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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 future—offering 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
era—with changes in store, including:
• The
U.S.-Jihadist war will conclude—replaced by a second
full-blown cold war with Russia.
• China will undergo a
major extended internal crisis, and Mexico will emerge as an
important world power.
• 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.
• Technology will focus on
space—both for major military uses and for a dramatic new
energy resource that will have radical environmental
implications.
• 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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