posted November 16, 2009 04:55 AM         

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George Friedman is an internationally recognised expert in security and intelligence issues. He is founder and CEO of STRATFOR, which analyses and forecasts trends in world affairs. He is also author of "The Future of War" and "America's Secret War"

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posted November 16, 2009 05:00 AM         

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The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, 499 years after Columbus' expedition, ended an entire age in history. For the first time in half a millenium, power no longer resided in Europe, nor was Europe the focal point of international competition. After 1991, the sole global power in the world was the United States, which had become the center of the international system.

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posted November 16, 2009 05:06 AM         

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A country's grand strategy is so deeply embedded in that nation's DNA, and it appears so natural and obvious, that politicians and generals are not always aware of it..........

.........Grand strategy is not always about war. It is about all of the processes that constitute national power. But in the case of the United States, perhaps more than any other countries, grand strategy is about war, and the interaction between war and economic life. The United States is, historically, a warlike country.

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posted November 16, 2009 05:11 AM         

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.....the United States has no overriding interest in peace in Eurasia. The United States also has no interest in winning a war outright. As with Vietnam or Korea, the purpose of these conflicts is simply to block a power or destabilize the region, not to impose power.

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posted November 16, 2009 05:12 AM         

*** The US-Jihadist war will conclude - replaced by a second full-blown cold war with Russia.

*** China will undergo a major extended internal crisis, and Mexico will emerge as an important world power.

*** A new global war will unfold toward the middle of the century between the United States and an unexpected coalition from Eastern Europe, Eurasia and the Far East; but armies will be much smaller and wars will be less deadly.

*** Technologies will focus on space - both for major military uses and for a dramatic new energy resource that will have radical environmental implications.

I guess the unexpected coalition in Europe won't be that unexpected now!

posted December 30, 2009 07:48 PM         

What a fantastic read about the geopolitics of the USA. I recommend it to any and everyone, especially those living on American soil.

What I have found interesting, is the increase of the Mexican cultural population and how that will effect politics and Washington in the next 60-70 years.

The Mexican population living in the legal USA territory will actually be living on their original ethnic territory, thus creating a powerful tie to the land. This will give the Mexican community awesome political power that cannot be ignored or violated in any way.