over the socioeconomic benefits and consequences of IT is muddled. On one hand increased stability, marginally better economic and social conditions, and the free flow of information are all products of IT. On the other hand, homogenization of culture and growth in the gap between the rich and poor result as well.VI.ConclusionThe Industrial Revolution produced enormous changes in transport, warfare, communication, and therefore politics and the expansion of the European international system. The rise of IT is producing nearly the same result—an Information Revolution. IT is a Western, or ‘European’ concept. It has modified the process by which nations attempt to attain security. It has disseminated information and ideas, mainly Western in nature, around the globe. And it has helped to spread the Western model of the liberal free market economy. Whether the growth of IT is characterized as positive or negative, one statement holds true: the development and growth of IT is a significant factor in the continued expansion of the European international system. ...
