Big geopolitical thinker Robert Kaplan on rooting American policy in the reality of American geography. In this file photo, the sun sets behind the Rocky Mountains and a golden light illuminates the ...

US Geography Quiz: The United States of America, a nation spanning a continent, boasts a geography as diverse and captivating as its people. From the sun-drenched beaches of California to the frosty ...

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) had a lifelong interest in geography. Except for his role in the Lewis and Clark Expedition and a few references to his Notes on the State of Virginia, however, ...

Looking at photographer Matt Black’s book “American Geography” (Thames and Hudson, 2021), I can’t help but wonder what the people in it think about the various debates going on in the country. Does ...

Geography is a function of time as much as location. Even static-seeming places such as deserts or small towns are constantly in flux. How to depict that change, and in doing so convey the forces ...

When there is a general change in conditions, it is as if the entire creation had changed, and the whole world altered — Ibn Khaldun, 14 th Century Arab historian For a generation, a procession of ...

It’s an age-old question pinched straight from the ‘90s: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? The answer today might be, well, everywhere. Thanks to a reboot from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which ...