This article deals with some of the strategic prospects for 2010. As well as a survey of the geopolitical scene (European countries, European security, nuclear security, the Middle East, extra-European areas, etc.), it outlines some longer-term systemic issues (the persistence of economic fragility, globalization, discontent with the monopoly of legitimate violence, transborder issues, biosphere challenges, etc.). This perspective gives both the depth of vision and the elevated viewpoint appropriate to the strategist.