Globalization and the Cold War
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In November 2000 Thomas Friedman spoke on “Globalization and National Security” where he talked about the thesis of his book “The Lexus and the Olive Tree”. Friedman believes that Globalization has replaced the Cold War. Friedman defines globalization as “the integration of markets, finance, technology, and telecommunications in a way that is enabling each one of us to reach around the world farther, faster, deeper, and cheaper than ever before. And at the same time, is enabling the world to reach into each of us farther, faster, deeper, and cheaper than ever before.”
The Cold War was not replaced by globalization. The Cold War was replaced with the War on Terror. The War on Terror is the new Cold War and globalization has given terrorists a fighting chance. Globalization, while it has provided many positives, facilitates global terrorism. The sense of insecurity that terrorism inspires in the United States economy and the government, the two most important forces behind globalization has resulted in a reassertion of sovereignty by the United States and other nations. The War on Terror is essentially an offspring of the Cold War.
Immediately after World War II we became engaged in the Cold War which forced us to maintain armies in Germany and throughout Europe. They are still there today, something we must not forget. So between 1942 and 1991 (the official end of the Cold War) we were fighting both fascism and communism, which required our military presence to remain constant. These were both wars between the philosophies of free nations (Capitalism and Judeo-Christianity) against fascism and then communism. In both cases it took a huge financial toll and loss of life but freedom eventually prevailed. Today communism is almost totally extinct and but a new war between philosophies has erupted. This time it remains the free and Judeo-Christian states...
Did Globalization Replace the Cold War? |
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[Type the author name] |
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In November 2000 Thomas Friedman spoke on “Globalization and National Security” where he talked about the thesis of his book “The Lexus and the Olive Tree”. Friedman believes that Globalization has replaced the Cold War. Friedman defines globalization as “the integration of markets, finance, technology, and telecommunications in a way that is enabling each one of us to reach around the world farther, faster, deeper, and cheaper than ever before. And at the same time, is enabling the world to reach into each of us farther, faster, deeper, and cheaper than ever before.”
The Cold War was not replaced by globalization. The Cold War was replaced with the War on Terror. The War on Terror is the new Cold War and globalization has given terrorists a fighting chance. Globalization, while it has provided many positives, facilitates global terrorism. The sense of insecurity that terrorism inspires in the United States economy and the government, the two most important forces behind globalization has resulted in a reassertion of sovereignty by the United States and other nations. The War on Terror is essentially an offspring of the Cold War.
Immediately after World War II we became engaged in the Cold War which forced us to maintain armies in Germany and throughout Europe. They are still there today, something we must not forget. So between 1942 and 1991 (the official end of the Cold War) we were fighting both fascism and communism, which required our military presence to remain constant. These were both wars between the philosophies of free nations (Capitalism and Judeo-Christianity) against fascism and then communism. In both cases it took a huge financial toll and loss of life but freedom eventually prevailed. Today communism is almost totally extinct and but a new war between philosophies has erupted. This time it remains the free and Judeo-Christian states...