By 2030, the world will be shaped not by tanks or treaties, but by towers, fiber-optics, and tiny handheld devices. The war for integration won’t be fought with bullets — but with bandwidth. Introduction: From Isolation to Integration When Thomas P.M. Barnett described the cellphone as a “rifle” of globalization, he wasn’t joking. Just as … Continue reading The Cellphone as a Rifle: Global Integration and the Digital Battlefield by 2030