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'The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations' edited by John Baylis and Steve Smith is reviewed.

International political economy. Trade liberalization and economic growth : does trade liberalization contribute to economic prosperity? : Yes / David Dollar : No / Robert H. Wade -- Trade and equality : does free trade promote economic equality? : Yes / L. Alan Winters : No / Kate Vyborny and Nancy Birdsall -- Poverty : can foreign aid reduce poverty? : Yes / Jefffrey D. Sachs : No / George B.N. Ayittey -- Financial crises : will preventing future financial crises require concerted international rulemaking? : Yes / Jagdish N. Bhagwati : No / Philip I Levy -- Security. Terrorism and security : is international terrorism a significant challenge to national security? : Yes / Charles Duelfer : No / John Muelloer -- Nuclear weapons : should the United States or the international community aggressively pursue nuclear nonproliferation policies? : Yes / Scott D. Sagan and Reid C. Pauly : No / Todd S. Sechser -- Military intervention and human rights : is foreign military intervention justified by widespread human rights abuses? : Yes / Jack Donnelly : No / Doug Bandow -- Maritime security : does controlling piracy and other criminal activities require systematic state interventions? : Yes / Scott McKenzie : No / Karl T. Muth -- International conflict : is war likely between the great powers? : Yes / John F. Copper : No / Joshua S. Goldstein -- Environment, energy, and public health. Climate change and the environment : can international regimes be effective means to restrain carbon emissions? : Yes / Brent Ranalli : No / Samuel Thernstrom -- The future of energy : should governments encourage the development of alternative energy sources to help reduce dependence on fossil fuels? : Yes / Christopher Flavin : No / Michael Lynch -- HIV/AIDS : should the wealthy nations promote anti-HIV/AIDS efforts in poor nations? : Yes / Mead Over : No / Mark Heywood -- Social issues, demography, and democracy. Gender : should the United States aggressively promote women's rights in developing nations? : Yes / Isobel Coleman : No / Marcia E. Greenberg -- Immigration : should countries liberalize immigration policies? : Yes / James F. Hollifield : No / Philip Martin -- Culture and diversity : should development efforts seek to preserve local culture? : Yes / Elsa Stamatopoulou : No / Kwame Anthony Appiah -- Civil society : do nongovernmental organizations wield too much power? : Yes / Kenneth Anderson : No / Marlies Glasius -- Democracy : should all nations be encouraged to promote democratization? : Yes / Francie Fukuyama : No / Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder.

Globalization and changes to statehood challenge our understanding of space and territory. This book argues that we must understand that both the modern state and globalisation are based on a cartographic reality of space. In consequence, claims that globalization represents a spatial challenge to state territory are deeply problematic.

This book addresses one of the core concepts across the social sciences: territory. Social theory has struggled to conceptualize territorial space in the nexus between the 'state' and 'global change'. This innovative book argues that the discussion of territorial change remains trapped within a dual tension between subjectivist and objectivist accounts of space, and a flawed dichotomy between global and territorial space. In order to address these problems, this book analyzes the history of cartography as a way to understand the nature of modern political space. From the 15th to the 17th century European cartography underwent a transformation establishing a new reality of space that conditioned the possibility of developing centralised sovereign territorial states within a unified global framework. This so-called modern cartography produced space as an autonomous sphere based on abstract mathematical principles. To understand the relationship between territory and globalisation we have to understand that both depend on a cartographic reality of space. This has profound implications for our understanding of political identity, changes associated with globalization, and explains why state territory has proven such a persistent dimension in global politics. -- Back cover

The purpose of this article was to highlight the role of public diplomacy in linking countries of the world in the process of economic globalization. Like objectives we intend to emphasize the kinds of powers that plays an important role in public diplomacy and national policies on public diplomacy. The investigations carried out by us so far shows that contemporary international relations recorded, under the impact of globalization, a process of resizing, which leads to the removal of the state monopoly on foreign policy. As a result, a whole range of non-state actors influence the image of a country abroad and information technologies gives them multiple communication mechanisms. In this situation, diplomatic activities must be accompanied by a process of communication, both in its internal and foreign markets.

In this important book, Hannes Lacher offers a sustained critique and rethinking of the origins and significance of the modern state as it has been understood within contemporary historical materialism.