In this case, integration also rules out international war. It is the gray area between isolation and integration where world interdependence plays a role, where people from different states have contact with one another but are not integrated and are not united under a reliable authority. Second, we must address the effects of the inequalities of nations on interdependence. There is the tendency to talk about interdependence across the globe as though we are all of one piece. This obscures the fact that states with differing capabilities and levels of resources fare differently in the world.
Interdependence is a euphemism used to disguise dependence.
We Frenchmen know that you do not depend on us, we depend on you. The climax of the issue of interdependence is the concept of asymmetrical interdependence, the fact that some states are strong and some are weak. She points out that, internationally, the authority of governments tends to be transferred to the market. However, she also points out that the authority of governments tends to overrule the caution of the markets. It may be that the authority of governments tends to slip away into the hands of financiers and traders, but when states notice the market usurping the authority of their governments, the politically and economically strong states try to recapture it.