Robert Kaplan on Donald Trump’s America: A Charlie Rose Global Conversation With the Historian (Video)
In this 14 March 2025 video, host Charlie Rose talks with Robert Kaplan, one of our most influential and provocative geopolitical thinkers. He has reached an honored place as a foreign correspondent, political analyst and author whose work bridges journalism history, travel, writing, and strategic thought. Whether his audience is a regular citizen or a government official around the world, he is first and foremost a reporter on the ground in search of facts and experiences.
Kaplan’s 23rd and most recent book is Wasteland, A World in Permanent Crisis. He joins me at an important moment as the nations around the world ask how to respond to this moment of global change. We talked to Robert Kaplan about many things, including Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Ukraine, Taiwan, America’s role around the world, freedom and order, Israel, Gaza and Hamas, Iran and nuclear weapons, the state of terrorism, the impact of tariffs and sanctions, and what should we fear from nuclear climate, biology, and technology.
https://youtu.be/BpzYZYI4Xgw