YNot1989

Summary in BriefDr. George Friedman, founder of STRATFOR and Geopolitical Futures, and one of the biggest contributor to how I have come to view geopolitics has released a new book, The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond. The book's prologue is Friedman to the core, and the thesis statement perfectly encapsulates the dispassion that he's known for: "we are simply passengers on the American roller-coaster." The book is filled with statements like these, devoid of condemnation or endorsement, a feature of his that has led many to feel he is overly fatalistic, while more regular reade