User blog:Eastward Expansion/A New World (Book Review Part 4)

Please Note that this is a part of Eastward Expansion's Book Review for 'The Next Hundred Years by George Friedman' it may be wise to read the previous reviews. Eastward Expansion 15:47, August 2, 2010 (UTC)

As George Friedman, author of The Next Hundred Years, says "With the collapse of Russia, and China Eurasia will become a poachers paradise"

With the collapse of Russia and China, America will feel that it has won the war for world domination. Even now, America is the only nation in the history of the world that has control over all of the oceans and seas in the world. America will feel that it has ushered in a new age of prosperity. America had much the same feelings in the 90s. Throughout the 2030s America will have more issues internally, than externally. The bulk of these internal problems will be population.

Throughout American history, labour has never been a problem. But, the population boom that occured in the 19th and 20th centuries is over. All of the sudden, there will be far more elderly people who consume but do not work or pay taxes, than there is now. The hordes of "Baby Boomers" will go into retirement, and someone must care for them. America will not be the only nation faced with these delimas. In the elections of either 2028 or 2032, the most important issue will be labour. This will be a defining moment in American Economic History.

The President will usher in an era where nations compete for immigrants. And America will be chief amongst them. There will also be three other nations emerging on the world stage...

Japan

Japanese culture and society is very unlike America, as far as immigration goes. While Americans tend to think that anyone can become American, the Japanese do not think this. Yet Japan will need labour more than ever before. So, instead of trying to convince immigrants to come to Japan, Japan will come to these immigrants. To do this, Japan will absorb portions of the former China and Russia.

Turkey

Turkey will no longer rely on a chaotic buffer (The Caucus Nations) to keep the Russians away. During the second Cold War, Russia will have tried to put Turkey in its sphere of influence. Turkey will invade or put up a puppet in all the territory between the Black and Caspian seas. But Turkey won't stop there. Turkey is already becoming the leading face of the Islamic World. America (not wanting to see another war on terror) will back Turkey (one of its clostest Muslim allies.) in controlling almost all of the Middle East. Central Asia ( an area formerly under high Russia influence) will be de facto absorbed by Turkey.

Poland

Leading the Polish Bloc, that we mentioned before, Poland will fast come to dominate Central and Eastern Europe. Poland and the other members of the Polish Bloc will push at least as far as Minsk, if not all the way to Moscow. Many Poles abroad will immigrate home, and Poland will be one of the few nations that will not have to deal with labour.

These chance happenings will create 3 superpowers.

At the beggining of this book review, I asked you what you thought World War 3 would be like.

Now what do you think it will be like?