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In The Long Run, Global Politics Are Bound To Become Increasingly Uncongenial To The Concentration Of Hegemonic Power In The Hands Of A Single State. Hence, America Is Not Only The First, As Well As The Only, Truly Global Superpower, But It Is Also Likely To Be The Very Last.

However, If Moscow Regains Control Over Ukraine, With Its 52 Million People And Major Resources As Well As Access To The Black Sea, Russia Automatically Again Regains The Wherewithal To Become A Powerful Imperial State, Spanning Europe And Asia.

But If Russia Is To Be Part Of This Larger Zone Of Peace It Cannot Bring Into It Its Imperial Baggage. It Cannot Bring Into It A Policy Of Genocide Against The Chechens, And Cannot Kill Journalists, And It Cannot Repress The Mass Media.

Our World Is Integrated To An Unprecedented Degree, While The Global Political Awakening Is Injecting Into Interstate Relations An Intense Amount Of Tension, Emotion, Even Irrationality, Which Could Cumulatively Produce Circumstances That Preclude An Effective And Genuinely Shared Universal Response To New Global Problems.

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.