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Assistance to survivors of sexual violence should always be underpinned by international action & advocacy. Adapted from the source document.

Demographic & social scientific research suggests, with near certainty, that by the end of this century, the two Asian giants, China & India, will have surpassed the United States on certain key indicators of national power. The implications for the future of world politics are profound, but the outcomes are not predetermined. If the coming power transition is managed wisely, there is an opportunity for continued peace among the Great Powers. If the transition proceeds confrontationally, as many have in the past, a serious global conflict is in the offing. There is much that policy makers can do to avoid the most threatening potential outcomes. Figures, References. Adapted from the source document.

The introduction of the market, backed up by fundamental guarantees of property, rent, & land, is the only hope for the USSR's economy, according to a May 1990 Mikhail Gorbachev speech. The Marxist-Leninist planned economy lacks the essential motivation of competition. For the Soviet economy to be reborn based on supply & demand, basic protections of rights to private property & the accumulation of wealth must be offered. Although Gorbachev does not mention it, these juridical protections have necessary political preconditions, which are met only by dismantling the one-party system. A sketch of the economic success of Holland in the seventeenth century illustrates how a static economy can gain momentum through productivity, potentiated by a political-juridical framework. Marxist myths of the necessity of an original accumulation of capital, & the link between the industrial revolution & economic development, are debunked. Statist communism, which has expropriated civil society & made it dependent, has been successful in eliminating the market & social spontaneity. J. Sadler