The next decade : where we've been -- and where we're going / George Friedman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedman, George.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World politics--21st century--Forecasting.

World politics.

Forecasting.

Physical Description:

xvii, 243 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Doubleday, [2011]

Summary:

The author of the book "The Next 100 Years" now focuses his geopolitical forecasting acumen on the next decade and the imminent events and challenges that will test America and the world, specifically addressing the skills that will be required by the decade's leaders. From Islam's decline to China's financial crisis, he offers a number of scenarios and predictions.

"The next ten years will be a time of massive transition. The wars in the Islamic world will be subsiding, and terrorism will become something we learn to live with. China will be encountering its crisis. We will be moving from a time when financial crises dominate the world to a time when labor shortages will begin to dominate. The new century will be taking shape in the next decade. In The Next Decade, George Friedman offers readers a provocative and endlessly fascinating prognosis for the immediate future. Using Machiavelli's The Prince as a model, Friedman focuses on the world's leaders - particularly the American president - and with his trusted geopolitical insight analyzes the complex chess game they will all have to play. The book also asks how to be a good president in a decade of extraordinary challenge, and puts the world's leaders under a microscope to explain how they will arrive at the decisions they will make - and the consequences these actions will have for us all." -- Book Jacket.

Contents:

Rebalancing America

The unintended empire

Republic, empire, and the Machiavellian president

The financial crisis and the resurgent state

Finding the balance of power

The terror trap

Redefining policy: the case of Israel

Strategic reversal: the United States, Iran, and the Middle East

The return of Russia

Europe's return to history

Facing the western Pacific

A secure hemisphere

Africa: a place to leave alone

The technological and demographic imbalance

The empire, the republic, and the decade.

ISBN:

9780385532945

0385532946

OCLC:

609529704