In chapter eight of his book, Kaplan portrays the United States as the most powerful country so it must lead the effort to fight against the global warming or else, the country may suffer from the blames that may put upon it. He also portrayed that Bangladesh, as a third world country, showed how they acquired a powerful political dimension regarding with climate change. He argues that the future of American power not only depends on number of warships and military strengths, but it is related to how the country communicates with Bangladesh and other third world countries about issues such as climate change. We also learned that Bangladesh illustrates how a type of government the state has is not as important as the degree, which a state is governed. So as for that thought, we understand that the democracy that can’t control its population is worse for human rights than a dictator that can. I agree with this writing as Bangladesh’s military intervention was used due to the lack of capable institutions.
In chapter nine of his book, Kaplan claims that China became more active because of the country’s pursuit of energy in addition to their visibility in an area, which India regards as the country’s own backyard. In return, we learned that the never ending problem of an aggressive Pakistan, despite the worries in terms of stability, Indian planners started to broaden their strategy to expand horizontally. We also understand that the country was able to do it by strengthening its influence over Indonesia and Myanmar, which shows that they are now looking to compete with China. This chapter taught us that Kaplan believes in the possibility of turning the rivalry between China, India and the United States into establishing a closer cooperation that may lead to a one great-power, or if possible, collaboration of these three giant countries to fight against piracy, keep the sovereignty of navigation or even respond to natural calamities.
Works Cited
Kaplan, Robert D. Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power. New York: Random House, 2010. Print.
