Agenda: Robert Kaplan over Monsoon (John Adams Institute)

Robert Kaplan is one of America’s most provocative and influential writers about power and the future of the world. His books have outlined the threats brought by overpopulation, environmental desecration, and religious fervor. His new book, Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of Power, argues that the Indian Ocean now occupies a role that the Mediterranean once did: delineating the centers of power and potential chaos. Join us for an evening with the famed journalist-turned-military adviser whom Noam Chomsky has derided as an “ultra right-wing jingoist” but whom Francis Fukuyama has praised as “deeply thought-provoking.”