Global Fire

The warning signs of a new global upheaval are visible. But are we ready?Challenges of an unprecedented kind are fast descending on us. We are entering a unique period in human history, with five key forces about to converge and spur massive changes.What are these forces or trends? All are of major consequence, and all promise to threaten the political, social, and economic order we know today. Expert analyst Soeren Kern identifies these global trends and how they can influence our future:the increasing radicalization of the Middle Eastthe implications of a nuclear Iranthe consequence of the rise of Islam in the Westa global debt crisis that will reshape the world orderthe dangers of America's diminished influence in the worldA uniquely insightful survey of what is happening in the world today.

Kern, Soeren