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Cato Video • June 3, 2015 

# *The Global Village Myth: Distance, War, and the Limits of Power*

View the full event here: [https://​www​.cato​.org/​e​v​e​n​t​s​/​g​l​o​b​a​l​-​v​i​l​l​a​g​e​-​m​y​t​h​-​d​i​s​t​a​n​c​e​-​w​a​r​-​l​i​m​i​t​s​-​power](https://www.cato.org/events/global-village-myth-distance-war-limits-power "https://www.cato.org/events/global-village-myth-distance-war-limits-power") 

Patrick Porter pushes back against the decades-old globalist fad, arguing that technology has not overcome distance, and that the world has changed less than threat inflators suggest. He concludes by noting the disastrous policies the globalists have produced and by pointing the way toward a more sensible and restrained strategy.

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##### [Patrick Porter](/people/patrick-porter)

Professor, University of Birmingham

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