A new report from the U.S. intelligence community says Asia will become more powerful than both the United States and Europe combined by the year 2030. The National Intelligence Council predicts Asia will possess more “overall power” when population size and other factors are taken into account. The Council also predicts China will surpass the United States to become the world’s largest economy within the next 20 years. Other projections include a looming global decline in food and water resources that could see nearly half the world’s population living in areas hit by “severe water stress.”