George Friedman, founder of Stratfor and leading expert in geopolitical forecasting, shares his thoughts on current trends and near-future events that will impact every country on Earth.

Originally published in hardcover: New York : Doubleday, 2009.

Overture: an introduction to the American age -- The dawn of the American age -- Earthquake: the U.S.-Jihadist war -- Population, computers, and culture wars -- The new fault lines -- China 2020: paper tiger -- Russia 2020: rematch -- American power and the crisis of 2030 -- A new world emerges -- The 2040s: prelude to war -- Preparing for war -- World war: a scenario -- The 2060s: a golden decade -- 2080: the United States, Mexico, and the struggle for the global heartland -- Epilogue.