The nation state is under threat as the fundamental unit of international affairs. On one side a globalized world has confronted states with problems like climate change, borderless terrorism and international migration against which the traditional instruments of the sovereign state are inadequate. Together with the prize of greater trade these forces necessitate the upward transfer of power to regional security organizations, like NATO, or to trade organizations like the EU. But as power is being devolved up to regional blocs, citizenship is being pulled the other way. New types of loyalty and association are challenging the state’s traditional role. In the West there is evidence that the State has … Continue reading Mark Malloch-Brown