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CHANA TNG THF. AA ME TO CREATR A NEW ENVTRONMENT

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Tn t.he prev1oiis ohapt.ers we have anoumulat.ed a w1 de. and art.1cnlnt.ed set. of element.s whlch can he-ut.1ll7.ftd In order t.o frame and to hulld lip a comp1ex st.rategy, or, rat.her, a set of ooordlnat.ed strategie* sultahle to att.empt a way out froi t.he present. nrlsls. We flnd 11. 'naft ful to • a u umarł 7 e t.hera here.

1. There la a aet. of negat.1 ve 1 n t erdependenc i es , act.ing a t. t.he International level, whlch produces, and oontr1hut.es t.o raaint.ain, a negat.i vp suw gamę. The ma1n features of snob a a1t.nat.1on ar e t.he f o 1 1 owi ng one a .

1.1. Varioua economles (and a«ong t.hew , In partleu lar, F.F.C count.rles) have hennie heav1ly 1nt.egrat.ed, up t.o t.he point of hav1ng    suhs t.a n t. i a 1 1 y generat.ed a    real    new

system. Su oh    a    system, Inst.ead of h a v 1 n g    a u n 1 q u e

deci a ionmaker    and    regulatory agenoy, as 1t    would    be

approprlate for any system, is act.ually ruled by many governments,    whlch act. in an nncoordl nated    and

eon f 1 1 ot. i ng way .

1.2. The eoonomlo syst.ems, whlch formerly oompet.ed only at. t.he    1 e v e 1 of International t. rade, Increaslngly

oompet.e at. t.he level of economlc poił des.

1.3.    Tt Ir d 1 f f 1 c u 1 t. t.o abandon t.he present gamę. W h i 1 e

t.he eon t. Inn a t. łon of aggreaal ve and o om pet. 1t.ive strat, egles promises some , alt.hongh tranal t.ory,    advant.ages, t.he

hehav1ours which are needed t.o abandon t.he gamę appear t.o generat.e poaslhle losses, which are higher t.he larger i s t.he risk t.hat. ot ber count.rles keep on playing t.he old gamę. Pu r t.he rwo r e , t.he perceptlon of t.he advant. a ges posslbly der 1vi ng from a new gamę requires a good deal of imaginat. łon, trust., and Intel 11 gence.

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1.4.    The aggress1ve att.1t.udes whlch have been developed at. t.he International level r ever ber a t.ed a t. t.he 1 eve 1 of domesf. 1c natlonal are nas, eroding t.he att.1t u des favonrable t.o cooperat.ive s t.ra t.eg i es , hot.h a t. t.he natlonal and International levels.

1.5. Fn each of t.he 1nvolved connt.ries there are pressures In favour of a u t. a r k 1 o strategies.