The national Council on intelligence, US predicted that by 2015 Russia will become weak, lose weight on the world stage and will only be able to "scare the neighbors" to its aging nuclear Arsenal, but the reality proved to be wrong, according to Le Nouvel Observateur.
in 2000, the national Council on intelligence, US made a report " Global trends 2015 ", to set out its version, what will the world be in fifteen years, according to Le Nouvel Observateur. In 2015 a specialist in geopolitics Tom Flysch de La Neuville gave a comparison of the prognosis of American citizens with reality, reports " Ino TV. Despite effective marketing campaign that accompanied the release of the U.S. reports, USA almost manages to anticipate future events, the specialist believes. Thus, in the field of Economics and public administration forecasts of the National intelligence Council were too idyllic: in fact, fifteen years later, it was the opposite. For example, according to the largest American experts, in 2015, the global economy must be the same as in the 1960's or early 1970-ies. In addition, successful macroeconomic policies, low inflation and the development of the Euro were obliged to lead to a stable political environment. Universal economic prosperity obliged to be accompanied by the triumph of democracy and openness of governments of different countries in relation to each other, said at the American report. Geopolitical Outlook of the U.S. equally untrue, Volume emphasizes the Flysch de La Neuville. According to American experts, in 2015, Russia needs to survive "unprecedented recession" and lose weight on the world stage due to the mismatch between their ambitions and resources." Russia will remain internally weak (

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