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A Forecast for the 21st Century
Doubleday
February 2009
On Sale: January 27, 2009
272 pages
ISBN: 038551705X
EAN: 9780385517058
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
In his long-awaited and provocative new book, George Friedman turns his eye on the futureβoffering a lucid, highly readable forecast of the changes we can expect around the world during the twenty-first century. He explains where and why future wars will erupt (and how they will be fought), which nations will gain and lose economic and political power, and how new technologies and cultural trends will alter the way we live in the new century.
The Next 100 Years draws on a fascinating exploration of history and geopolitical patterns dating back hundreds of years. Friedman shows that we are now, for the first time in half a millennium, at the dawn of a new eraβwith changes in store, including:
β’ The U.S.-Jihadist war will concludeβreplaced by a second full-blown cold war with Russia.
β’ China will undergo a major extended internal crisis, and Mexico will emerge as an important world power.
β’ A new global war will unfold toward the middle of the century between the United States and an unexpected coalition from Eastern Europe, Eurasia, and the Far East; but armies will be much smaller and wars will be less deadly.
β’ Technology will focus on spaceβboth for major military uses and for a dramatic new energy resource that will have radical environmental implications.
β’ The United States will experience a Golden Age in the second half of the century.
Written with the keen insight and thoughtful analysis that has made George Friedman a renowned expert in geopolitics and forecasting, The Next 100 Years presents a fascinating picture of what lies ahead.
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