Countries of the world today are more interdependent in terms of A. human rights. B. economics. C. militaries. D. politics. E. diplomacy. Is B the...

While economics seems to be, on the surface, the most obvious way countries interact, the question asks about “interdependent,” and with that area emphasized, answers C And E deserve consideration. Treaties, alliances, etc. (NATO, for example) are by definition interdependent documents that guard and guide countries of the world in their military actions. No country can act independently of its allies’ wishes, and all military actions have consequences for many countries besides the original actor. Look at Russia and the U.S., for example; while considered opponents in the Cold War and elsewhere, they are now “on the same side” in the battle against ISIS. Economic forces are in effect, to be sure, in Far Eastern countries, but much more important is how China interacts with, for example, Taiwan militarily. As for diplomacy, it too is an interdependent area – witness the United Nations’ struggles with getting two or more nations to sit down together to talk out their differences. I would eliminate answers A., B., and D. on these bases, and choose C. militaries, with a nod to diplomacy as part of C.