Who Will Rule the World? George Friedman about the Future of World Order (2020)

[Peter1469]

Who Will Rule the World? George Friedman about the Future of World Order (2020): neither China nor Russia.

[midcan5]

No one rules the world for very long, and you know what the DI said about opinions.

For the reader:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/408204.Ideas


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18770.The_Modern_Mind


"It seems to me a case of negligence if, after becoming firm in our faith, we do not strive to understand what we believe." Peter Watson, Ideas: A History

[Lummy]

That was a drive-by snapshot. Whatever is true in that vignette won't be true tomorrow.

[Peter1469]

That was a drive-by snapshot. Whatever is true in that vignette won't be true tomorrow.

True. The narrator offered, at least the US and Europe advice on how to make changes in their favor.

[PJL]

True. The narrator offered, at least the US and Europe advice on how to make changes in their favor.

The narrator is Jewish , and extensively educated with "geopolitics"..........what else would you expect him to say ?

[Peter1469]

The narrator is Jewish , and extensively educated with "geopolitics"..........what else would you expect him to say ?

What does being Jewish have to do with it?

He was born in Hungary and escaped the Iron Curtain.

[PJL]

What does being Jewish have to do with it?

He was born in Hungary and escaped the Iron Curtain.

A jewish person who escaped from behind the dreaded Iron Curtain , then migrated to America and studied geopolitics ? I'm sure his background had no influence whatsoever on his opinions about who will run the world.......(lol)

[Peter1469]

A jewish person who escaped from behind the dreaded Iron Curtain , then migrated to America and studied geopolitics ? I'm sure his background had no influence whatsoever on his opinions about who will run the world.......(lol)

Again, I don't see the Jewish part as relevant. But living behind the Iron Curtain, yes.

[barb012]

I see China will do it.

[Peter1469]

I see China will do it.

I don't. Much of their country is still impoverished. China has yet to prove it can turn those people into productive citizens in a consumer economy.