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  • The Next 100 Years

  • A Forecast for the 21st Century
  • Written by: George Friedman
  • Narrated by: William Hughes
  • Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (54 ratings)

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The Next 100 Years

Written by: George Friedman
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Publisher's Summary

George Friedman, founder of Stratfor, has become a leading expert in geopolitical forecasting, sought after for his thoughtful assessments of current trends and near-future 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.

©2009 George Friedman (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

What the critics say

"A unique combination of cold-eyed realism and boldly confident fortune-telling....Whether all of the visions in Friedman's crystal ball actually materialize, they certainly make for engrossing entertainment." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Good analysis based on geopolitics past & present

Good narration.
I listened to this in 2022 and some of the events the author described have already come to pass. That provides weight to some of his other predictions. That being said, the further one goes in the future the more difficult it becomes to make predictions. So when the author describes wars in space it is difficult to take seriously. But maybe that's the point and the author spells that out throughout the book. It was entertaining, nevertheless.

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Interesting

Very interesting book, as I am listening to it in 2024. Many of the events have already come to pass, and you can see other predicted events on the horizon

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Just plain old American egoism

This book is terrible. Just. Absolutely terrible. The author cannot conceive of a world where America is not an authority to be respected and feared. This ridiculous drivel sounds like it was written by a sheltered teenager who was told he was gifted and never challenged all his life.

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Interesting but dated.

The events of 2019-2022 have made much of the content irrelevant. Interesting predictions nevertheless.

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