The second globalization: Three options for the nation state (includes related articles)

Article Abstract:

Three eventualities are discussed as globalization becomes a pressure for the modern state. Rejecting globalization and turning to nationalism, rejecting the state and forming alternative allegiances (e.g. corporate) or riding the wave of globalization are the alternatives raised.

International aspects, History, Cover Story, Services industry, Service industries, Nationalism

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The obsolescence of territory

Article Abstract:

War is the result of a strong national attachment to the fixed factors of production. As territory become less valuable economically than capital, labor and information, war becomes inefficient and unnecessary.

International economic relations, War, War economy

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Economic deterrence

Article Abstract:

A coalition between the EC, US and Japan will play a major role in international trading. This coalition will attract other industrial powers and thus reduce economic conflict among nations.

United States, Foreign investments, Japan, European Union, Commercial treaties, Trade agreements, European Community

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