The specifics of economic wars

The authors analyze such methods of the economic warfare as brain drain, industrial espionage and economic expansion. The special attention is paid to the analysis of the changes in the international economic relations, caused by globalization. The authors analyze the role of different actors of international economic relations, and the reasons of the most serious conflicts. The article concludes that economic wars are the tool of the direct competition for the resources and markets in many developed countries, which are playing the dominant role in the global economy.