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Arab Nationalism, Which Tended To Be Until Relatively Recent Somewhat Secular In Motivation, Has Now Become Increasingly Religious And Fundamentalist. And That Makes It More Pervasive, More Difficult To Deal With.

Moreover, They [the Central Asian Republics] Are Of Importance From The Standpoint Of Security And Historical Ambitions To At Least Three Of Their Most Immediate And More Powerful Neighbors, Namely Russia, Turkey And Iran, With China Also Signaling An Increasing Political Interest In The Region. But The Eurasian Balkans Are Infinitely More Important As A Potential Economic Prize: An Enormous Concentration Of Natural Gas And Oil Reserves Is Located In The Region, In Addition To Important Minerals, Including Gold.

What Is Most Important To The History Of The World? The Taliban Or The Collapse Of The Soviet Empire? Some Stirred-up Moslems Or The Liberation Of Central Europe And The End Of The Cold War?

Technology Will Make Available To The Leaders Of Major Nations, Techniques For Conducting Secret Warfare, Of Which Only A Bare Minimum Of The Security Forces Need Be Appraised.....techniques Of Weather Modification Could Be Employed To Produce Prolonged Periods Of Drought Or Storm.

Today We Are Again Witnessing The Emergence Of Transnational Elites ... [whose] Ties Cut Across National Boundaries ...it Is Likely That Before Long The Social Elites Of Most Of The More Advanced Countries Will Be Highly Internationalist Or Globalist In Spirit And Outlook ... The Nation-state Is Gradually Yielding Its Sovereignty... Further Progress Will Require Greater American Sacrifices. More Intensive Efforts To Shape A New World Monetary Structure Will Have To Be Undertaken, With Some Consequent Risk To The Present Relatively Favorable American Position.