In response to the increased military and nuclear capacities of major states, as well as the likely increase in their respective capacities to enact violence due to impending space expansionism, Deudney argues that the cooperative establishment of "mutual restraints," could function as a sort-of global federalism.
Deudney posits that in light of the enhanced military and nuclear prowess of major states, along with the anticipated escalation of their capacity for violence due to impending space expansionism, a cooperative framework for mutual restraints could serve as a form of global federalism.