FROM THE EDITOR

Dr. Emzar Djgerenaia

Georgians build a new country and new economy. Metamorphoses in Georgia coincided with the establishment of new order in the world.

Iraqi war is not a conflict between two worlds, but rather a crisis of international organisations – their helplessness and inability to efficiently solve issues of national and international conflicts, problems of economic balance between rich and poor countries and catastrophically increasing indebtedness as well as recover justice in the distribution of resources and technologies. Globalisation that was once the only possible way for the development of mankind turns into a barrier in this way. Added to this are dictatorship countries that live in accordance with criminal laws representing a constant threat for the world, let alone their own people. It becomes clear that ruling the world by means of resolutions is impossible. Added to this is also crisis in developed countries. Three centres have recently been formed – America, Europe and Japan. Business becomes more and more technological. He who manages crisis and market (whether Russia or China will have market) wins. Which of them will Georgia join? Georgia will join the winner – it has no other way out. Our economy will neither be energy-intensive nor technology-intensive. It rather has the role of appendage. Unfortunately, it will never be able to play its own role and its economy will always be dependent on great economy in regional level. The greater economy we will join, the better we will fuse with it and lose ourface. Have we ever had our own face, original national face and economic institute? It is much better and safer to be swallowed by a powerful state without having to think about neither economic systems nor theories. All we have to do is to go with the tide and enjoy life. We will not have our face, but we will live with no economy. Just economy and policy and everything will be all right.
There is also international order – world centres and small countries like companions or parts of the centres.
It does not matter that we live in the conditions of permanent lack of electricity and political demagogue. Everything is solved already.
A century ago a certain not very popular politician said (I do not dare to assert) that we will build a country where even a cook will work in public place. He was sharply criticised for this and I think in vain because the politician might have meant Georgian cooks. The latter are clever and organised folk. They will be able to do this moreover if they do not have to rule, but rather to drift with the tide.
Some Georgians have turned into pacifists due to the war. Some of them started to pay for electricity as a sign of protest, others paid taxes, etc. Moreover, leaders of opposition nearly refused to take part in the forthcoming elections as a sign of protest while positioners refused elections. Yet, I said everything would be all right!