... production to reduce dependence on external supplies.
Furthermore, the course of economic modernization will likely intensify. The already evident trend toward reducing dependence on oil exports and building a more technologically advanced and diversified economy will probably become an even more important part of national policy. This includes the development of the “green” agenda. The region’s countries are already implementing large-scale modernization programs, such as Saudi Arabia’s Vision ...
In geopolitics, the actors of international relations are classified as sea power and land power according to their main power trajectory during military operations. Land power operates its army in terrestrial areas more successfully while sea power projects its forces along the maritime routes more operatively. For example, Russia and China are categorized as land powers and the US, the UK, and Japan are in the basket of sea powers. The other geopolitical domains of air, cyberspace, and open space...
A fairly alarming picture of the future, replete with conflicts
Of course, the 100 years indicated in the title of the project is merely a poetic metaphor. In reality, we can only speak with some degree of certainty about two far closer forecasting horizons.
One is five or ten years away.
Let us assume ...