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The US overestimates the possibilities of military power, while European analysis undervalues the relevance of force for international problems, although both build their arguments on the problematic premises that international relationships are determined by power concentration rather than power diffusion, & that the important & ultimately only framework for political order & sound international institutions is the state; & the faulty assumption that the form & definition of states has not changed as a result of the globalization process. It is not sufficient to further democracy. Participatory, capable, & globalization-compatible nations must be developed with international help, requiring conflict-capable cooperation, within Europe & between Europe & the US. Europe should seriously examine the deficits of multilateralism & develop politically effective forms of international & supranational cooperation within the framework of globalization. In addition, Europe, with the US & others, should formulate & implement persuasive political answers for the problems of precarious & fallen governments in developing societies. L. Kehl

Rezensiertes Werk: Menschenrechte - globale Dimensionen eines universellen Anspruchs / Hrsg.: Nicole Janz ; Thomas Risse. - Baden-Baden : Nomos, 2007. - 188 S. ISBN: 978-3-8329-2279-5

AbstractThis forum seeks to honor the contributions of a scholar who has greatly influenced international relations (IR) scholarship on transnational relations and constructivist research: Thomas Risse. Best known for his pathbreaking studies on the importance of transnational actors, the power of international norms and ideas in international relations, and the influence of domestic structures on international interactions, his work has significantly contributed to several interrelated research agendas within IR. The forum takes a fresh look at some of his contributions, focusing on assumptions about the nature of non-state actors, the content of human rights, and the evolution of knowledge that underpin his work. Interrogating especially some of the liberal assumptions that have informed these lines of research, we ask: are we still dealing with the same kinds of non-state actors that Thomas Risse and early constructivist research have analyzed? How has the nature of these actors changed, and how has this affected the processes and mechanisms by which they shape transnational politics? To what extent do these changes require different research methodologies? And, finally, which directions for future research on non-state actors, human rights, and constructivism emerge from these discussions?

In international politics, fragile, ruined states are on the increase. More than two thirds of today's states belong to regions of limited sovereignty, their inner sovereignty is restricted. What are the consequences for the present world order of the disassembling of the various components of sovereignty? Adapted from the source document.