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In Episode 124 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Peter Zeihan, a geopolitical strategist who combines an expert understanding of demography, economics, energy, politics, technology, and security to help his clients prepare for an uncertain future. Before founding his own strategy firm, Peter helped develop the analytical models for Stratfor, one of the world\u2019s premier private intelligence companies. He\u2019s also a critically-acclaimed author whose first two books \u2014 The Accidental Superpower and The Absent Superpower \u2014 have been recommended by Mitt Romney, Fareed Zakaria and Ian Bremmer. His latest book, \u201cDisunited Nations: The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World,\u201d hits bookstores tomorrow.

This is one of the most educational conversations that we have ever recorded on Hidden Forces. The episode is meant to provide you with a comprehensive overview of Peter Zeihan\u2019s work and outlook on the subjects of foreign affairs, economics, and geopolitics. The goal is to help you understand just how abnormal our world has been for the last 70 years and what a return to a more \u201cnormal world\u201d is going to look like. America\u2019s withdrawal from the world has consequences for governments, business people, retirees, and especially for anyone who is living or invested in countries that have been the primary beneficiaries of the American lead international Order of the past three generations.

In the first hour, Peter lays the foundation for what this new world is going to look like, how it differs from the world we\u2019ve inhabited since the end of World War Two, and what sorts of forces will be driving the changes that we can expect to experience over the next few decades. Towards the end of the episode we start to get into specific countries and regions, exploring the types of changes that we can expect to see economically, politically, geographically, and militarily in the not-too-distant future.\xa0

The future that Peter lays out is one of both risk and opportunity, and we explore many of these opportunities in the second half of this episode, including those dealing with Turkey, Argentina, and perhaps, most importantly, the United States and what Americans and their nation\u2019s regional partners can expect to experience in the scramble for security, resources, and power in the world to come.

You can access the second hour, as well as the transcript and rundown to this week\u2019s episode through the Hidden Forces Patreon Page. All subscribers also gain access to our overtime feed, which can be easily added to your favorite podcast application.\xa0

Producer & Host: Demetri Kofinas

Editor & Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou

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