The problem turns out to be google chrome beta - it's screwed up my on- line banking too. Back to IE and the link worked. I thought the stand-out phrase was about China representing an alternative model of development to 'liberal democracy' - interesting that much was written arond then about the triumph of the Western model.
On 29 Oct, 04:06, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > The whole of it downloaded in about ten seconds, much faster than it > took to peruse through it all. It's quite extensive but certainly > covers some real potentials. Relative Certainties are projected to > "Likely Impacts". Anything can change between now and then but > considering the major upheavals in global stability I'd say "some" of > the projections are possible. > It is stated as a Certainty that the United States will remain the > Single Most Powerful country but less dominant with the Likely Impact > being: Shrinking economic and military capabilities will force the US > into a difficult set of tradeoffs between domestic vs foreign policy > priorities. > I don't know about that, sounds like a Nostradamus prophetic vision. > I think the "Key Uncertainties and the Potential Consequences" are > more realistic. Much is dependent upon the transitions of Energy, > Global Climate changes, expansion of democratic ideals and the > proliferation of nuclear armament and the acquisition of such by > terrorists groups. Who really knows? I'm most likely going to be > around come 2025 unless some unforeseen event causes my early demise. > Que sera sera! > > On Oct 27, 1:41 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > In November 2008, the National Intelligence Council (NIC), an > > affiliate of the Central Intelligence Agency, issued the latest in a > > series of futuristic publications intended to guide the incoming > > Obama > > administration. Peering into its analytic crystal ball in a report > > entitled Global Trends 2025, it predicted that America's global > > preeminence would gradually disappear over the next 15 years -- in > > conjunction with the rise of new global powerhouses, especially China > > and India. > > >http://www.dni.gov/nic/PDF_2025/2025_Global_Trends_Final_Report.pdf > > > PDF file of the report. See anything interesting?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
