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Global Trends 2030

Why We Should Reduce the Defense Budget

Bob Burnett | Posted 04.19.2013 | Politics
Read More: National Intelligence Council, Obama Defense Budget, Department of Defense, Defense Budget, Global Trends 2030, Military Spending, Politics News
Bob Burnett

The NIC report indicates that we're rapidly moving towards a quadripartite world governed by the U.S., China, India, and the European Community. In such a world, it makes no sense for America to shoulder most of the responsibility for policing the world.

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The Future Is Coming: What's the U.S. Plan?

Bob Burnett | Posted 04.12.2013 | Politics
Read More: National Intelligence Council, 2030, Strategy, Future, President Barack Obama, Global Trends 2030, President Obama, Politics News
Bob Burnett

The future is arriving faster than expected. According to a report by the National Intelligence Council, Global Trends 2030, 17 years from now the world will be remarkably different. How does America plan to deal with this change?

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4 Grand Challenges to Energy, Food and Water

Manish Bapna | Posted 04.08.2013 | Green
Read More: National Intelligence Council, Energy, Resource Scarcity, Natural Resources, Shale Gas, Global Trends 2030, Clean Energy, Green News
Manish Bapna

Global growth will likely increase the demand for food, water, and energy by 35, 40, and 50 percent, respectively, by 2030. Add continued climate change to the equation, and the struggle for resources only becomes more intense.

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5 Long-Term Trends the New Obama Cabinet Should Understand

Jonathan Moyer | Posted 01.15.2013 | World
Read More: Trend Forecasting, International Affairs, Obama Administration, Aging, Chuck Hagel, John Kerry, Global Trends 2030, President Obama, Poverty, Africa, Millenium Development Goals, The Frederick S. Pardee Center, China, Japan, South Korea, Economic Growth, Smart Grid, Climate Change, World News
Jonathan Moyer

The new Obama cabinet should focus on promoting improved migration policies in the countries forecasted to age most. Such policies would help these countries, which are now our major economic partners, to promote stability and growth in a way that's sustainable long into the future.

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The U.S. Intelligence Community's New Year's Wish

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 03.05.2013 | Politics
Read More: Nsa, u.s. Intelligence, Intelligence, Cia, Global Trends 2030 Report, Global Trends Report, Global Trends 2030, National Intelligence Council, Intelligence Community, Intelligence Budget, Politics News
Tom Engelhardt

Every few years the National Intelligence Council has produced a document it calls serially Global Trends [fill in the future year]. The latest edition, out just in time for Barack Obama's second term, is Global Trends 2030.

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Spies Predict Where The World Will Be In 2030

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 03.20.2013 | Green
Read More: Climate Change Predictions, Global Trends 2030 Report, Global Trends Report, Global Trends 2030, National Intelligence Council Report, 2030 Predictions, Global Trends, Climate Change, Water Scarcity, Global Warming, Ap, Green News

WASHINGTON -- The United States could see its standing as a superpower eroded and Asian economies will outstrip those of North America and Europe comb...

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