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The Coming Anarchy
by Robert D. Kaplan
Essays including the famous 1994 Atlantic piece on scarcity, crime, tribalism and disease shattering the planet's social fabric. Dark and partly prescient.
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you want Kaplan's pessimistic classic.
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Skip it if…
you want optimism.
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Three things you will actually use
- Scarcity drives conflict.
- States can fail.
- Watch West Africa.
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Read the title essay.
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Kaplan's anarchy.
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