Global Trends and Forecast for 2022

Join George Friedman, Ph.D., Founder and chairman of Geopolitical Futures, Author: The Storm Before the Calm, America’s Discord, The Coming Crisis of the 2020s, The Triumph Beyond, for an in-depth look at his new work on the Geopolitical Futures’ Global Trends and Forecast for 2022. Hosts Jim Cathcart and Jim Falk explore Friedman’s new work, which is based on the trends he has intensively and extensively researched this last year. Friedman gives us a snapshot of the political, economic, and military systems we are faced with and the overall impact 2022 with all its disruptions will bring to the U.S., China, Russia, Europe brings, and how the future will impact global power. We discuss, the outcome of Covid and the impact it has had on the economy, ranging from a contraction of available labor, business failures, the shortage of normally available products and medicine, and how collectively the last couple of years have placed pressures on societies throughout the globe. His new work can be accessed at ht