European Security within the New World Order, by Charles Georges Fricaud-Chagnaud Any short or medium-term change in our defence apparatus requires adequate consideration of the likely evolution of the world situation in the 3rd millenium. Since the collapse of the totalitarian planned economies, we are moving towards a « world economy » in the Braudelian sense. This could be unipolar (dominated by the United States), bipolar or tripolar (with the USA, Japan and possibly the EC as economic leaders). In such a world, disagreements between the major economic groups would continue to be resolved through peaceful means, but there would be myriad dangers from possible confrontations with and within the Arab-Muslin world. Europe's decision as to ...