To understand many of the worlds triumphs, tragedies and conflicts, according to geopolitical analyst Robert Kaplan, look no further than a map. In his book The Revenge of Geography, Kaplan argues ...

To prepare our young people, we owe them a high-quality geography education. When you hold a pencil, you hold the world in your hands. Its raw ingredients make a far-reaching journey around the globe, ...

The most valuable piece of art in our house is a cheap, colorful map of the United States that hangs above our kitchen table. As a learning tool, it’s priceless. I hung it up when we moved from Texas ...

The Department of Geography integrates social and environmental sciences with the power of geospatial analysis to understand our complex world and to plan a sustainable future. Diverse faculty help ...

From the world's biggest megacities to the creatures in the depths of the Mariana Trench, discover the articles that piqued your interest this year ...

THE Brookings Institution was established in 1927 with the twin objects of "aiding constructively in the development of sound national policies and... to offer training of a super-graduate character ...

Geographers strive to understand how people are shaped by, and in turn help shape, our world. Our top-ranked geography program allows students to combine fields of inquiry—from indigenous mapping and ...