| We all want to know what the future holds. Fortunately, there is a way to reliably predict it. Here is an excerpt from George Friedman’s forecast report, A New Reality—Significant Geopolitical Trends for the Coming Months: | The world in 2017 is seeing a divide between countries that can sustain themselves through stable domestic consumption, and those that are dependent on exports. | | Far more countries are heavily exposed to the international system than you may realize and will have extremely difficult domestic problems; less exposed countries will still have tensions, but more manageable ones. | | Examples of major countries with few options are Saudi Arabia, Russia, China, and Germany. | | Three of these have already experienced a contraction of revenue from exports—either through falling prices or shrinking demand. | | Germany has not yet experienced a decline in exports but will in 2017. | | The primary country that has alternatives to exports is the US. | | Few other nations are in this position, save for Brazil and to some extent Japan, which has low enough exports and high enough domestic demand that substitution is possible. |
This is only a tiny sampling of what you’ll read in this 24-page report, including eye-opening predictions like these: | In the Middle East and Afghanistan, Trump will try to end US wars—just as Obama tried—but he will not be successful in 2017. | | The US alone will not have the troop levels or political will necessary to defeat the Islamic State. The fight against IS will progress slowly and bloodily in 2017. There is no silver bullet for IS, despite Trump’s bravado. The battle for Mosul will bleed into 2017, and the battle for Raqqa will take shape by the end of the year. |
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