Borders

Measuring Globalization: Who's Up, Who's Down?

Two years ago, we created an index that measures a country's global links, from foreign direct investment to international travel, telephone traffic, and Internet servers. For the last two years, Singapore and Ireland have topped our ranking of political, economic, and technological integration in 62 countries. Find out who was the most global of all and how September 11 affected global integration in the 2003 A.T. Kearney/FOREIGN POLICY Magazine Globalization Index.

JANUARY 1, 2003

Bordering on War

The clear marking of boundaries between African nations can help prevent costly and debilitating border conflicts.

BY I. WILLIAM ZARTMAN | MAY 1, 2001

Prisoners of Geography

Economic-development experts promise that with the correct mix of pro-market policies, poor countries will eventually prosper. But policy isn’t the problem -- geography is. Tropical, landlocked nations may never enjoy access to the markets and new technologies they need to flourish in the global economy.

BY RICARDO HAUSMANN | JANUARY 1, 2001

Think Again: Sovereignty

The idea of states as autonomous, independent entities is collapsing under the combined onslaught of monetary unions, CNN, the Internet, and nongovernmental organizations. But those who proclaim the death of sovereignty misread history. The nation-state has a keen instinct for survival and has so far adapted to new challenges -- even the challenge of globalization.

BY STEPHEN D. KRASNER | JANUARY 1, 2001