Thomas Friedman came up with what is known as the Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention, where he claims no two countries with McDonald’s franchises have ever gone to war with each other. The article was a ‘tongue in cheek’ joke, but McDonald’s got alot of press in March 2022 when they reported that they closed their stores in Russia. “Starbucks joins McDonald's in exiting Russia” May 23, 2022, cbsnews. Interesting synchronization, they’ve (McD) been franchising there for 32 years, about 900 stores.

Thomas Friedman came up with what is known as the Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention, where he claims no two countries with McDonald’s franchises have ever gone to war with each other. The article was a ‘tongue in cheek’ joke, but McDonald’s got alot of press in March 2022 when they reported that they closed their stores in Russia. “ Starbucks joins McDonald's in exiting Russia” May 23, 2022, cbsnews. Interesting synchronization, they’ve (McD) been franchising there for 32 years, about 900 stores.