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George Friedman Business Breakfast
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"Predictions have made George Friedman a hot property these days" - Wall Street Journal.



In The Next 100 Years, internationally renowned expert in geopolitics and forecasting George Friedman offers a lucid and fascinating picture of what we can expect around the world during the 21st century. He explains where and why future wars will erupt, which nations will gain and lose economic political power, and how new technologies and cultural trends will alter the way we live in the new century. He speaks with Michael Fullilove.



Literary Lunch/Dinner  |  Current Affairs, Nonfiction
Participants
George Friedman, Michael Fullilove (facilitator)

When
Thursday, May 21 2009
08:00 - 09:30

Where
Café Sydney
5th Floor |31 Alfred Street
Sydney
 Venue and Transport Info

Cost
$95

Bookings
9250 1988
 Sydney Theatre Box Office

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GEORGE FRIEDMAN (INTERNATIONAL)Friedman, George by John Dyer
GEORGE FRIEDMAN is an internationally recognised expert in security and intelligence issues. He is founder and CEO of STRATFOR, which analyses and forecasts trends in world affairs. He is also the author of several books, including The Future of War, America’s Secret War, and most recently The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century.
 stratfor.com

also appearing at...
201: Is this the End for You, Me and Capitalism? The Friday Night Salon
292: George Friedman in Conversation

MICHAEL FULLILOVE (LOCAL)

Michael Fullilove is the director of the Global Issues Program at the Lowy Institute for International Policy and a nonresident senior fellow in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. Previously, Michael worked as a lawyer, an adviser to Prime Minister Paul Keating, and a consultant to Frank Lowy AC on the establishment of the Lowy Institute.

Michael has published more than one hundred articles in publications including The New York Times, the Financial Times, The Washington Post, the International Herald Tribune, Slate, The Daily Beast, the Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian, the Australian Financial Review, The National Interest and Foreign Affairs. Michael is a frequent commentator for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Michael's first book, 'Men and Women of Australia!' Our Greatest Modern Speeches, was recently published.