Talk:Certainties

Today is May 29th, 2005. France has just rejected the constitution for the European Union. What does this mean for Globalization, one of the first tier assumptions identified in the National Intelligence Council Global Trends 2020 effort? Globalization is about flows; the flows of people, information, finances, goods & services, ideas, and technology. While there are many reasons why the French citizens rejected the EU constitution – and why the Netherlands may reject it later this week – one reason may be a reaction against the national trauma resulting from globalization. The flows of globalization can be unsettling to any society not configured to accept them. This rejection may be a shot across the bow of globalization. While it may not stop the inevitable flows of globalization, it may mean that these flows will be far more turbulent and troublesome than is envisioned in any of the scenarios postulated in the NIC 2020 project.