The next 100 years A Forecast for the 21st Century.

Future Fictions Lab : Reverse-Engineering Tomorrow · Aug 13, 2026 · 6m

In The Next 100 Years, George Friedman presents a geopolitical forecast asserting that the United States is currently an adolescent power poised for a century of global dominance. He argues that the American Age is just beginning, driven by a unique geographic position that controls both major oceans and a culture rooted in pragmatic computing. The narrative predicts the eventual collapse of Russia and China, followed by the emergence of new regional challengers such as Turkey, Japan, and Poland. Friedman envisions a mid-century world war fought primarily in space and with hypersonic…