See what he says about U.S. interests in the Middle East:
As long as the sea lines of communication remain secure and transnational terrorists are containable and kept away from America's or Israel's borders, for example, whether places like Egypt or Libya or Yemen struggle for years on end with enfeebled governments matters only modestly to Washington and is, in any case, something Washington cannot do that much about.Kaplan's conclusion is worth repeating here:
Eurasia from Europe to the Pacific is engaged in various king-of-the-hill turf battles, in which geography is paramount and ideas relatively insignificant.Actually there is an important idea: dominate my greater neighborhood, by means fair or foul. This is a good article.
