The future, declassified
Subtitle: megatrends that will undo the world unless we take action
By: Mathew Burrows
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9781137279552
Subjects: Forecasting; World politics; International relations; Technological forecasting; Twenty-first century; Forecasts
Description: "Twenty-five years ago when Mathew Burrows went to work for the CIA as an intelligence analyst, the world seemed frozen. Then came the fall of the Berlin Wall and the implosion of the Soviet Union; suddenly, unpredictability became a universal theme and foresight was critical. For the past decade, Burrows has overseen the creation of the Global Trends report--the key futurist guide for the White House, Departments of State and Defense, and Homeland Security"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Don't kill the messenger; title: The power of one; title: A splintered world; title: Playing God; title: An era of scarcity or abundance?; title: A revolutionary China?; title: Will technology be a boon or a curse?; title: A return to world at war?; title: The last days of pax Americana?; title: The enemy of my enemy is my friend; title: East is East and West is West; title: With friends like this; title: Making the system work; title: Are we prepared for the future?