The future, declassified : megatrends that will undo the world unless we take action /

"Twenty-five years ago when Mathew Burrows went to work for the CIA as an intelligence analyst, the world seemed frozen. Then came the fall of the Berlin Wall and the implosion of the Soviet Union; suddenly, unpredictability became a universal theme and foresight was critical. For the past decade, B...

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Main Author:	Burrows, Mathew
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Twenty-first century > Forecasts. International relations > Forecasting. World politics > 21st century > Forecasting. Technological forecasting. 2000-2099 Twenty-first century. International relations. World politics. Forecasting.
Summary:	"Twenty-five years ago when Mathew Burrows went to work for the CIA as an intelligence analyst, the world seemed frozen. Then came the fall of the Berlin Wall and the implosion of the Soviet Union; suddenly, unpredictability became a universal theme and foresight was critical. For the past decade, Burrows has overseen the creation of the Global Trends report--the key futurist guide for the White House, Departments of State and Defense, and Homeland Security"--