George Friedman, from Geopolitical Futures recently wrote under the heading, "What has Happened to Us."
He said: "We are not going back. The vast social and political animosity tearing at the fabric of the world will resolve itself … it will leave behind a changed world. That's our point about 2019. It is a year in which the old world has died, but many think it can still be resurrected.
"It is a year where the new world has not yet emerged. There are those who will welcome it. There are those who will loathe it. It will be what it must be. A new world with new rules. History is profoundly indifferent to our preferences. We live. We die. We love. We hate. We do so all under the pressure of reality. And the world is on edge."