Debordering the world of states: New spaces in international relations

II Introduction to the Volume

“…In addition, whether cross-border collaboration is perceived as a consequence of material necessities, as a result of strategic choices, or as a contribution to a higher goal is now up for discussion. Furthermore, with the debate on globalization and the ongoing process of "debordering the world of states," (Albert and Brock 1996), borderlands studies is becoming embedded in a much broader discourse. Not only are the reasons and motivations for cross-border collaboration viewed as subjects of inquiry, but the functions of national boundaries themselves as the cornerstones of modern social and political systems are being questioned (Ruggie 1993;Elkins 1995;Brown and Fry 1993).…”

Territorial Integrity in a Globalizing World

“…It is so because, first, the then alleged humanitarian intervention instances did not have any genuine humanitarian character, 217 second, these cases were rare and not uniform, 218 third, the use of humanitarian intervention was erratic and dependent on the discretionary power of the intervening state, while it could have been urgent and necessary to prevent some dramatic and humanly unacceptable instances, 219 and fourth, humanitarian intervention was perceived as being in contradiction with the principles of sovereignty and equality of states and their corollary the principle of nonintervention and that therefore only a few number of states have consented to it or more exactly have made use of it in order to achieve their national goals. 2 (4) of the UN Charter.…”

La economía política de la escala y la construcción de las regiones transfronterizas

“…Interlocalización o interregionalización, por ejemplo el desarrollo de vínculos horizontales entre localidades o regiones contiguas o regiones en la misma escala, pero en estados nacionales diferentes (RTF, alianzas translocales, estados subfederales) que tienen economías o intereses políticos compartidos o complementarios (Hocking, 1999) -vínculos que a menudo se saltan el nivel nacional pero que a veces pueden ser patrocinados por uno o más estados nacionales, así como por autoridades locales, urbanas y regionales, y que se pueden reflejar en el desarrollo de zonas de producción binacional, fronteras internacionales o metrópolis transfronterizas (Albert & Brock, 1996), y en el desarrollo de corredor es internacionales de desarrollo junto a grandes vías de transporte (bordes de ríos, costeras, nudos y redes de transporte construidos, etc.). Tales lugares son algunas veces vistos como "glocales", o locaciones globalizadas.…”