<Author>Aaron</Author>
<Topic>The World Is Getting Smaller and Smaller</Topic>
<Source>CET4 Composition Topic of January 1994</Source>
<Nationality>USA</Nationality>
The past several decades have witnessed a dramatic increase in global commerce. This has been fueled primarily by more advanced means of transportation and communication. The result of such an increase in international contact will be the creation of a more mono-cultural, less ideological world.
Proponents of both dependency and neo-realist theories of international relations are slowly being proved wrong. Developing countries such as China are benefiting greatly from increasing trade, while becoming more independent of (rather that subordinate to) developed states such as America. At the same time, the world as a whole is seeing less ideology-based conflict.
The September 11, 2001 attack on America by Al-Qaeda terrorists was ideology-based. However, it represents a backlash against a global phenomenon, as opposed to being a global phenomenon. The majority of the world officially denounced the attack, even some countries whose relations with the U.S. are unstable at best. This is due to desire to sustain and improve trade and business relations.
Desire to develop and prosper is slowly vanquishing desire to maintain ideology and custom. Virtually every state has a large population who either speaks or studies English (the international business language). Joint venture and foreign businesses can also be found in many countries. Such indicate a global trend of less ideology and fewer cultural differences.
