[Do not dub me shapka broham]

...global interdependence.

Two words that don't exactly elicit the warm and fuzzies in yours truly, Tom Friedman's rhapsodic testimonials to the beauty of the global village notwithstanding.

[Echo Talon]

I don't like the fact that we have to depend on Asian countries to deliver us MOST of our computer equipment but thats the way it is, Taiwan and China manufacture about every computer motherboard that exists.