Comments on: Murdock: Nations Will Be Redefined

By: Rick DeMent

Rick DeMent — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:45:35 +0000

Nations have already been redefined, instead of the USA, the UK and PRC we have Wal-Mart, Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, and ING. (if you look at the top ten list 5 of them are energy companies ...).

What is amazing is that you have people like Verdon pissed off to no end because they are all taxed too much. Man they have him snowed but good :)

Interesting times.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:40:44 +0000

The whole idea of the erosion of the nation-state was a central part of the po-mo turn in IR theory during the 90s.

I'm not sure what's postmodern about it. It's irrefutable that multinational corporations, terrorist groups, IGOs, NGOs, and others operate under something other than the complete sovereignty of state actors. As I understood the pomo debate in IR, it was the argument that one could never objectively study IR because there was no non-objective view and no lasting measurement that applies across time and space. See here, for example.

By: charles austin

charles austin — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:30:27 +0000

“MURDOCH WARNS NATIONS WILL BE REDEFINED”

This is news? Think of the changes in "nations" that have happened in your lifetime

By: Triumph

Triumph — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:17:43 +0000

But he could be the archetype of a more globalized citizenry, at least at the upper levels.

Dude, this is postmodern as well! The whole idea of the erosion of the nation-state was a central part of the po-mo turn in IR theory during the 90s.