http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/thomas-friedman Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:49:04 -0400 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:49:04 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1161/mcpeace By James Ritchie - Does a regular diet of McRib sandwiches, cokes and fries destroy the war-making capacity of man? Should the United Nations include Big Macs with the blankets it sends to Bosnia, Rwanda and other war-torn states? Thomas Friedman accepts there are limits to the Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention. Civil wars cannot be prevented by McDonald’s: the 1993 attempted coup against Boris Yeltsin witnessed combatants from both sides taking time out for trips to the Moscow McDonald’s. McStates are not inherently peaceful and frequently wage war against states which have not yet... Wed, 01 Jan 1997 12:00 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1161/mcpeace