The Next Decade: Where We've Been...and Where We're Going

摘要

This century will challenge U.S. leaders to exercise wider foreign-policy vision than ever before, according to George Friedman, founder and CEO of geopolitical intelligence firm STRATFOR, in The Next Decade. The United States has traditionally considered certain countries more strategically key than others, but in this century practically every country on earth will matter, Friedman argues. Leaders will need to develop a balanced global strategy that is not singularly focused on combating terrorism, but on myriad issues taking place on all corners of the globe. Friedman sees major shakeups ahead in U.S. foreign policy. For example, the United States will distance itself from Israel and strive to accommodate Iran; it will also attach far more importance to several countries now regarded as only somewhat important, such as Poland and Singapore.