George Friedman

apsing, and the United States and Soviet Union were competing over who would be their heir. The United States had the Soviet Union surrounded an

The United States doesn't need to win wars. It needs to simply disrupt things so the other side can't build up sufficient strength to challenge it

Grand strategy is not always about war. It is about all of the processes that constitute national power. But in the case of the United States, perhaps more than for other countries, grand strategy is about war, and the interaction between war and economic life. The United States is, historically, a warlike country.

the United States has no overriding interest in peace in Eurasia. The United States also has no interest in winning a war outright.

Its goal was not to stabilize, but to destabilize

Nations are driven by fear of losing what they have. Consider the following in terms of this fear.

here is now a period built into life patterns where people are going to be sexually active but not yet able to support themselves financially. There is also a period in which they can support themselves and are sexually active, but choose not to reproduce

Europe may yet have to deal with the resurgence of Russia, the bullying of the United States, or internal tensions. The door is certainly not closed on conflict.

fundamental principle of strategic planning: hope for the best, plan for the worst.

China is held together by money, not ideology. When there is an economic downturn and the money stops rolling in, not only will the banking system spasm, but the entire fabric of Chinese society will shudder