This proposition is of course conjectural, for the future of international relation throughout the world cannot be foreseen. Closed-session deals by diplomats and expert advisors may have greater difficulty than heretofore in obtaining national ratification. One should also bear in mind, however, that implications are neither prognoses nor predictions. They represent real probabilities, even trends, but unforeseen factors may intervene. Changes in human volition and societal response cannot be foreseen with certainty.
Foresight is made more uncertain by counterintuitive behaviors of people.
Humans do not always behave in ways that logic and informed self-interest would suggest. More than ever before, policymaking at every level must take account of interactions with other levels-municipal, provincial, national, regional, and international. International policies are usually initiated and must be confirmed at national levels, but the distinction between domestic and international considerations is rapidly becoming blurred. Developed countries will be under growing pressure to assist capability-building in developing countries. News coverage was uneven and tended to emphasize controversy rather than accord.