The world has passed through different eras with different systems, and these systems keep changing over time. After WW2, the world was in an era that is called the Cold War. It started after WW2 until 1980. After 1980, a new system has become, the globalization system (Schultz 23). The cold war system has been characterized by division; whereas globalization has been characterized with integration. There are different ways in which the Cold War and globalization have been defined by division and integration such as, and I will explain them in this essay. The main feature of the Cold War was division, and it was symbolized by walls, walls that divide nations. The most popular one was Berlin Wall, which was constructed in 1961 (Schultz 12).
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After the Cold War in 1980, the whole world became connected like a huge network. It became like a “web”, we are all connected to it and cannot escape. Friedman defined globalization as “the inexorable integration of markets, transportation systems, and communication systems to a degree never witnessed before – in a way that is enabling corporations, countries, and individuals to reach around the world farther, faster, deeper, and cheaper than ever before.” Powell and Udayakumar defined globalization not very different from Friedman. They defined it as “the process in which goods and services, including capital, move more freely within and among nations… national boundaries become more and more porous.”(235). that is the main distinguishing difference between the Cold war and globalization. The Cold War was symbolized by separation and division, while globalization is symbolized by connection and …show more content…
In the Cold War, there were two superpowers, the US and the USSR (Friedman). Each nation had its allies. That divided the world into two teams, the communists VS the democrats. In globalization even though the US is the sole superpower, it was not the only factor affecting the world and balancing the power. “Three balances powers” arose, as Friedman describe them. First is nation states, where the US is “the sole and dominant superpower, and all other nations are subordinate to it.” The second power in the globalization system is global markets, such as Wall Street, Hong Kong, and Frankfurt. The third power is “super-empowered individuals”, such as Osama Bin Laden and Jody Williams. The accessibility to information that we have today through the Internet make it easy for individuals to gain power and make an influence in the
After the Cold War in 1980, the whole world became connected like a huge network. It became like a “web”, we are all connected to it and cannot escape. Friedman defined globalization as “the inexorable integration of markets, transportation systems, and communication systems to a degree never witnessed before – in a way that is enabling corporations, countries, and individuals to reach around the world farther, faster, deeper, and cheaper than ever before.” Powell and Udayakumar defined globalization not very different from Friedman. They defined it as “the process in which goods and services, including capital, move more freely within and among nations… national boundaries become more and more porous.”(235). that is the main distinguishing difference between the Cold war and globalization. The Cold War was symbolized by separation and division, while globalization is symbolized by connection and …show more content…
In the Cold War, there were two superpowers, the US and the USSR (Friedman). Each nation had its allies. That divided the world into two teams, the communists VS the democrats. In globalization even though the US is the sole superpower, it was not the only factor affecting the world and balancing the power. “Three balances powers” arose, as Friedman describe them. First is nation states, where the US is “the sole and dominant superpower, and all other nations are subordinate to it.” The second power in the globalization system is global markets, such as Wall Street, Hong Kong, and Frankfurt. The third power is “super-empowered individuals”, such as Osama Bin Laden and Jody Williams. The accessibility to information that we have today through the Internet make it easy for individuals to gain power and make an influence in the