Global Stability - Economic As

The Israelis Have A Lot Of Influence With Congress, And In Some Cases They Are Able To Buy Influence.

I Happen To Think That As The Ukraine Moves To The West, Towards The E.u., Eventually Towards Nato, It Will Pave The Way Also For Russia Moving Towards The West. Because It Will Become A Logical Extension Of The Same Process, And It Will Eliminate Any Imperial Ambitions.

There Is An Element Of Delusional Obsession In The French Political Elite's Preoccupation With The Notion That France Is Still A Global Power.

The Israeli-palestinian Problem Becomes Very Acute With Gaza Dominated By Hamas. With The Possibility Of The Conflict Escalating, Not Only In Terms Of Gaza But Also The Hezbollah And Lebanon, With The Continuing Crisis In Iraq, Which Is Very Dynamic And Unpredictable And Which Could Get Out Of Hand, And Maybe Even Escalate And Enlarge.

The Dynamic Character Of China's Nonstatist Economic Transformation, Including Its Social Openness To The Rest Of The World, Is Not Mutually Compatible In The Long Run With A Relatively Closed And Bureaucratically Rigid Communist Dictatorship.