Globalization and Environmental Conflict in Africa

Globalization and Conflict Resolution

In this article the authors consider the interplay between conflict and globalization, arguing that the interaction between globalization and conflict is complex. While much has been written on how globalization generates or accentuates conflict little has been written on how conflict and globalization interact to produce both positive and negative results.

Globalization and Internal Conflict

The paper outlines and compares two models of how globalization is likely to affect the risk of civil war – a liberal model and structuralist model. Overall, we find considerably more support for the liberal model than for the structuralist, anti-globalist model. Trade does appear to have a capacity for increasing internal peace – not directly, but via trade’s beneficial effects on growth and i...

Globalization: Country and company interests in conflict

Globalization has brought about fundamental change. But, the same theory that shows that free trade is beneficial also shows that globalization can be harmful to at least one of the trading countries. Moreover, with globalization, the interests of a country and its companies may diverge. In this paper, we examine free trade in a globalizing world and identify the key policy issues that economis...

Globalization and Cultural Conflict : An Institutional Approach

Globalization and Sustainability: Conflict or Convergence?