War On Terrorism Defines The Central Preoccupation

America Is The Only Superpower. But Our Leadership Is Being Tested In The Middle East, And Some Of The Things That We Have Done In The Middle East Are Contributing To A Potential Explosion Region-wide. And If That Explosion Gets Out Of Hand, We May End Up Being Bogged Down For Many Years To Come In A Conflict That Will Be Profoundly Damaging To Our Capacity To Exercise Our Power, To Address The Problems Implicit In This Global Awakening, And We May Face A World In Which Much Of The World Turns Away From Us, Seeks Its Own Equilibrium, But Probably Slides Into A Growing Chaos.

We Cannot Leap Into World Government Through One Quick Step... The Precondition For Eventual And Genuine Globalization Is Progressive Regionalization Because By That We Move Toward Larger, More Stable, More Cooperative Units.

Soon It Will Be Possible To Assert Almost Continuous Surveillance Over Every Citizen And Maintain Up-to-date Complete Files Containing Even The Most Personal Information About The Citizen.

The Technotronic Era Involves The Gradual Appearance Of A More Controlled Society. Such A Society Would Be Dominated By An Elite, Unrestrained By Traditional Values. Soon It Will Be Possible To Assert Almost Continuous Surveillance Over Every Citizen And Maintain Up-to-date Complete Files Containing Even The Most Personal Information About The Citizen. These Files Will Be Subject To Instantaneous Retrieval By The Authorities.

There Is Crisis In Europe, Where Russia Is The Principle Intriguer And Player, Which Affects A Major Source Of International Business And Flow Of Capital.