The turks are obssessed about stratfor because in George Friedman's book the next hundred years, he claims Turkey and Japan will become the new superpowers of the world. The ottoman and japanese imperialism will make a comeback and even america will not be able to compete. Heres the good part, he predicts that the turks and japs will form an alliance and launch a sneak attack against the US who will then be allied with China by then.
There goes Stratfor's credibilty right there. His books belongs in the science fiction section.
Here are some stats, in 2010 Chinese economy overtook japan (5.4) at the 5.7 trillion mark. in 2013 China's economy is 25% larger than japan (6) nominally at 8.25 trillion. How the OP think the article is still relevant bewilders me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Next_100_Years For a good laugh
There goes Stratfor's credibilty right there. His books belongs in the science fiction section.
Here are some stats, in 2010 Chinese economy overtook japan (5.4) at the 5.7 trillion mark. in 2013 China's economy is 25% larger than japan (6) nominally at 8.25 trillion. How the OP think the article is still relevant bewilders me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Next_100_Years For a good laugh