Whoaccio
Senior Member
This is kind of neat, the US National Intelligence Council, the long terms analysis branch of the US Intelligence Community, just released their 17 year projection for what the world will look like in 2025.
From the webpage:
From the webpage:
The document itself is quite a whooper, bout 120 pages. Any thoughts? I can't help but feel the threat posed by Russia is grossly exagerated. The country's population has been dropping precipitously, its military kills more of its own soldiers than enemies and its economy is rickety.Some of our preliminary assessments are highlighted below:
* The whole international system—as constructed following WWII—will be revolutionized. Not only will new players—Brazil, Russia, India and China— have a seat at the international high table, they will bring new stakes and rules of the game.
* The unprecedented transfer of wealth roughly from West to East now under way will continue for the foreseeable future.
* Unprecedented economic growth, coupled with 1.5 billion more people, will put pressure on resources—particularly energy, food, and water—raising the specter of scarcities emerging as demand outstrips supply.
* The potential for conflict will increase owing partly to political turbulence in parts of the greater Middle East.