“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.

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
AUTHOR'S NOTE

OVERTURE : AN INTRODUCTION TO THE AMERICAN AGE

Chapter 1 THE DAWN OF THE AMERICAN AGE
Chapter 2 EARTHQUAKE : THE U.S.-JIHADIST WAR
Chapter 3 POPULATION, COMPUTERS, AND CULTURE WARS
Chapter 4 THE NEW FAULT LINES
Chapter 5 CHINA 2020 : PAPER TIGER
Chapter 6 RUSSIA 2020 : REMATCH
Chapter 7 AMERICAN POWER AND THE CRISIS OF 2030
Chapter 8 A NEW WORLD EMERGES
Chapter 9 THE 2040S : PRELUDE TO WAR
Chapter 10 PREPARING FOR WAR
Chapter 11 WORLD WAR : A SCENARIO
Chapter 12 THE 2060S : A GOLDEN DECADE
Chapter 13 2080 : THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR THE GLOBAL HEARTLAND

EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS