Aristotle and Alexander: Two Perspectives on Globalization

... Islam ultimately locked in the boundary between the East and the West. Arbitrary Historical Analogies History develops in a spiral. In some sense, the global situation today is similar to the situation in the ancient world shortly after the death of Alexander the Great. On the one hand, we see many signs that globalization is in crisis: international trade, foreign direct investment, international migrations, etc., are falling. The importance of national sovereignty and national identity is emphasized everywhere, political forces advocating traditional values ...