Murder in the Global Village

The attacks on September 11^th are a perfect illustration of the theses supported for ten-some years by the “new international politics” theorists. Clinging to the hypothesis of the erosion of the State-nation, they put forward the notions of “civil society”, “governance”, etc. In the same time, the attacks seem to be engendering a redistribution of values, a companion to the establishment of a new strategic installation, resting on strong come-back of State, security concerns, a larger importance of politics and restrictions to mass migrations, etc. Which brings forward the thought that the former decade was actually a mere transition period.

 Summary AFRI-2002