The EU Global Strategy: Is It Global and Strategic?

... the idea that nation states and their borders wither away, disappear, become irrelevant in the face of global megatrends seemed to turn into conventional wisdom. Until recently, it had been taken for granted that new actors in global politics, like TNCs, NGOs and supranational institutions were overshadowing nation states. However, the course of events in the beginning of the 21 st century demonstrated that the news about the death of nation states were premature. Indeed, contemporary history has witnessed ...