Who is leading the world at the end of this millennium? At the end of the Cold War, only one great power remained - the United States. But what is their true influence in a world where the economy dictates its laws? Under these conditions, what is the role of international regulatory authorities, such as the UN, OECD, WTO and others? What is the true power of the media, pressure groups, nongovernmental organizations? We are moving from authoritarian, hierarchical, vertical forms of power to forms of negotiation, network, horizontal, more civilized, but also more complex. "The book includes the following chapters: Mutation of the future. American neo-hegemony. Globalitarian regimes. PPNN system. The rise of irrationalism. Return to tribal organization. Future mutinies. Agony of culture. Internet era. Archipelago model.