what are core nations
Core Nations means the most dominant countries in the world economic system. The Untied States is the biggest core nation. The term Core-Periphery Theory means an area that is rich, has economic prosperity or is technology advance has to expand into other areas to ensure it continues to grow. The European colonisation of Africa is a good example of this. The European expanded into Africa to ensure they maintained economic grow. The European nation became the core nations the Africa nations became the semi-peripheries nations.