ECO-TERROR
Globalisation cited as threat to US security: The heads of the main US intelligence agencies warned on Tuesday that globalisation, which has been the driving force behind the expansion of the world economy, has become a serious threat to US security.
In a bleak assessment of the threats facing the US, the Senate intelligence committee was told that nuclear proliferation, failing economies, rising anti-Americanism and terrorist recruiting pose grave dangers.
"Under the right conditions, globalisation can be a very positive force, providing the political, economic and social context for sustained progress," said Vice-Admiral Lowell Jacoby, director of the Pentagon's Defence Intelligence Agency.
"But in those areas unable to exploit these advantages, it can leave large numbers of people seemingly worse off, exacerbate local and regional tensions, increase the prospects and capabilities for conflict and empower those who would do us harm."