robert caplin, his new book,
"the return of marco polo's
world" is out today.
he's a senior fellow and senior
adviser at the uratio group.
>> it's a compelling title.
explain.
>> what it is is i'm using marco
pole low
polo's journey as a framing
device to talk about what's
going on in eurasian today.
what's going on today, china's
beltin road project, etcetera,
recreates the pathways of the
ton and wan dynasties, of the
medieval era when marco polo
made his journey.
if you look at the map, you'll
see exactly where china is
building roads, railways and
pipelines all the way from east
asia by land to iran because
china plus iran is an unbeatable
alliance that freezes out russia
where marco polo did not go and
the indian ocean route where