How Does Globalization Cause War

Has globalization contributed to causing or preventing war and conflict?

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The search for underlying causes of war has long captivated scholarly attention. Among the most frequently cited causes, one comes across human nature, class struggle, the absence of liberal values and institutions, dynamics of global and local politics. Lately, the question of whether globalization has an intensifying or diminishing effect on contemporary wars has found an echo in this line of research. Competing views on this issue remain central to debates in International Peace and Security Studies as well. These debates immediately invite us into discussions on the consequences of the erosion of state sovereignty. Accepting such an invitation

This perspective starts by depicting a worrisome transformation in the nature of wars with respect those in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Sierra Leone etc. In this account, such a transformation reveals itself in several shifts in the dynamics of wars. Firstly, not only states, but also various non-states actors – warlords, criminal gangs, other states etc. – come into play in contemporary wars owing to the erosion of state sovereignty on the legitimate use of violence. Moreover, the themes shaping the aims that mobilize people are stressed to have changed drastically. Instead of geopolitical and ideological interests, new wars thesis suggest that ethnic, religious, and tribal affiliations come in handy in stimulating groups into wars recently. Last but not least, a new blend of methods deployed for despicable forms of violence, especially on civilians along with diverse financial resources provided by states and various private actors are

This is to the extent that it contributes to the erosion of state sovereignty, especially in the developing world. Nonetheless, recognizing this indirect negative impact is not the same thing as assigning an inherently negative characteristic to the interconnectedness it brought about among peoples of the world. We may engage in these interconnections to enforce solidarity and peace, instead of constantly conspiring wars against one another as well. Cast in these terms, globalization appears not as an external force exerted upon us, but as what we might make of