The world has become a small village. In that context, it has become inevitable for nations to cooperate on various spheres with the overall objective of improving the lives of humanity. In addition, the new threats to humanity have occasioned the need for global cooperation in efforts to combat their (threats) effects. These threats include global warming, terrorism, hunger and cyber insecurity. Global cooperation in this context should be seen as the cooperation between nations often informed by the joint desire to secure something and or influence things towards one direction.
The worldwide web provides massive opportunities for the exchange of information. Globally, this has been utilized to share intelligence and general information for the overall improvement of lives. Nations have undertaken joint research in pursuing the cures of diseases including HIV & Aids and Malaria. In addition, antiterrorist activities have taken an international character requiring global cooperation by the affected nations. For instance, the United States of America has had to continue cooperating at a global level with strategic nations such as Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Kenya and Djibouti even as it seeks to fight global terrorism.
Global cooperation is most evident in today’s trade. In appreciating the comparative advantages present in the production of commodities, nations have specialized and cooperated in forms of trade so as to exchange their surpluses in return for foreign exchange. The economic growth of the Republic of China is a good example of nations that are reaping the fruits of global cooperation. Ideally, all nations should benefit from global cooperation. This is to say, the forms of cooperation a nation engages in should address her national interests or at least consider some of its priorities. It is on that premise that the United Nations has continued to operate. It not only promotes global cooperation, but equally ensures that each nation’s activities do not serve to the detriment of the other.
Work Cited
McGraw-Hill. International Business, Student Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2007.
