The Future, Declassified

Megatrends That Will Undo the World Unless We Take Action

By Mathew Burrows

"Twenty-five years ago when Mathew Burrows went to work for the CIA as an intelligence analyst, the world seemed frozen. Then came the fall of the Berlin Wall and the implosion of the Soviet Union; suddenly, unpredictability became a universal theme and foresight was critical. For the past decade, Burrows has overseen the creation of the Global Trends report--the key futurist guide for the White House, Departments of State and Defense, and Homeland Security"

Publisher: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

ISBN: 9781137279552, 1137279559

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