George Freidman's The Next Decade

History is constantly changing around the world, for example the United States starting off as a British colony and then fighting for their freedom to become an independent country that ended up proving to the world that not only could they fight with a big country such as Great Britain, but also prove themselves to be the most powerful nation that is in charge of politics around the world and help countries that need to be cleaned. In the book The Next Decade by George Freidman he discusses many issues that the world faces and would face in the next decade. Freidman talks about the change in political issues, the way countries deal with each other and how the United States should control the world’s economy and become the most powerful nation-state that the world has ever seen. Freidman talks about the United States as being the one country to be involved in all other countries, as well as how political boundaries and rules will be changed since the president in charge has to deal with the upcoming power that …show more content…
The first argument that was Freidman presented that was disagreeable was that he believes “the best option for the American president is to marginalize the conflict without doing anything to signify a shift… which would appear to mean simply accepting the imbalance of power” . Many people believe that the United States is currently in Israel and helping them is because the United States and its people believe that if something is not done in that part of the world, they would not only corrupt themselves, but create conflict around the world. The United States should do something about Israel and Palestine and the fight that has been going on for years regarding certain