The Treaty of Westphalia (1648) was at the origin of the Nation State defined as a sovereign entity with a specific territory and lead, at a global level, to intergovernmental institutions, which have now been rendered obsolete by a process of unfettered globalisation. It is hence high time to create, according to Kimon Valaskakis, if not a global governance system, at least an ‘effective global guidance system’. This is the scope of what he has dubbed « Westphalia II ».
Abstracts n°265
Cet article fait partie de la revue Futuribles n° 265, juin 2001