
In "The Revenge of Geography," Robert Kaplan reveals how terrain shapes destiny, endorsed by Henry Kissinger himself. Why do world leaders study this book? Because it predicted geopolitical hotspots through an unexpected lens - the immutable power of mountains, rivers, and plains.
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Stand at the border between Poland and Belarus today, and you'll witness something remarkable: prosperity ends at a line drawn on a map. On one side, European Union membership has brought highways, modern infrastructure, and rising living standards. On the other, Soviet-era stagnation persists. This isn't about policy alone-it's about geography reasserting itself after decades of ideological overlay. Mountains, rivers, climate zones, and coastlines have shaped human civilization for millennia, and they continue to dictate the possibilities of power, prosperity, and conflict in ways our digital age prefers to ignore. We live in an era that celebrates the "death of distance," where information travels instantly and borders seem increasingly irrelevant. Yet from Ukraine's struggle against Russian expansion to China's maritime ambitions in the South China Sea, geography continues writing the script of international relations in bold, undeniable strokes.
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