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In his thoughtprovoking new book, george friedman, founder of stratfor the preeminent private intelligence and forecasting firmfocuses on what he. These are a few of the audacious and often controversial predictions of george friedman, author of the next 100 years, a forecast for the 21st century, which has recently been issued in paperback with a new preface. At one point in the book, when discussing scenarios for the 2040s, he sees a resurgent japan attacking american battle star space stations from. While this is a great book for anyone seeking to understand the bounded reality of geopolitics, sources of americas preeminence, and limitations on international relations in the coming decades, it has flaws that i found increasingly apparent as the book went on some of which may just be the. The wall street journal in the next 100 years, george friedman offers a lucid, highly. In the next 100 years, friedman undertakes the impossible or improbable challenge of forecasting world events through the 21st century. George friedman, founder of stratfor and leading expert in geopolitical forecasting, shares his thoughts on. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the next 100 years. George friedmans most popular book is the next 100 years. For a book that purports to tell the story of the upcoming 100 years, george friedmans the next 100 years.

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He is the founder and chairman of geopolitical futures, an online publication that analyzes and. Friedman is chief intelligence officer and founder of strategic forecasting, inc. What are important takeaways from the next 100 years. Jan 26, 2010 a fascinating, eyeopening and often shocking look at what lies ahead for the u. George friedman predicted in 1991 a second usjapan war in.

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