In this insightful travelogue, geopolitical expert Robert D. Kaplan turns his perceptive eye to the Adriatic Sea, a region that has always been a crossroads in trade, culture, and ideas. Kaplan journeys through Italy and the Balkan countries lining the Adriatic to reveal much more to the region than news stories let on. Often 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 battles over the control of energy resources. Kaplan explores how the region has changed over his three decades of observing it as a journalist. With a brilliant cross-pollination of history, literature, art, architecture, and current events, in Adriatic, Kaplan shows that this region that exists at the intersection of civilizations holds revelatory truths for the future of global affairs.