Nation-states

Nation-states also struggle with their approach: The wrangling over the Law of the Sea has now given way to geopolitics over control of the Arctic, which by cruel fate, has been opened up for navigation and energy development on our warming planet.

Aron Cramer: Protecting Our Oceans - Key to Sustainability Aron Cramer 2011

Nation-states and terrorist groups will incorporate asymmetric threats into their broader strategies of confrontation with the United

STATE DEFENSE FORCES 2010

Nation-states have rightly used public debt as a fiscal tool for centuries.

Britain Needs a Debt Ceiling Too Sajid Javid 2011

Nation-states rarely go to war against each other anymore, for territory or power, but non-uniformed, often suicidal stateless nations ( "non-state actors") are now the new warrior/criminals.

Gary Hart: The Shrinking State 2009

Nation-states almost exclusively pursue their own interests and are indifferent to the damage and suffering that arise out of exploiting a people or nation.

Not Again has Become Not Another One: Genocide in Ethiopia 2009

Nation-states do not define the ultimate form of social organization.

Presidential Fictions that Bind Us to Afghanistan 2009

There are a number of things we've assumed are inflexible that I suspect will be quite porous and flexible indeed in the future: the concept of "Nation-states."

Morning Thoughts Steven Barnes 2009

Nation-states, Mohammed, unlike amorphous entities like religions, are bound by international laws and treaties (e.g. the Geneva Convention).

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

Nation-states have less control over their economic and-to some extent-cultural destinies; in a global economy, borders lose meaning.

Entering The Capital Of Hell 2008

Nation-states will play a central role in government for some time to come, and thus it's important to continue to think about new shapes for groups like the United Nations, the Bretton Woods organizations, the G8 and the G20.

No More Top-Down Leadership 2008