Nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus set sail for the Americas, much of the world was already connected via trade, exploration, and cultural exchange. In fact, one can trace globalization all ...

John Maynard Keynes vividly portrayed the heyday of the first golden age of globalization (1870-1914) in his prophetic book, “The Economic Consequences of Peace,” as follows: “The inhabitant of London ...

While trade is no new concept, businesses can become a presence in more areas all over the globe than ever before. But how did this happen? And what business industries experience globalization? Keep ...

Despite the hand-wringing about U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff war, which many claim sounds the death knell for the world’s trading system, and worries about heightened geopolitical tensions, ...

Dr. Zahra is a professor of history at the University of Chicago and has written extensively about globalization’s first collapse. April 5, 2025 Before World War I, globalization was at a high point.

In 1999, the columnist Thomas Friedman pronounced the Cold War geopolitical system dead. The world, he wrote, had “gone from a system built around walls to a system increasingly built around networks.

This post was written by Alison Fernandes, research affiliate at the Department of Psychology, Monk Prayogshala. Communication serves as the cornerstone of human interaction, intricately shaped by ...

You hear a lot these days about how globalization is reversing. While some supply chains are onshoring and trade ties weakening, these trends are not reflected in public companies’ revenue sources. In ...

During International Education Week (Nov. 18-22), Purdue’s Office of Global Partnerships and Global Academic Committee recognize four winners of Purdue’s 2024 Outstanding Leadership in Globalization ...