Last updated on July 11, 2026
Why studying abroad is infrastructure, not a vacation.
This is the eighth post in a series on globalization, and the through-line has been simple. Nothing important gets built by one country alone. A Short History of Human Interdependence traced how far back that dependence runs. The Economics of Why explained why two countries both come out richer from trade even when one is better at everything. Things No Country Builds Alone showed the same logic in physical form. Old World, Rising World looked at who is gaining and who is slipping.
Collaboration is not a feature of globalization. It is the thing itself, and on balance it has left almost everyone on the planet better off. This post adds the piece the earlier ones assumed: the people. Cross-border cooperation runs on individuals who actually understand the other side, and that understanding is rarer than it looks.
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