in Permanent Crisis in which he explores how we have ended up in this seemingly permanent crisis – and what future awaits us. Kaplan looks to the past and literature, including T.S. Eliot's poem from which the title is derived, to interpret the contemporary geopolitical situation. He particularly draws a comparison with the Weimar Republic, which faced a series of crises that had global repercussions.

There will be a book signing session afterward. His books (both Dutch and English) will be available for purchase at the event.

About Robert D. Kaplan

Robert D. Kaplan is the author of more than twenty books on foreign policy and travel, including The Revenge of Geography and Monsoon, which have been translated worldwide. Additionally, he wrote about foreign policy for The Atlantic for over thirty years. He is the chair of the Geopolitics Department at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and has been named one of Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers twice.