Mexico making a bid for global supremacy? Poland becoming Americas closest ally? World War III taking place in space? It might sound fantastic but all these things can happen. In The Next 100 Years" George Friedman author of the huge bestseller " Americas Secret War" offers a lucid highly readable forecast of the changes we can expect around the world during the 21st century. He predicts where & why future wars will erupt & how they will be fought; which nations will gain & lose economic & political power; & how new technologies & cultural trends will alter the way we live in the new century."