IP: This is the world in 2015 CIA perspective

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com>
> To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu>
>
> This is the world in 2015
> By James Langton in New York
>
>   THE world is on the brink of a new era that may resemble the script of a
> James Bond film in which international affairs are increasingly determined
> by large and powerful organisations rather than governments, according to a
> study just published by the CIA in Washington.
>
> These could include alliances between some of the most powerful criminal
> groups such as the Mafia and Chinese triads. Such groups, according to the
> CIA, "will corrupt leaders of unstable, economically fragile or failing
> states, insinuate themselves into troubled banks and businesses, and
> co-operate with insurgent political movements to control substantial
> geographic areas".
>
> The agency adds: "Their income will come from narcotics trafficking; aliens
> smuggling; trafficking in women and children; smuggling toxic materials,
> hazardous wastes, illicit arms, military technologies, and other contraband;
> financial fraud; and racketeering."
>
> The 70-page report, Global Trends 2015, will be required reading for the new
> president, George W Bush, and his senior policy advisers. It suggests that
> the early years of the coming century are likely to be filled with both
> potential and peril.
>
> <<snip>>
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=004071676359148&rtmo=r9XahmDX&atmo=rrrrrrrq
> &pg=/et/00/12/31/wcia31.html
>
> the 70-page report:
> http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/globaltrends2015/index.html
>
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