CHAPTER 6
ONE WORLD?
Most considered thinking about world government suggests a slow, progressive evolution, a time during which nations surrender some of their powers by careful multilateral agreement. Plainly the world's major powers, Europe, the United States, China, Japan, India and Russia, could scarcely entertain any other approach. But at present some are not even doing that. Opposition to the establishment of the International Criminal Court and other international agreements indicates that most of the world's biggest powers are against new global initiatives.
Nevertheless, the steady advance of the 2030 drivers will sharpen the alternatives for the big powers – to become self sufficient, heavily armed fortresses, or to undertake serious ...
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