Shows that expanding commercial ties between states pacifies some, but not necessarily all, political relationships.

This fascinating collected volume explores the relationship between world conflict, political unrest and the driving forces of Capitalism and Globalization.

Predictions that globalization would undermine territorial attachments and weaken the sources of territorial conflict have not been realized in recent decades.

Focusing on the political economy of so-called new wars, this book presents a series of studies that analyse the complexities of current warfare by moving from