Has globalization made states stronger or weaker?

In absolute terms, I believe globalization has made many states/economies stronger. However, as markets like China and India or regions like South East Asia have raised the profile the former leading nations are relatively less strong than 30 years ago. read more

Socially, globalization has had a problematic effect, making people and states more at risk and causing the state’s role to change to encompass solving these issues and becoming a protector rather than a controller. read more

Globalization, the international environment and weak states. Globalization has become part of the rhetoric of the discipline of International Relations, to be found somewhere or another in every issue of every International Relations journal. More controversially it is also part of the reality. read more