I don’t think integrated markets were the cause. There was plenty of integration between Ukraine and Russia in the oil and gas infrastructure for example.
(Nuclear) deterrence is why we’ve only had proxy wars instead of direct wars
(Nuclear) deterrence is why we’ve only had proxy wars instead of direct wars
We have had very little peace in the rest of the world in the meantime between the colonial wars, the various proxy wars of the Cold War, then the numerous stupid adventures of the modern America and now Russia wanting to be an empire again.