The future of the nation-state in an era of globalization

Abstract

This article uses the business management technique of scenario planning to look at how the global order could evolve. It speculates on four 'futures': a continuation of the current order, so that much of what we currently see will continue well into the future ('Steady State'); greater international co-operation via a strengthened United Nations ('World State'); the continued decline of national governments in the running of economies with transnational corporations filling the vacuum ('Earth Inc'); and a breakdown in both the system of nation-states and transnational corporations with greater chaos at the national and international levels ('Wild State'). Scenario planning is not about picking winners (that is, prediction) but in encouraging people to think beyond the current situation. The article is intended to encourage more discussion on the long-term future of global governance.

Deaths of the Subject and Negated Subjectivity in the Era of Neoliberal Capitalism

“…This anarchist society has the entire world in common, refusing individual property and the government as centralised ruling instances of power; therefore, only by mutual aid and support can a sort of social organisation grow (a society not regulated by positive law and elite's interests), led only by the purpose of helping each other at contingent situations (not as an structural longstanding institution but by voluntary association; see Graeber 2004, 3). This mutual aid tendency as part of the survival of the species is obviously very active in extreme situations such as the so-called "wild state" (Suter 2018), situations that endanger individual and social life, as Kropotkin put it: "When even the greatest calamities befell menwhen whole countries were laid waste by wars, and whole populations were decimated by misery, or groaned under the yoke of tyrannythe same tendency continued to live in the villages and among the poorer classes in the towns; it still kept them together" (1916,168).…”

Perception Of The State Features In The Globalization Context (Russia, Bulgaria, Venezuela

“…The flip side of this practice is the acquisition by the state of certain obligations that represent general/uniform conditions/requirements for all members of integrated education. The development process of integration interaction associated with globalization, according to many researchers (Hosseini, 2015;Jotia, 2011;Suter, 2018;Wolf, 2001), causes a conflict between the perception of globalization trends and trends, on the one hand, the growth of nationalism with the actualization of the topic of national sovereignty state, on the other. Of particular importance in the context of the functioning of modern states, it is also the revision of the principles of the Westphalian system in the new global world order, primarily the principle of sovereignty of national states.…”

The Sovereignty Debate over Globalization. (2021)

“…Sectarian bureaucrats struggle over the basic demands of governing, controlling and orienting the nation by a fragmented state. Suter (2018) who is widely concerned about explaining the complex global and business issues in the world has even claimed that globalization is a "nightmare" scenario, in which nations fall apart and the so-called "failed states" are increasing in number. He points to several global phenomena--mass movements of refugees, overwhelming environmental and health problems, and regional conflicts of sectarian cultures--where globalization has had a powerful influence on the nation state.…”

“…He points to several global phenomena--mass movements of refugees, overwhelming environmental and health problems, and regional conflicts of sectarian cultures--where globalization has had a powerful influence on the nation state. These conflicts have diverse influences on Lebanon's social structures, culture institutions and economy--yet the end result still appears to be a fragile failed state and an unjust, corrupt political regime (Suter, 2018).…”