Fall of the Golden Arches Theory: Enriching tyrants doesn't prevent wars after all

McDonald’s is closing its restaurants in Russia, which means no more Happy Meals in Gorky Park. But there’s also a McNugget of geostrategic significance in this development.

Toward the end of the 20th century, Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist, observed: “No two countries that both have a ...