Why the world faces a serious paradigm crisis ... In his "The Lexus and the Olive Tree," published in 1999, American columnist Thomas Friedman propounded his "Golden Arches Theory," which holds that "no two countries that both had McDonald's had fought a war against each other since each got its McDonald's." This theory claims there can no longer be a big war because the former Soviet Union and East European countries have become democracies and market economies, creating a globalized and integrated world economy with people, goods and money moving around freely. This view was also reflected in the policy...