Forecasting the Geopolitical Future

Voice of America interviews George Friedman, founder of the privateintelligence company Stratfor, and author of "The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century." Among Friedman's predictions: Solar arrays will solve the problem of finding clean energy; industrialized nations with declining populations will compete for immigrants from the developing world; the United States and Mexico will come into increasing conflict; and Poland and Turkey will emerge as great powers.