Dear Reader,
Long-term trends tend to quietly build over decades and then noisily surface as the politics catch up. Such is the case for 2017.
Today we invite you to read our annual forecast, an in-depth look at how long-term trends will impact the world in the next 365 days. The annual forecast is a 20-year tradition at Stratfor, and at the heart of what we hope to give our readers: clarity and context into a world that often seems chaotic, incomprehensible or uncertain.