Studies show that many students have scant information about the events that shape our world. One survey asked 4 factual questions in 8 countries. The world drama is important and it deserves our careful attention. World politics affect the personal economic conditions of each of us. The impact of international economics on domestic societies continue to expand as world industrial and financial structures become increasingly intertwined.
Trade wins and loses jobs.
We are dependent on foreign sources for vital resources. The ties between national and international affairs are so close that many social scientists now use the term intermestic to symbolize the merger of international and domestic concerns. International politics can affect and determine the quality of the global environment. Global cooperation is necessary to stem and reverse the degradation of the biosphere. International politics now has the potential of extinguishing most or all of the human race.