Beyond States: Powers, Peoples and Global Order

Today, the majority of the peoples of the planet live in nation-states, based upon the idea, if never the reality, of a single people, a single culture, a single rule of law, and a single source of sovereign authority. But will they continue to do so in the future?



None of the major challenges that confront humanity today-from climate change to disease, from terrorism to mass migration-can be handled effectively by single nation-states, no matter how powerful. The world is no longer made up ...