HEC Montréal
“Intelligence does not claim infallibility for its prophecies. Intelligence merely holds that the answer which it gives is the most deeply and objectively based and carefully considered estimate.” Sherman Kent, Founder of the Office of National Estimates
The first half of the class will give students an overview of the course. All parties will introduce themselves, and we will present the material and topics we will cover over the term. The second half of the class will be about the structural forces of the world in 2040.
Global Trends 2040, A publication of the National Intelligence Council, pages 1 to 65
The future of American power Francis Fukuyama on the end of American hegemony
https://www.dni.gov/index.php/what-we-do/what-is-intelligence
Crozier, M., Huntington, S., and Watanuki, J., 1975. The Crisis of Democracy
Boggs, C. (1969). Democracy and Totalitarianism: A Theory of Political Regimes, By Raymond Aron. Translated By Valence Ionescu. (New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1969. Pp. 257. $7.50.). American Political Science Review, 63(4), 1304-1306. doi:10.1017/S0003055400263521
Soros, George. George Soros On Globalization, PublicAffairs, 2005. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.proxy2.hec.ca/lib/hecm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=680012.
Reinhart, Carmen M., and Kenneth S. Rogoff. Decade of Debt, Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2011. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.proxy2.hec.ca/lib/hecm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3385678.
Reinhart, Carmen M., and Kenneth S. Rogoff. This Time Is Different : Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, Princeton University Press, 2009. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.proxy2.hec.ca/lib/hecm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=766197.
Metz, Cade. 2021. “Genius Makers the Mavericks Who Brought Ai to Google, Facebook, and the World.” New York Times Book Review 126 (14): 10–10.
Khanna, Parag. 2016. Connectography : Mapping the Future of Global Civilization. New York: Random House.