"countries become more reliant on each other for crude" If the country that is selling you oil/energy is doing bad things this reliant nature of our relationsh

"countries become more reliant on each other for crude" If the country that is selling you oil/energy is doing bad things this reliant nature of our relationship also ties our hands when it comes to calling them on their shit. See the Ukraine or pretty much any geo-political matter. Isolationism isn't the only solution, but inter-dependance has it's own drawbacks.