A fascinating, eye-opening, and often shocking look at what lies forward 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 unrivaled knowledge of both historical and contemporary trends. WITHIN THE NEXT a century, Friedman becomes his attention to the future. Sketching on a serious knowledge of geopolitical patterns dating back again to the Roman Empire, he shows that we are actually, for the very first time in half a millennium, exceptional dawn of a fresh historical cycle.

Friedman predicts which the US-Jihadist war will conclude, to become replaced by another confrontation with Russia; China will undergo a major inner problems, and Mexico will emerge as a significant world power; there will be at least one global battle, but armies will be smaller and wars much less dangerous; and technology can focus on space, both for armed service uses and for energy. This book is a convincing, eye-opening portrait into the future.