the Theory of Global Peaceful Unification - Page 2

Unification can potentially lead to a single Global Government representing everybody with certain jurisdictions and responsibilities. The amount of cooperation, dependency responsibilities and power of such a body can be used a benchmark to measure the unification ratio.

Enablers:

• Globalization: Economy, culture.
• Common threats: Terrorism, oil crisis, greenhouse effect, etc.
• Technology and standards
• International Organizations: United Nations (UN), World Trade Organization (WTO), European Union etc.

Inhibitors

• Nuclear weapon developments: e.g. North Korea, Iran, etc.
• Polarisation: e.g. between islamic and western world.
• Human nature: distrust, envy, hatred, anger, fear of different cultures
• Nationalism
• Balance of Power: Influential nations are very reluctant to give away power
• Religion
• Hard to manage and coordinate: Micromanagement still needed and what architecture to use?
• Unification is more the question of what issues should be 'world' issues. And what other issues are less important, and can be governed locally.