What if the future center of world power no longer lies on land, at sea, or in oil, but shifts into outer space? Drawing on George Friedman’s analysis in The Next 100 Years, this essay explores what may be the greatest transformation in the history of human geopolitics: the birth of an era in which mastery of orbit becomes the primary foundation of global power. Dominance of outer space, space-based solar energy, robotics, and orbital infrastructure could reshape how states build economic and military strength. A world shaped for more than a century by the geopolitics of oil could enter a new era in which energy is produced from beyond Earth. Yet this change also raises a great question: will outer space become the common heritage of humankind, or a new form of geopolitical domination? A strategic analysis of the future of power, technology, and human civilization.
Space Power and the Future World Order: George Friedman, American Hegemony, and the Geopolitics of the 21st Century
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