by Aaron Dollhausen

Created on: July 25, 2009

One-hundred years from now, the international system will be comprised of a single world government. This government will be democratic, federalized to a central authority. This form will be similar to the model of a federal republic, like the United States, in which countries will be states subordinate to a central government.

This is the historical pattern of government. The ancient Greek city-states formed the single country of Greece. In modern times, the countries of Europe formed the European Union. There have been discussions within the countries of the United States, Canada, and Mexico of forming the North American Union. In time, all countries will be united under a single authority.

The sovereignty of nations has been threatened for many years now, as international pressures increase on each nation. International actors, such as economic forces and human rights will force each nation to depend on each other for not only the survival of the nations, but of the individual people within those nations, as well.

Economic forces have already laid much of the groundwork for this one world government. The creation of the World Trade Organization and the International Monetary Fund allow nations places to appeal to whose imports and exports are being treated unfairly and who need economic boosts in times of hardships. Granted, membership in each organization is voluntary and dependent upon international cooperation. However, as the recessions and depressions of the 1920s to 1930s, the 1990s, and even in the opening years of the new millennium have taught all countries, all economic systems are intertwined.

What affects the economy of one nation ripples towards all nations. The European Union has buffered itself to some extent by adopting a single currency, the Euro (with the exception of the United Kingdom). Multinational corporations, although lacking in real power as Niall Ferguson points out in his article, "Power," have broken down many barriers by becoming enmeshed in domestic economies worldwide. These corporations have become instruments of globalization through consumer goods, technology, and intellectual property rights and have been a factor contributing to the establishment of the WTO and IMF.

The North American Free Trade Agreement is the infant equivalent to the European Union. By streamlining trade policies affecting the United States, Canada, and Mexico, the region of North America has taken preliminary steps to the adoption of a single

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