ASIAN SECURITY CONFERENCE 2010
Asian Strategic Futures 2030 : Trends, Scenarios and Alternatives

As human history shows future is always uncertain. Even so, there are forecasts on the possibility of Asian countries like China and India overtaking the US by 2030 and 2050 respectively in the economic sphere with agencies like the National Intelligence Council (NIC) and Goldman Sachs already predicting the decline of the US and the rise of Asia. Whether Asian states will continue with the present pace of their economic growth or lose momentum needs to be examined in order to plan for the uncertainties and sudden breaks that may materialize in the future.