IIRC, the founder of STRATFOR wrote this book.
I haven't read it in complete detail yet but he does make some intriguing predictions.
1) He dismisses the "rise of China" as being unlikely.
2) He forsees a new Cold War with the Russians that ultimately hurts the Russians far worse than the end of the first Cold War did.
3) He sees the rise of Poland as the primary continental European ally of the U.S.
4) He sees a "World War" around 2050 featuring the U.S. and Poland squaring off against Turkey (the leader of the Middle Eastern world) and Japan. With Japan attacking U.S. facilities in space and launching facilities in the U.S. while Turkey attacks Poland and its close allies on the ground. Germany later joins in against Poland.
5) Finally, he sees the 21st century ending with a confrontation, political, economic, and possibly military between the U.S. and a Mexico rising steadily in wealth and population for the role of leadership of North America.
He does a good job explaining his predictions. Basing them all heavily on geography, demographics, and previous history.
I haven't read it in complete detail yet but he does make some intriguing predictions.
1) He dismisses the "rise of China" as being unlikely.
2) He forsees a new Cold War with the Russians that ultimately hurts the Russians far worse than the end of the first Cold War did.
3) He sees the rise of Poland as the primary continental European ally of the U.S.
4) He sees a "World War" around 2050 featuring the U.S. and Poland squaring off against Turkey (the leader of the Middle Eastern world) and Japan. With Japan attacking U.S. facilities in space and launching facilities in the U.S. while Turkey attacks Poland and its close allies on the ground. Germany later joins in against Poland.
5) Finally, he sees the 21st century ending with a confrontation, political, economic, and possibly military between the U.S. and a Mexico rising steadily in wealth and population for the role of leadership of North America.
He does a good job explaining his predictions. Basing them all heavily on geography, demographics, and previous history.
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