https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ABp-yCTRgZQ/robert-d-kaplan RSS for Node Wed, 06 May 2026 20:05:05 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-12-16/democratic-pro-us-iran-will-lead-mideast-over-gulf-arabs https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-12-16/democratic-pro-us-iran-will-lead-mideast-over-gulf-arabs Fri, 16 Dec 2022 05:00:20 GMT Women hold up signs depicting the image of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini outside the UN offices in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, on September 24, 2022. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-09-20/biden-s-team-saved-ukraine-by-learning-from-mistakes-in-afghanistan https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-09-20/biden-s-team-saved-ukraine-by-learning-from-mistakes-in-afghanistan Tue, 20 Sep 2022 11:30:02 GMT WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 09: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers opening remarks for the virtual Summit for Democracy in the South Court Auditorium on December 09, 2021 in Washington, DC. According to the State Department, the summit will bring together 100 leaders from government, civil society, and the private sector to "set forth an affirmative agenda for democratic renewal and to tackle the greatest threats faced by democracies today through collective action." (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-07-16/russia-ukraine-war-romania-fears-it-may-be-next-on-putin-s-hit-list https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-07-16/russia-ukraine-war-romania-fears-it-may-be-next-on-putin-s-hit-list Sat, 16 Jul 2022 07:00:03 GMT Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu (1918 - 1989) and his wife Elena in the cockpit of a Concorde during a visit to the British Aerospace and Rolls-Royce Aero-Engine factories at Filton in Bristol, UK, 15th June 1978. They are on a State Visit to Britain. (Photo by Steve Burton/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-04-01/russia-ukraine-war-to-save-global-democracy-sign-up-a-few-good-dictators https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-04-01/russia-ukraine-war-to-save-global-democracy-sign-up-a-few-good-dictators Fri, 01 Apr 2022 11:00:10 GMT US President Joe Biden speaks to representatives of more than 100 countries during a virtual democracy summit at the White House in Washington DC on December 9, 2021. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-07-26/china-doesn-t-want-to-conquer-just-do-business https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-07-26/china-doesn-t-want-to-conquer-just-do-business Sun, 26 Jul 2020 12:00:48 GMT Manning the wall. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-03-20/coronavirus-ushers-in-the-globalization-we-were-afraid-of https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-03-20/coronavirus-ushers-in-the-globalization-we-were-afraid-of Fri, 20 Mar 2020 12:00:26 GMT A demonstrator runs past a burning barricade during a protest in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong, China, on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. The coronavirus outbreak has forced thousands of companies and schools to operate remotely in Hong Kong. Now the city's protesters held a virtual rally in a bid to sustain their movement's momentum. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2015-09-14/europe-discovers-a-new-geography https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2015-09-14/europe-discovers-a-new-geography Mon, 14 Sep 2015 14:52:55 GMT LAMPEDUSA, ITALY - JUNE 10: An Italian Coast Guard boat prepares to take illegal immigrants on board June 10, 2005 off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy. Lampedusa Island, in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia, is one of the main gateways for illegal immigration from Africa into Europe. According to Amnesty International, since last March, over 1,000 of people of various nationalities have landed by boat on the Sicilian Island and have been detained on arrival and held at a temporary holding center for foreign nationals before being deported. In March the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) requested access to the temporary holding center but was denied. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2015-02-01/the-postmodern-autocrat-s-handbook https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2015-02-01/the-postmodern-autocrat-s-handbook Sun, 01 Feb 2015 16:00:02 GMT Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping (R) on November 9, 2014 before their meeting at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Beijing. Top leaders and ministers of the 21-member APEC group are meeting in Beijing from November 7 to 11. AFP PHOTO/POOL/MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV (Photo credit should read MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/AFP/Getty Images)