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He Can See Without The Crystal Ball.(International Edition; PAGE TURNER)(George Friedman)(Brief article)

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Byline: Matthew Philips

Forecasting is, to put it mildly, an inexact science. But George Friedman, a political analyst who launched the intelligence-gathering company Strategic Forecasting in 1996, has gotten pretty adept at it. His one- and 10-year geopolitical and economic forecasts have become hot commodities at the Pentagon and on Wall Street. For his latest book, Friedman wanted to see how far into the future he could predict --so he decided to try the entire 21st century.

The idea: Ignore the doomsayers, Friedman says--the age of American power has only just begun. In the next century, the United States will fight (and win) a second Cold War with a re-emergent Russia, enjoy a midcentury age of opulence and ...

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