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This last paper in the volume tries to pull the threads together and to detect trends of evolution in the analysis of international relations. The discussion is limited to three issues deemed basic to this evolution: 1) the increasing g importance of technology and its impact on the world System, and especially on one of its basic components: the nation-state ; 2) contents and characteristics of the new industry of futurology ; and 3) the rise of political economy as a basic approach to the study of international relations. It is suggested that we are growing beyond such simplistic divisions as "High" and "Low Politics", and obsession with methodologism per se, and that we are increasingly putting rigor and interdisciplinarity in the service of analysing "substantial" issues of international relations.

This paper gives an overview of the new rules introduced by the Code of Private International Law (Act of 16 July 2004) in the field of jurisdiction (when do Belgian courts have jurisdiction) and recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. ; Cette contribution fait le point sur les règles introduites par le Code de droit international privé (Loi du 16 juillet 2004) à propos des règles de compétence internationale (tant générales que spéciales) et du statut des jugements étrangers (reconnaissance et exécution des jugements étrangers)

This text gives a general overview of the Code of Private International Law (Act of 16 July 2004, published in the Official Gazette on 27th July 2004), which entered into force on 1st of October 2004. The text focuses primarily on the aspects of the Code which are useful for notaries, such the law of estate and the law of matrimonial property. The text also gives an overview of the general rules of the Code of Private International law, with specific attention to the innovations (such as the escape clause to be found in Article 19).