We often hear a wide diversity of arguments put forth in particular regarding the expansion of the European Union, but not only. What is Europe? Where does it start, and where does it end? Typically, the European continent’s boundaries are set at the Ural Mountains in the East, and the Sea ... More
While the golden age of the nation-state was the 19th-early 20th centuries (the age of nationalism), the concept had in fact developed progressively since the middle ages, with the efforts in particular of the French and English kings to assert rule within their own realm. Nationalism and the ... More
Commentators all generally agree that the nation-state as political actor on the world stage has declined since WWII. Organization such as the UN, the IMF, etc., but perhaps even more the global economy as independent from the political sphere, have contributed to this decline. One of the major ... More
Was the European Union’s enlargement five years ago to several Eastern European countries a good thing? Not so much, after all, seem to be thinking Western European countries. This article published in Time emphasizes that the current ‘distrust’ between the new and the old ... More
What will come out of the meeting of the G-20 taking place? The view of a journalist. Excerpts below. In the beginning there were the G7, then they became G7 plus one and then it was the G8, G12 and now the G20! The theory was at least the way they present it, to synchronize the markets globally ... More
