“Never before have advances in science and technology simultaneously created so many innovations capable of solving vital problems but also creating risks to human existence, from the climate crisis to nuclear proliferation and from generative artificial intelligence to biotechnology and space,” said Mircea Joane, Secretary . NATO general.

He claims that the future of Romania has entered a time crisis and has been floating in the fog for decades, “it stumbles on the words of some politicians, and that’s all.”

“The future of Romania must be reworked on a real basis, on specific needs, for a short period of time. It must be weighed engineeringly, with a ruler, scale and compass, with applied equipment, with clarity and with good knowledge of the matter,” Mircea Joane said on Thursday during the “Vision, Innovation, Transformation” conference organized by the Crișurilor Country Museum in Oradea.

What are the ingredients that define a successful nation throughout the ages and especially now, at this unprecedented time in human history?

Joanna sees these 5 prerequisites for success, a guide and compass for navigating times of great transformation:

1. First, the presence of a vision, a central idea organization of society sublimated in formal and informal norms of political, economic and social contract between the state and citizens and between members of society. In addition to fundamental principles such as freedom, human rights, democracy and the rule of law, every democratic society carries with it a constant tension and negotiation between the values ​​of freedom and equality, efficiency and community, a balance achieved that represents the moral compass and political contract of every society.

2. Then the existence of political and economic institutions, the quality of which depends on the effectiveness of this nation. The quality of political leadership and its ability to lead in times of crisis or conflict, to foresee and shape the future, capable of mobilizing citizens’ trust, respect, admiration or fear of others.

3. Ability to constant innovation, predict and transform on the fly the mechanisms that govern economies, politics and society as they reach their limits for generating progress, security and prosperity.

4. Strong national culture, identity and community based on patriotism, solidarity and stability of society – intangible values ​​on which all other objective factors contributing to the power and prosperity of a nation – population, territory, economy, military and technological strength – are built. An anchor for turbulent times and a solid foundation for building times.

5. Level of education and physical and moral health nation is an indispensable condition for its very ability to survive. The cemetery of peoples who disappeared in history is much more crowded than we can imagine.