With the end of the Cold War and bipolar global order, there is definitely an "international community" as portrayed by increased transnational cooperation and globalization. However, the integrity of this community depends on the actions of each individual member. Prior to 1989, the two great powers of the world, the United States and Soviet Union, countered each other creating a balance of power. This, in turn, polarized other states that fell under each respective power's umbrella of security and economic stability. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, however, the power of the United States led to hegemonic stability.
             During the Cold War, the United States used "national security" as justification for its actions in the international arena. National security was used by internationalists to advocate increased American involvement in international affairs. National security was also, however, the reason isolationists promoted self-reliance and separation from global issues. If there are no restrictions on states' military capabilities, the state with military superiority will dominate all facets of global affairs; both political and economic. The economic stage is a zero-sum game, and without cooperative regulation the disadvantaged developing world would suffer at the hands of developed nations.
             States' international agendas are no longer dominated by military security. Policies which are considered domestic now affect matters on a global basis. For example, despite US-based multi-national corporations' independence of American laws through international
             operations, any restrictions imposed upon them by the US government could adversely affect that particular corporation's interest in another state. This may lead to the other state's economic suffering even though the policy is applied domestically within the US.
             International organizations facilitate
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