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George Friedman
History & Commentary
George Friedman is a Hungarian-born American geopolitical author and political scientist whose work examines international relations and long-term shifts in global power.
Biography
George Friedman was born on February 1, 1949, and is a Hungarian-born American futurologist, political scientist, and writer. His writing focuses on geopolitics and international relations. He is the founder and chairman of Geopolitical Futures and previously served as chairman of the publishing company Stratfor.
Friedman is best known for The Coming War With Japan, published in 1991 and co-authored with his wife, Meredith LeBard. The book predicted a military conflict between the United States and Japan around 2020. In The Next 100 Years, he draws on historical and geopolitical patterns to forecast changes in international power, warfare, technology, and culture during the twenty-first century.
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Books by George Friedman
The Next 100 Years
The Next 100 Years draws on history and geopolitical patterns to forecast twenty-first-century changes in global power, warfare, technology, and culture. Its predictions include a renewed cold war with Russia, an extended internal crisis in China, Mexico’s emergence as an important world power, and expanding military and energy uses of space technology.