A PUBLICATION
        OF THE NATIONAL 
        INTELLIGENCE COUNCIL
        MARCH 2021
                   GLOBAL2040
                     TRENDS
                       A MORE CONTESTED WORLD
                                                                                A MORE CONTESTED WORLD a
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                                 “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
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