-- The New York Times Magazine With remarkable accuracy, George Friedman has forecasted coming trends in global politics, technology, population, and culture. In -- Flashpoints Through Friedman's seamless narrative of townspeople and rivers and villages, a clear picture of regions and countries and history begins to emerge. Flashpoints From the Hardcover edition.
Examines key geopolitical flashpoints in Europe and their potential for future conflicts, discussing the failure of the European Union to minimize cultural conflict and geopolitical tensions and exploring how events in Europe will affect the rest of the world.