The World Tomorrow

[Imran Siddiqui]

I'm surprised so many people expect gradual change

Well there have only been a few centuries where the change was rapid and quick. We've been spoiled by the 20th Century . Even in the 19th Century, you didn't have that great of a change. Sure the great powers and war tech changed, but the underlying system was basically the same.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Caesar the Great
Nuclear weapon is detonated somewhere, either in US or Europe by Muslim radicals... within 100 years the only place you'd find a Muslim is in a textbook (20 years)

There are people of Muslim faith on this board. Maybe you should be a bit more considerate with your hyperbole before posting such things? Replace "Muslim" with "Jew" and you have an offensive antisemetic comment. I see yours as just as offensive.

[Mr. President]

Don't hold your breaths on the fall of America.

[Saint Marcus]

a multi-polar system

I hope you're right. I've had enough of the bi-polar and uni-polar systems that we've seen over the last 5 decades. So China vs the USA, and the EU, Japan and perhaps Russia as powerbrokers/mediators. Shouldn't be too unstable...

[Imran Siddiqui]

I hope for a multi-polar system as well, or else it'll be China as the hegemon in 50 years .

China, US, EU will be the main power brokers. Japan and Russia will be great powers that are just below the big three. I can easily see the EU deepening to such an extent that the Security Council veto is taken from Britain and France and given to the EU as a whole and then Japan.

[Immortal Wombat]

50 years: someone else will start a "Your predictions for the future" thread on 'poly, and the over-optimistic bull**** will start anew.

[Flandrien]

Don't forget to bump this thread after 50 years.