It's not only the benefits that we've talked about with regard to development.

I would like to summarize briefly the status of some of the major issues that have been addressed.

But military options are less attractive when carefully analyzed.

I do not want to address all the arguments of the Uniting for Consensus group, which we have addressed in so many earlier debates.

The problems we are facing can no longer be dealt with adequately on an ad hoc basis or constantly subjected to adjustment measures.

A number of you offered great praise for the, the lecture materials that we put online, for the peer assessment and for the fact that we were able to put together this class without requiring any programming background.

These questions are being posed because, if they are neglected or inadequately addressed, the new world order will be but a shifting of power centres and a spawning of new seeds of international economic, social and political instability.

MUNICH At the World Economic Forum s recent annual meeting in Davos, I participated in a panel of defense leaders to discuss the future of the military. The issue we addressed is a critical one What kind of war should militaries today be preparing to fight?