It's not normal journalism: "Things are coming apart" - "We are not in control." These sorts of apocalyptic pronouncements would swiftly marginalize a writer unable to back them up. But Robert Kaplan delivers. His back-pack analysis of the world's conflict zones and his overviews of war, environmental degradation and poverty have earned him a place as one of the most highly regarded analysts of places where, in the words of Tom Waits, "everything's broken and no one speaks English". Years back, Kaplan explored the back hills of Baluchistan, meeting the mujihadeen who now hold key roles in marshalling soldiers and diplomacy. Now, Kaplan's turning his attention back to Afghanistan, and he's here with his thoughts on democracy and anarchy.
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Robert Kaplan, author "Soldiers of God" and "Balkan Ghosts
" Kathy Gannon, AP Bureau Chief in Islamabad, presently in Kabul
Charlie Sennott, foreign correspondent for the Boston Globe
and Lucian Kim, reporting for the Christian Science Monitor in Bonn, Germany.
Najib Popal: Describes how he feels, seeing the wreckage of the Kabul museum. listen
