The unwitting victims include cashmere sweater knitters in Scotland and Italian cheese makers. Politics change with technology These interconnected facets of our common future constitute radical change from just a decade ago. In the Cold War, the White House and the Kremlin were in charge. In globalization, nobody is. Political considerations are being supplanted by economic ones.
Politicians still wield tremendous power.
For instance, the agonizing violence and dislocation in Kosovo may appear a tribalistic throwback to the old style of national competition - a halting slap in the face of those who believe the planet is coming together. The Rebirth of Europe,'' expresses great confidence about the future of the European Union. A symbol of the new multinational world is the hand-held, global satellite phone system. Truly promising technology of the future - a number for the person, not the place, anywhere on the planet. Initial customers include multinational executives, journalists and intrepid Japanese explorer Mitsuro Ohba, who was the first man to reach both the North and South poles on solo expeditions.