Globalization's Security Implications - RAND Corporation

globalization s Security ImplicationsRAND issue papers explore topics of interest to the policymaking community. Although issue papers are formally reviewed, authorshave substantial latitude to express provocative views without doing full justice to other perspectives. The views and conclusionsexpressed in issue papers are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of rand or its research sponsors. Copyright rand Paper RINTRODUCTION globalization is a multidimensional phenomenon:Information technologies, along with a variety of othertechnologies, are developing rapidly and spreading is expanding globally, as is the flow of private capi-tal and investment. Interdependencies are growing in allaspects of our lives. These developments create real possi-bilities to achieve economic prosperity, spread politicalfreedom, and promote peace.

human food chain. The threat is growing that infectious diseases will spread globally and quickly, as a result of increasingly drug-resistant microbes, the lag in development of new antibiotics, poor patterns of land and water use, shifts in climate, the rise of mega-cities with severe health care deficiencies, the ease of movement of peoples ...

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