What the CIA thinks the world will look like in 2030

USA has been forecast as the second world economy, but energy independent.

A new intelligence assessment of global trends projects that China will outstrip the United States as the leading economic power before 2030, but that America will remain an indispensable world leader, bolstered in part by an era of energy independence. 

 Russia’s clout will wane, as will the economic strength of other countries reliant on oil for revenues, the assessment says.

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