Description
This important report, Global Trends 2030-Alternative Worlds, released in 2012 by the U.S. National Intelligence Council, describes megatrends and potential game changers for the next decades. Among the megatrends, it analyzes:
- increased individual empowerment
- the diffusion of power among states and the ascent of a networked multi-polar world
- a world's population growing to 8.3 billion people, of which sixty percent will live in urbanized areas, and surging cross-border migration
- expanding demand for food, water, and energy
It furthermore describes potential game changers, including:
- a global economy that could thrive or collapse
- increased global insecurity due to regional instability in the Middle East and South Asia
- new technologies that could solve the problems caused by the megatrends
- the possibility, but by no means the certainty, that the U.S. with new partners will reinvent the international system
Students of trends, forward-looking entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades will find this essential reading.
Author: National Intelligence Council
Publisher: Cosimo Reports
Published: 02/07/2018
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d
ISBN13: 9781945934094
ISBN10: 1945934093
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | American Government | National
- Political Science | Globalization
- Political Science | Political Economy