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More Directly Linked To The Impact Of Technology, It Involves The Gradual Appearance Of A More Controlled And Directed Society. Such A Society Would Be Dominated By An Elite Whose Claim To Political Power Would Rest On Allegedly Superior Scientific Know-how. Unhindered By The Restraints Of Traditional Liberal Values, This Elite Would Not Hesitate To Achieve Its Political Ends By Using The Latest Modern Techniques For Influencing Public Behavior And Keeping Society Under Close Surveillance And Control.

As In All Things, It Is Terribly Important To Have A Sense Of Priorities In What You Do. And To Make Certain That Priorities Do Not Clash.

One Thing We Know: Things Will Become Even More Destabilized If We Don't Step Up Sino-u.s. Cooperation. If You Want To Envisage A Worst-case Scenario, It Is That Putin Reveals Step By Step The Inner Weaknesses Of The West, Particularly In Europe, And The Chinese See In That An Opportunity For Emulation In The Far East, And Then Step By Step Through A Gradual Process We Will Be Witnessing The Emergence Of Sino-russian Partnership In Favor Of A Drastic Change In The Global Balance Of Power.

Russia's Only Real Geostrategic Option - The Option That Would Give Russia A Realistic International Role And Also Maximize The Opportunity Of Transforming And Socially Modernizing Itself - Is Europe.

The Legitimacy Of The Leadership Depends On What That Country Thinks Of Its Leaders.