states, who suffer from decreasing say over their own domestic politics. The
capacity of states to enforce their borders has increased dramatically in the
globalised world - institutions such as the EU are often used as a vessel for the
amplification of state policies. Furthermore, the idea of ‘borders’ have extended
beyond pure geographical boundaries, further strengthening state sovereignty
to act against the people, organisations and goods they perceive as national
security threats, a category that has also grew dramatically in the face of a more
connected world. The role of the nation-state has primarily decreased for
countries without the leverage, economies and power to use new globalised
systems and institutions to their advantage, though the early years of post-WW2
globalisation provided more opportunities for such countries to benefit from the
changes. Despite some challenges, globalisation and the institutions, changes in
social structure and global flows produced by it, are not yet disruptive enough
to the current system of nation-states to render them obsolete.
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