The Next 100 Years, George Friedman
The Next 100 Years, George Friedman
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The Next 100 Years
A Forecast for the 21st Century

Author: George Friedman

Narrator: William Hughes

Unabridged: 9 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/29/2009

Categories: Nonfiction, History


Synopsis

George Friedman, founder of Stratfor, has become a leading expert in geopolitical forecasting, sought after for his thoughtful assessments of current trends and nearfuture events. In The Next 100 Years, Friedman turns his eye on the future. Drawing on a profound understanding of history and 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.

About George Friedman

George Friedman is the founder and CEO of Stratfor, the world’s leading private intelligence company. He is frequently called upon as a media expert and is the author of four books, including America’s Secret War, and numerous articles on national security, information warfare, computer security, and the intelligence business. He lives in Austin, Texas.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David on September 05, 2010

Hmmm...this is a difficult book to write about for a number of reasons. Let's take a Proustian moment and beat it to death with words. The most difficult is the complexity of dealing with any topic beyond the window of 5 years. This is the problem with futurism in general. Predicting one year out is......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on July 05, 2012

Books aimed at predicting the future are always dangerous and often reek of charlatanism. Books on politics and war are regularly partisan and emotional. It's impressive that The Next 100 years, a book that attempts to predict the future of both international politics and war in the coming century f......more

Goodreads review by فهد on April 05, 2018

The Next 100 Years كتاب جريء، محاولة استكناه التغيرات الجيوسياسية لمئة عام قادمة مهمة شبه مستحيلة ولكن ما يقدمه جورج فريدمان هنا يستحق القراءة والاهتمام، واستغرب كيف لم تتم ترجمة هذا الكتاب بعد رغم مرور 9 سنوات على صدوره، صحيح أن بعض فصول الكتاب تبدو كخيال علمي بحروب الفضاء التي يتوقعها فرديمان بل و......more

Goodreads review by Nadienne on January 12, 2021

Being that this book is already 10+ years old, one can evaluate Mr. Friedman's predictions up to the year 2020 with actuality. China has not broken up, but Russia is indeed resurgent. His notion of a new Cold War has not yet seemed to materialize; however, I squarely blame that on the actions of one......more