Not only is prosperity enhanced, but so is freedom, as governments lose their ability to control the exchange of ideas. That brings the concepts of human rights and democratic government to the furthest reaches of the globe. Some of what flows across borders is, however, pernicious. For example, terrorists can now instanteously share technical information with their comrades far away. Both pro-democracy activists and promoters of ethnic cleansing can more easily disseminate their views to the public.
Transnational threats take various forms.
One of the most worrying is the internationalization of crime. Organized criminal groups and international terrorism could endanger governments. Smuggling of plutonium and enriched uranium could become a serious threat to national security as the sophistication of criminal enterprises increases and barriers to obtaining and transporting these deadly metals fall. U.S. Soldiers in U.N. Operation in the former Yugoslavia Another type of transnational threat is the international diffusion of health and environmental problems. With increasing travel and migration, epidemics like AIDS have become global rather than local scourges.