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In the Post Cold War security environment, the militaries of industrialized nations have been scaled back from their Cold War heights, especially in terms of personnel numbers. The militaries of industrialized nations have also been 'professionalized', and rely on highly trained, standing armies of citizen volunteers, as opposed to mass conscript forces. Of note, Russia, having long relied on conscripts to make up the bulk of her forces, is now moving towards an all volunteer force.
Politically, these changes reflect further moves in the Industrialized world away from preparations for total war with similar nations. Industrialized nations do not expect to fight total wars against each other in today's world, although they still consider the possibility. The globalized nature of the World economy means that nations are interconnected economically.
As economies are no longer self-contained, and rely on each other, to fight would risk the economies of the nations involved. The growth of global trade has emerged as decisive factor in global stability. Even rival industrialized nations trade with each other, and risk much more than they would gain in any conflict with a trading partner. For example, China and the United States are power rivals in the Asia Pacific. But they are also economically dependent upon each other, and both nations benefit from the continued economic success of their rival.
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- ^ Christopher Bassford Clausewitz and his works (No page cited)
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- ^ ::Military developments in the Thirty Years War::
- ^ Germany - The Thirty Years' War - The Peace of Westphalia
- ^ The Thirty Years' War
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- ^ Ruth Wedgwood Judicial Overreach(PDF) Wall Street Journal November 16, 2004
- ^ Attributed to Nikita Khrushchev, speaking of nuclear war www.bartleby.com
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