Trade Is an Exogenous Force That Suppresses Any Future Conflicts

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i no pinker makes an genous force argument for trade. If france and germany are trading with each other, and they have this steel and coal international organization that both belong to, and we're all making money, war would disrupt that. So therefore, free trade is an exogenous force that suppresses any future conflicts. Well, my agrent i put it the other way around,. namely, a desire for peace, or the absence of internatinall qotates international trade. It makes it easi. You know, if you're not going o go to the other country, mig go over there and find out if he's got something you want to buy

In this conversation based on his new book, The Stupidity of War, political scientist John Mueller argues that American foreign policy since 1945 has been one long miscue; most international threats — including during the Cold War — have been substantially exaggerated. The result has been agony and bloviation, unnecessary and costly military interventions that have mostly failed. With international war in decline, complacency and appeasement become viable diplomatic devices and a large military is scarcely required.