This paper examines the interactive effect of distance and trade on international conflict and cooperation. The effect of geographic distance depends on trade, while the effect of trade varies with geographic distance. Trade reduces conflict to a greater extent when dyads are geographically...

At least since 1750 when Baron de Montesquieu declared "peace is the natural effect of trade," a number of economists and political scientists espoused the notion that trade among nations leads to peace. Employing resources wisely to produce one commodity rather than employing them inefficiently...

Der globale Countdown beschreibt, wie die Globalisierung gezähmt werden kann, welche enorme Kraft dabei die neuen sozialen Bewegungen entfalten und wer die Akteure sind, die sich dem Projekt Weltgesellschaft entgegenstellen.