The future, declassified

By Mathew Burrows

Subjects: United states, defenses, Twenty-first century, Technological forecasting, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, Forecasts, New York Times bestseller, World politics, United states, politics and government, Forecasting, nyt:espionage=2014-12-07, International relations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International

Description: "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"--