George Friedman

Instead of waiting for that to happen, we built NATO. And NATO existed primarily to block the Russian entry into the Atlantic. We had to rebuild Europe in order to make it viable. And they lost their empire, and that became the third world, officially. And we fought constantly with the Russians, hand-to-hand combat, sort of covert operations, trying to block them.

And that's, for the last 80 years, what we did. Well, Russia proved in Ukraine that it is not going to be able to occupy Ukraine. It can't occupy Europe. And the Europeans have had a free ride, and I think that's pretty true. And our commitment is to the defense of the United States. The major danger to the United States is, of course, nuclear war. And that battle is fought in space.

And that's, for the last 80 years, what we did. Well, Russia proved in Ukraine that it is not going to be able to occupy Ukraine. It can't occupy Europe. And the Europeans have had a free ride, and I think that's pretty true. And our commitment is to the defense of the United States. The major danger to the United States is, of course, nuclear war. And that battle is fought in space.

And that's, for the last 80 years, what we did. Well, Russia proved in Ukraine that it is not going to be able to occupy Ukraine. It can't occupy Europe. And the Europeans have had a free ride, and I think that's pretty true. And our commitment is to the defense of the United States. The major danger to the United States is, of course, nuclear war. And that battle is fought in space.

Satellites sensing launches, being able to do mad mutually assured destruction and so on. Next 50 years will be about a much less integrated U.S. with the world. Not isolated, not certainly trading intensely with countries. But we have spent the past 85 years in constant warfare, small, large, covert, overt. I participate in some of that and it was exhausting.

Satellites sensing launches, being able to do mad mutually assured destruction and so on. Next 50 years will be about a much less integrated U.S. with the world. Not isolated, not certainly trading intensely with countries. But we have spent the past 85 years in constant warfare, small, large, covert, overt. I participate in some of that and it was exhausting.

Satellites sensing launches, being able to do mad mutually assured destruction and so on. Next 50 years will be about a much less integrated U.S. with the world. Not isolated, not certainly trading intensely with countries. But we have spent the past 85 years in constant warfare, small, large, covert, overt. I participate in some of that and it was exhausting.

So the country really doesn't have to do that. So what I see happening is two things. One, the United States taking on a role it had for most of its history. as a country that is self-sustaining, highly trading, involved in the world, certainly on alert with the great military. But the battle, the next battles will be fought in space.

So the country really doesn't have to do that. So what I see happening is two things. One, the United States taking on a role it had for most of its history. as a country that is self-sustaining, highly trading, involved in the world, certainly on alert with the great military. But the battle, the next battles will be fought in space.

So the country really doesn't have to do that. So what I see happening is two things. One, the United States taking on a role it had for most of its history. as a country that is self-sustaining, highly trading, involved in the world, certainly on alert with the great military. But the battle, the next battles will be fought in space.

This sounds strange, but it would have been strange if the next war in Europe would be fought in the air and that nuclear weapons would arise. We were protected from nuclear war by mutually assured destruction. It was the one war in which the leaders themselves would be killed on the first round. We would hit and they would hit. And so there was no war because we had 30 minutes warning.

This sounds strange, but it would have been strange if the next war in Europe would be fought in the air and that nuclear weapons would arise. We were protected from nuclear war by mutually assured destruction. It was the one war in which the leaders themselves would be killed on the first round. We would hit and they would hit. And so there was no war because we had 30 minutes warning.

This sounds strange, but it would have been strange if the next war in Europe would be fought in the air and that nuclear weapons would arise. We were protected from nuclear war by mutually assured destruction. It was the one war in which the leaders themselves would be killed on the first round. We would hit and they would hit. And so there was no war because we had 30 minutes warning.

Because we had radars and after the U-2 was shot down, we were kind of spying on the Russians. They were spying in other ways. we launched satellites. Remember the first American satellite and the first American Russian satellite were launched a month for each other. First American man in space and first Russian man in space launched weeks apart.

Because we had radars and after the U-2 was shot down, we were kind of spying on the Russians. They were spying in other ways. we launched satellites. Remember the first American satellite and the first American Russian satellite were launched a month for each other. First American man in space and first Russian man in space launched weeks apart.

Because we had radars and after the U-2 was shot down, we were kind of spying on the Russians. They were spying in other ways. we launched satellites. Remember the first American satellite and the first American Russian satellite were launched a month for each other. First American man in space and first Russian man in space launched weeks apart.

So I always wondered, and I don't know, that there was a kind of collaboration between the Russians and Americans to maintain MAD, Mutual Assured Destruction. It was a really neat name for it. Now MAD is short for space. Satellites are flying there. Satellites, one, block the Russians in Ukraine. American satellites could see small units down a meter level resolution.

So I always wondered, and I don't know, that there was a kind of collaboration between the Russians and Americans to maintain MAD, Mutual Assured Destruction. It was a really neat name for it. Now MAD is short for space. Satellites are flying there. Satellites, one, block the Russians in Ukraine. American satellites could see small units down a meter level resolution.

So I always wondered, and I don't know, that there was a kind of collaboration between the Russians and Americans to maintain MAD, Mutual Assured Destruction. It was a really neat name for it. Now MAD is short for space. Satellites are flying there. Satellites, one, block the Russians in Ukraine. American satellites could see small units down a meter level resolution.

And we put in things like HIMARS, these missile systems that could, with precision, hit them. So now tactical war is governed from space. MAD is governed from space. And space is full of debris, anti-satellite systems. The Chinese are launching them constantly. We've launched 200 satellites this year. So... Communication satellites? Military satellites? Oh, yes, absolutely.