Energy in 100 years time
Energy in the twentieth century has become one of the main objects of prediction. The problems of long-term energy development are extremely relevant to human development. It is already important to determine future changes in the world energy structure and begin preparing for the fact that traditional sources of energy will lose their leading role. What will replace them? What will the main parameters for the development of world energy be in 100 years time?...
The future of the language and the future of all languages
One hundred years is a too short period of time for serious changes in a language, if we consider its development as a natural process. But could its development be sped up? Has this ever happened ...
... form them the rather actively, and if current trends continue, East Asian countries will very likely determinesuch processes at the beginning of the next century.
Any attempt to understand the perspectives of this region cannot ignore the issue of the future borders of its member countries and territories. Time does not stand still, and these borders will inevitably change. However, under any event – whether it is the union of some states and territories, or fragmentation of others –relations between ...
... that they are in line with the common logics of the functioning of the international relations system.
In this case it can be asserted with reasonable assurance that there are two main scenarios of how the situation in the GME region will develop in future. For purposes of the discussion they may be referred to as the Versailles (by analogy with the “re-division of Europe” after the First World War) and the Westphalian (referring to the 1648 Westphalia Peace) matrixes. In the first case we are ...
... between the elections;
The citizens’ incompetence in the majority of issues which are under the jurisdiction of the government, parliament and judicial system, including the most important such as war and peace.
Consequently, speaking about the future of democracy it is necessary to propose ways to fight these weaknesses.
The Democracy Monument in Bangkok
Flickr / Yoshi☻
Combating transaction costs seems to be the easiest problem to solve. Actually, voting can already be conducted through ...
What will diplomacy look like in one hundred years?
Future has already arrived. Diplomacy is radically and visibly changing. Facing new challenges, it is transforming its structures and methods, while integration diplomacy and para-diplomacy suggest new models. Probably, in the 22nd century today’s ...
Shall we expect a new space breakthrough?
Deliberations on the future of space exploration are an indispensable attribute of the Cosmonautics Day. Every April mass media reports on the achievements of space powers and breakthrough space projects. However, there are problems hiding behind the jubilee reports. Space ...
... experience of the two world wars European powers were forced to admit the obvious – that the idea of the historical process should have been not the conquering of neighboring provinces but social and economic self-development.
An equilibrium
Europe in future, a possible course of events
It was the dream of the philosophers of the Enlightenment and the following generation of intellectuals to give up territorial disputes and resolve conflicts peacefully. The UN Charter and later the Final Act of the ...
