The author of this book, George Friedman, is an American political scientist, director of the private intelligence and analytical organization Stretfor, an expert in geopolitics. “Border regions are a place where cultures mix, but they can also be places where wars arise. These are “hot spots,” he writes in his book. “Today, the border lands to the west of Russia have become such “hot spots.” The fire has already appeared, but the global conflagration has not yet broken out.” Where are the other potential “flashpoints”, what awaits the world in the future, will there be a new world war? J. Friedman conducts a detailed analysis of the past and present of Eurasia to answer these questions.