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The Next 100 Years

A Forecast for the 21st Century

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The Next 100 Years

Written by: George Friedman
Narrated by: William Hughes
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A fascinating, eye-opening, and often shocking look at what lies ahead for the United States—and the world—from one of our most incisive futurists

George Friedman has become a leading expert in geopolitical forecasting, sought after for his unmatched grasp of both historical and contemporary trends. In The Next 100 Years, Friedman turns his eye to the future. Drawing on a profound understanding of geopolitical patterns dating back to the Roman Empire, he shows that we are now, for the first time in half a millennium, experiencing the dawn of a new historical cycle.

Friedman predicts that the US–Jihadist war will conclude, to be replaced by a second confrontation with Russia; China will undergo a major internal crisis, and Mexico will emerge as an important world power; there will be at least one global war, but armies will be smaller and wars less deadly; and technology will focus on space, both for military uses and for energy.

This book is a compelling, eye-opening portrait of the future.

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Critic Reviews

“William Hughes captures the author’s informal tone as well as his obvious intelligence and perception. As he narrates, the listener watches the coming years unfold like an interstellar adventure movie…Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”

“Expect the unexpected…He can see without the crystal ball.”

“Predictions have made George Friedman a hot property these days.”

“There is a temptation, when you are around George Friedman, to treat him like a Magic 8-Ball.”

“Barron’s consistently has found Stratfor’s insights informative and largely on the money—as has the company’s large client base, which ranges from corporations to media outlets and government agencies.”

“[Friedman] delivers a clearer, deeper, and subtler understanding of the post-9/11 world than we will ever get from listening to the cacophony of talking heads on television.”

“[A] unique combination of cold-eyed realism and boldly confident fortune-telling…Whether all of the visions in Friedman’s crystal ball actually materialize, they certainly make for engrossing entertainment.”
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Overall a great book which has tried to address all the geopolitical issues as existing today. However,
there are many issues which needs deliberation. These are :-
- Unprecedented rise of China in last two decades and its related upgradation in Chinese Naval Power.
- Imp of Indo- Pacific or Asia Pacific region for providing reqd pivot for US policies in Asia against China or Russia.
- Though the author has already brought out is Climate Change.
- Rise of India as a regional power and its demonstrated space capability to achieve new heights.
Great effort by the author to pen down beautifully the next 100 years of the world.

Gripping tale of Future of World Geopolitics

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Based on the title I was looking for novel views in trends in various dimensions across the world. However the focus was on US geo-politics based on the assumptions that the world will continue to be dominated by US with countries such as Mexico, Turkey, Etc playing major roles. Book is written in 2009 and being read in 2020 so expecting more on China Russia India etc. Based on current trends. I would have rated higher overall if book title was aligned with the focus on USA.

USA centric future focus

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wonderful. but the author vastly underestimates the evil of the chinese. the chinese are the big threat to peace, along with the islamists.

wonderful

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once and for moat of the times i felt that the book is written from an American keeping America as the epicentre of the world & space but that were also backed up by facts and data , this will surely give a deep insight into how the future will taste like…

insightful and astonishing in many ways

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This book seemed irrelevant and inaccurate in its predictions and even its assertion and proofs did not make sense to me and seemed out of touch from prevailing reality.

Would not recommend

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