POSSIBLE GLOBAL AND REGIONAL EVOLUTIONS OF GEOPOLITICS IN THE XXI CENTURY (l)

• Main Author: Constantin MINCU
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academy of Romanian Scientists Publishing House 2013-06-01
• Series: Annals: Series on Military Sciences
• Subjects: global; regional; geopolitics; George Friedman
• Online Access: http://www.aos.ro/wp-content/anale/MTVol5Nr1Art.2.pdf

In the paper, the author briefly presents possible global and regional evolutions of geopolitics in the XXI century grounded on the analysis of some regards expressed by foreign and Romanian specialists in many papers appeared in the late years on this subject. A special attention is granted to the book published by STRATFOR founder George FRIEDMAN "The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century", edited in Romania to the Litera Publishing House in 2012. The evolutions forecasted on medium and long term will practically damage all Earth population and its regions, with dramatic consequences on economic, financial, social military and environmental plan. The most of the geopolitics' specialists appreciate with arguments and grounded there will be following intricate decades with riots and wars with spectacular up side downs of situations and major reconfigurations of areas of influence of major powers with important influences also over Romania.