George Friedman





George Friedman

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Dr. Friedman is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of STRATFOR. Since 1996 Dr. Friedman has driven the strategic vision guiding STRATFOR to global prominence in private geopolitical intelligence and forecasting.

Dr. Friedman is the author of The New York Times bestseller “The Next Decade: Where We’ve Been…and Where We’re Going,” which forecasts the major events and challenges that will test America and the American President over the course of the next decade. Dr. Friedman’s previous book, “The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century” was also a New York Times bestseller and was published in over 20 languages. His other books on warfare and intelligence have included “America’s Secret War,” “The Future of War” and “The Intellige...more


Average rating: 3.62 · 3,416 ratings · 583 reviews · 20 distinct works · Similar authors
The Next 100 Years: A Forec...
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 2,345 ratings — published 2008 — 25 editions
The Next Decade: What the W...
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 665 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions
America's Secret War: Insid...
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 2004 — 14 editions
The Future of War: Power, T...
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions
The Coming War With Japan
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions
The Next Decade: Where We'v...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011
The Intelligence Edge: How ...
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2.2 of 5 stars 2.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1997
Los Proximos Cien Anos
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
Los Próximos 100 años. Pron...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011
A Próxima Década: Onde esta...
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011
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“In Geo-Politics, a nation has no permanent allies or permanent enemies, only permanent interests.”
George Friedman

“Anger does not make history. Power does. And power may be supplemented by anger, but it derives from more fundamental realities; geography, demographics, technology, and culture.”
George Friedman, The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century

“The computer focuses ruthlessly on things that can be represented in numbers. In so doing, it seduces people into thinking that other aspects of knowledge are either unreal or unimportant. The computer treats reason as an instrument for achieving things, not for contemplating things. It narrows dramatically what we know and intended by reason.”
George Friedman, The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century

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