文明の衝突
One of Kaplan's most influential articles is "The Coming Anarchy", published in "The Atlantic Monthly" in 1994. Critics of the article have compared it to Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" thesis, since Kaplan presents conflicts in the contemporary world as the struggle between primitivism and civilizations. Another frequent theme in Kaplan's work is the reemergence of cultural and historical tensions temporarily suspended during the Cold War.