As the result of imperialism, the spread of various poliitcal ideologies such as communism, and religion, the West and East have become more entangled in warfare more in the past few centuries than in their former ancient histories. Is this a calculated methodology for the West to open up more markets in the East or is this happening by chance?
With the Korean, Vietnam, and recently Gulf Wars, we have seen increased agressions between the East and West which was unknown before the spread of imperialism by European nations. All this has changed the cultural landscapes and internal ideologies of many countries since no longer are they only worried about their their neighbors, but also about countries thousands of miles away. You will also find in many of these more Eastern countries a kind of split personality disorder since people have to side with this group or that group. Many countries have even been divided even though some countries like Germany have been reunited. Even in World War II, Japan’s involvement was unprecedented in such a large scale war between East and West.
But it seems that the West is gaining advantages and reaping more benefits due to their technological miltarististic superiority which has increased western influence in eastern countries but not vice-versa. Due to this wide gap in technology, most eastern countries find themselves scurrying to catch up to and imitate the West rather than build their own identities. This increase in warfare has also increased and introduced various new peoples of different ethnicities and changed the cultural landscape of many of these countries. Xenophobia is accepted and is more prevalent in western countries as a backlash to easterners traveling west. More permanent military bases in these countries means more permanent or semi-permanent settlements that seems to help the West more than the East. This also gives the west a more open-door to the east but not vice-versa. You find more people going on vacation to eastern countries than the other way since for one reason they can afford it and their path has already been cleared. Also due to the current economic landscape, western money is worth a lot more than eastern money so it is easier for westerners to travel to the east based on this arbritrary conversion scale. What would it be like if all monies were equal?
Inducements or roads that lead to the East-West wars for such reasons of oil, religion, politics, and culture should be discussed or identified before international military actions commence by the United Nations or other international bodies. Ultimately, the East will suffer more since with less technological poweress, it will take them much longer to recover as well giving them less ability to defend themselves.
