I don't know why you say that it doesn't have predictive power, as it absolutely does. For example, I predict that as long as western democracies will continue

I don't know why you say that it doesn't have predictive power, as it absolutely does. For example, I predict that as long as western democracies will continue to depend on autocracies (there is no sign for that to stop), the existing wars will continue to expand and conflicts multiply.