The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century rule, the analysis predicted that regional fragmentation was now a less-likely scenario for China, with the most probable result being the re-imposition of strict authoritarian rule. It is unknown at present what implications this has for the books further predictions, such as the Third World War and the US conflict with Mexico. The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century The Next 100 Years is a 2009 book by George Friedman. In the book, Friedman attempts to predict the major geopolitical events and trends of the 21st century. Friedman also speculates in the book on changes in technology
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century and now reads: "protect and enhance the environment, promote energy conservation, improve the quality of life, and promote consistency between transportation improvements and State and local planned growth and economic development patterns". See 23 USC 135(d) Section 1211(d) prevents the United States Department of Transportation from requiring state departments of transportation from using the metric system. This has had the effect of delaying metrication in the United States with respect to road construction, though some states had already completely converted. Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century The United States federal Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) was