Book Chapter
Globalization and the New Regionalism

In the debate on the still nebulous ´new world order´, two seemingly incompatible concepts have gained a certain pre-eminence: globalization and regionalization. These two processes are going on simultaneously, they deeply affect the stability of the Westphalian state system, thus contributing to both disorder and (possibly) a new global order. The question is how they actually relate. Are they distinct and homogeneous; are they mutually supporting and reinforcing each other; or are they incompatible and contradictory?