In this provocative book, George Friedman turns his gaze to the future and predicts what the world can expect to happen in the course of the 21st century. He explains where and why wars will break out (and how they will be fought), which nations will lose and which will win, where economic and political power will accumulate, and how new technologies and cultural norms will change the way we live in the new century.

- The U.S. War on Jihad will end and be replaced by a second Cold War with Russia.

- China will experience a massive internal crisis and Mexico will emerge as a significant global power.

- A new World War will break out in the middle of this century, between the U.S. and an unexpected alliance of Eastern European, Eurasian, and Far Eastern countries. However, the armies will be numerically small and the wars will be low-casualty.

- Technology will focus on Space, for military purposes, but also for the discovery of dramatically new energy sources that will bring about radical environmental changes.

- The U.S. will experience a new golden age in the second half of the 21st century.