2020

How will the World look in the year 2020? Will it be a Davos World where the rising economies of Asia turn the Globalization barrel against it's very own masterminds of the West? Will the poor economic prospects in the Middle East within a rapidly changing world seduce the large youth populations of the Arab countries into an embrace of religious organizations offering safety and a sense of community which transcends all borders and propagate a "New Caliphate" rule? Will the United States get a grip on it's foreign policy and aspirations of world domination and become a cooperative cohabitant of the planet alongside other nations in an all inclusive Pax Americana? Or are we on a downhill spin to a reality where fear begets fear and attempts at non proliferation lead to outlandish security measures and effectively an Orwellian order? Better than a crystal ball, The National Intelligence Council provides a report outlining The 2020 Global Landscape, via Disinfo. Mapping the Global Future is the 3rd of Global Trends publications projecting onto the years 2010 and 2015 beforehand. This report differs from the previous ones, in the scope of foreign opinion sought to shape the predictions and to provide a mirror to the US image around the world.