“Conventional analysis suffers from a profound failure of imagination. It imagines passing clouds to be permanent and is blind to powerful, long-term shifts taking place in full view of the world.” —George Friedman 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. For continual, updated analysis and supplemental material, go to www.geopoliticalfutures.com.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The American people have a deep-seated belief that the United States is approaching its end. This is reflected in the letters pages of newspapers, the web, and public discourse. The American economy is so large that it is larger than the economies of the next four countries combined. #2 The United States is still underpopulated by global standards. It has plenty of room to increase all three of its components: land, labor, and capital. The American economy is so powerful because of its military power. #3 The United States is only at the beginning of its power. The twenty-first century will be the American century, and it has been forced to take on the role that European power occupied for five hundred years, between Columbus's voyage in 1492 and the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. #4 Until the fifteenth century, humans lived in self-enclosed, sequestered worlds. But as the European empires expanded, they brought the world together as a single entity. Europe became the center of gravity of the global system.

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