We could instead get there with a simple note of the history of any of the WTO, IMF, or the European Coal and Steel Community that helped unify central Europe after WWII, later expanding into broader economic links throughout Europe. Friedman has a whole book on this that's probably cited even too much, but for basics, "The World is Flat" might deserve an offhand mention.
Do you think this inaccurately captures trends in economic interdependence?
EDIT: That said, long periods of peace haven't historically been reliable indicators of the end to all wars, so it's probably dangerous to ignore the precarious overtones of international diplomacy over the last few months.
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Didn't work during the last two World Wars, can't imagine it'll help prevent the next one whenever that happens either.
I saw api working off the premise that economic interdependence has generally increased over the last century.
It doesn't seem like a crazy premise, wikipedia even gets us there: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_globalization#Post-W...
We could instead get there with a simple note of the history of any of the WTO, IMF, or the European Coal and Steel Community that helped unify central Europe after WWII, later expanding into broader economic links throughout Europe. Friedman has a whole book on this that's probably cited even too much, but for basics, "The World is Flat" might deserve an offhand mention.
Do you think this inaccurately captures trends in economic interdependence?
EDIT: That said, long periods of peace haven't historically been reliable indicators of the end to all wars, so it's probably dangerous to ignore the precarious overtones of international diplomacy over the last few months.
"Promotes", not "guarantees" or "forces".
Trade dominance is soft force, so when that fails or is denied war is inevitable.