Global Dynamics of National Security: Alliances and Resources - Alliances, United Nations (un), The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (nato), The Middle East

Interdependence is one of the key words of foreign policy in the post-cold-war era. States are increasingly relying on each other, as well as nongovernmental and multinational entities, to accomplish their stated political and economic goals. Interdependence is complicated because it does not rely on ideological loyalties, as the communist and democratic blocs each did during the cold war. Ideologies are now being replaced by such motivations as money and regional dominance in interstate alliances.