The Next 100 Years

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T H E N E X T 1 0 0 Y E A R S 

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A l s o b y G e o r g e F r i e d m a n
AMERICA’S SECRET WAR
The Future of War
THE INTELLIGENCE EDGE
THE COMING WAR WITH JAPAN
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL

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A F O R E C A S T F O R T H E 2 1 S T C E N T U R Y
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N E W Y O R K L O N D O N T O R O N T O S Y D N E Y A U C K L A N D

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Copyright © 2009 by George Friedman 
All Rights Reserved 
Published in the United States by Doubleday,
an imprint of The Doubleday Publishing Group,
a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
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Random House, Inc.
All maps created by Stratfor
Book design by Elizabeth Rendfleisch 
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Friedman, George.
The next 100 years : a forecast for the 21st century / George Friedman. —
1st ed.
p. cm.
1. International relations—21st century. 2. Twenty-first century—
Forecasts. 3. World politics—21st century—Forecasting. 4. International
relations—Forecasting. I. Title. II. Title: Next hundred years.
JZ1305.F75 2009
303.49—dc22
2008026423
eISBN: 978-0-385-52294-6
v1.0

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For Meredith, muse and taskmaster

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To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in 
turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual. 
—George W. F. Hegel 

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C O N T E N T S 
list of illustrations 
xi
author’s note 
xiii
Overture: An Introduction to the American Age
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