Globalization and Armed Conflict addresses one of the most important andcontroversial issues of our time Does global economic integration foster orsuppress viol... » 

Globalization and Armed Conflict addresses one of the most important andcontroversial issues of our time Does global economic integration foster orsuppress violent disputes within and among states? Here cuttingedge researchby leading figures in international relations shows that expanding commercialties between states pacifies some but not necessarily all politicalrelationships. The authors demonstrate that the pacific effect of economicintegration hinges on democratic structures the size of the global system thenature of the trade goods and a reduced influence of the military on politicaldecisions. In sum this book demonstrates how important the still fragile_capitalist peace_ is. «