LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Demografines, migracijos ir ideologines tendencijos; Grėsmės Lietuvai; Kibernetinių technologijų pažanga; Pasaulio stabilumas; Advances in cyber technology; Demographic, migration and ideological trends; Threats to Lithuania; World stability.
ENThe aim of this chapter is to identify major global long-term trends in power distribution, advancement in cyber technologies and demographic, migration and ideological trends and their expected consequences for global stability, resulting in changes of threats for Lithuania. As a result, Lithuania will face dilemmas of balancing between traditional security and defence challenges and the emerging ones. The sooner it abandons a purely traditional approach to security and defence, the sooner it will become prepared for future challenges. [Extract, p. 10]