Jacques Attali on Ditmir Bushati's podcast/ What awaits us in the next 50 years

2023-06-23 19:57:00, Aktualitet CNA

Jacques Attali on Ditmir Bushati's podcast/ What awaits us in the next 50

Futurologist Jacques Attali was the guest of "Public Square" by Ditmir Bushati. Attali's latest book, where he predicts the next 50 years, but also his experience as a beautiful mind on various topics, from politics to the environment, he talks with Ditmir Bushati about phenomena that interest us all, from artificial intelligence to the economy of life, the consequences of the war in Ukraine, and an interesting prediction for the future of the United States, China, Europe, as a superpower or not...

Attali has a special explanation about Russia's war in Ukraine: "What is happening is of great importance for Ukraine on the geopolitical scene. Ukraine is a supplier of wheat, feeding Egypt and many other African countries. But not many people know that Ukraine produces 80% of corn, which is very important for China. By the way, this is why China needs peace in the region, as corn is important for pigs, which are China's staple food. Consequently, we understand that Ukraine is not a state at all, but a key state of the global food policy, which, as we all know, is always the basis for security , "he says.

Jacques Attali, thinks that this crisis in the east of Europe should make Europeans understand one main thing: the need for investments in the field of defense. While interesting is his prediction of what will be the world superpower.

"We are entering a world where there is no superpower, just like at the end of the Roman Empire, where there was none, or in the seventh century, which was not a period of decadence or barbarism, as has always been said, but a period of prosperity with many diversity. So here we can enter a period where the market will be stronger than the politicians, companies will really lead the world, which will be in a chaotic period. There won't be a G7, there won't be a G20, there won't be a G2, but there will be a G Zero. This makes you think that Europe has its responsibility for the first time in history to become a superpower" , he emphasizes.

Jacques Attali also stopped at the initiative of the European Political Community by President Macron, an original idea that was presented by President Mitterrand, where he was also his Advisor at the time.

He believes that this is a good idea, as long as he does not have the luck of the first and if the mistakes of the first are not made.

"The Americans did their best to "kill" this initiative. They did not want a strong political Europe nor a democratic Russia within Europe" ,

Jacques Attali said that Europe faces three challenges.

"The three main challenges of tomorrow are: climate change; the dangers of wars and dictatorship; and the danger of the artificialization of life rather than artificial intelligence".

According to Jacques Attali, "the whole world will face this in the middle of a period where China will have failed to be number one in the world, where the US will be weaker than ever, where India will have developed large, where Africa will be the number one continent in the world in terms of population. If we fail to move towards the economy of life then the climate will be more than four degrees higher, the temperature will be four degrees higher than today, and perhaps half of humanity will feel like hell and is moved. This is the reason we must avoid this in the future and move as quickly as possible towards the economy of life. And if we do this in Europe, we can become world leaders"./ VOA