- PETER FRANKOPAN. author of The Silk Roads
In this deeply insightful travelogue, geopolitical expert Robert 0. Kaplan turns his perceptive eye to a region that for centuries has been a meeting point of cultures, trade, and ideas, He undertakes a journey around the Adriatic Sea, through ltaly, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, and Greece, to reveal thai far more is happening in the region than most news stories let on. Otten overlooked, the Adriatic is in fact at the center of the most significant challenges of our time, including the rise of populist politics, the refugee crisis, and baltles over the control of energy resources. And it is once aga in becoming a global trading hub thai will help delermine Europe's relationship with the rest of the world as China competes for dominance in its ports.
Wilh a brilliant cross-pollination of history, literature, art, architecture, and current events, in Adriatic Kaplan demonstrates thai this unique region that exists at the intersection of civilizations holds revelatory truths for the future of global affairs.
"An excellent exploration of the Adriatic's intriguing geographic and intellectual landscapes."
- THE NEW YORK TIMES
"(An) elegantly layered exploration of Europe's past and future ... Like the best European travelogues-the wandering, inquisitive weavings of Rebecca West's Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (1941) or Patrick Leigh Fermor's Between the Woods and the Water (1986) - Adriatic mimics the layered complexity of its subject."
- THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
"A marvelous mix of history, literature, atmospherics, and personal insight . . . Europe is back, and Kaplan's erudite and humane study offers an exemplary guide to it."
- THE NATIONAL INTEREST