MONSOON: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power

Open to the Public

A lecture by Robert D. Kaplan, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington and a national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly. His previous publications include Balkan Ghosts, Eastward to Tartary, and Warrior Politics. The event will be moderated by Professor R. Nicholas Burns.

Date: Mon, Oct 25, 2010 Time: 04:00pm - 05:30pm Location: Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

America's preoccupation with the Middle East suits China perfectly. We are paying in blood and treasure to stabilize Afghanistan while China is building transport and pipeline networks throughout Central Asia that will ultimately reach Kabul and the trillion dollars' worth of minerals lying underground. Whereas Americans ask how can we escape Afghanistan, the Chinese, who are already prospecting for copper there, ask: How can we stay? Our military mission in Afghanistan diverts us from properly reacting to the Chinese naval challenge in East Asia.

-Robert D. Kaplan, Washington Post, September 26, 2010

Please join us for this lecture by Robert D. Kaplan on the importance of the Indian Ocean for the future of American power.

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MONSOON: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power

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