China Red Cell Projects Beijing Triumph

Two former top CIA officials game out a dark future in 2041 aimed at provoking thought on avoiding a disaster

Shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, the CIA’s Directorate of Intelligence, the agency’s analytical wing, created a Red Cell, an elite group of analysts tasked with “thinking outside of the box” on a number of issues facing the U.S. One of them was dedicated to the challenge of a rapidly moderniz…