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THE ADVENT OF INFORMATION AGE TECHNOLOGIES AND THE EXPANSION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE HAVE CAUSED SOME TO PREDICT THAT THE WORLD IS ON THE CUSP OF A NEW AGE, DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE CONFLICT-RIDDEN AND POVERTY-TORN AGES PAST. HOWEVER, ALONGSIDE IMAGES OF GROWING NUMBERS OF PEOPLE CONNECTED VIA THE INTERNET SHOULD BE PLACED IMAGES OF GENOCIDE IN BOSNIA. CHANGES ARE TAKING PLACE BUT GLOBALISM WILL NOT LIKELY LEAD TO A GREAT DISCONTINUITY WITH THE PAST.

PEOPLE NEED AN INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM FOR SECURITY OF MANY KINDS. BUT THE UNITE NATIONS TODAY IS PRECARIOUSLY FUNDED, STRETCHED THIN BY AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS, AND GENERALLY UNDEREQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH THE RISING DEMAND FOR ITS SERVICES. REFORM IS NECESSARY FOR THE MIDDLE-AGED ORGANIZATION. STATES TOUCHY ABOUT SOVEREIGNTY AND INTEREST GROUPS PUSHING THEIR AGENDAS MUST SINK THEIR DIFFERENCES AND WORK OUT A PLAN TO REVITALIZE THE WORLD BODY. THEY MIGHT CONSIDER GIVING IT AN INDEPENDENT SOURCE OF INCOME AND SOME STANDING TROOPS FOR ENFORCEMENT POWER.