The first part of my essay shall deal with defining and explaining the key terms of this essay. The issues that I shall seek to define and/or explain includes the term ‘globalization’ itself and also state, power and sovereignty. There is no doubt that it is very indispensable to establish adequate understandings of the abovementioned terms before answering this question.

I shall proceed to address the crux of the question. I shall start off by explaining the general challenges that globalization poses to the state’s power and sovereignty. This will be followed by the concentration on various aspects of globalization like economics and how

We exist, we are told, in the epoch of globalization, and the onset of globalization should guide us rethink existing concepts (in this case, power and sovereignty) as we know it. The issue that one ought to be concerned with is: to what degree does globalization erode these two concepts?

Previously, before the advent of globalization, the use of military force was controlled by the state and the state alone. Now, transnational non-state actors like IGOs and terrorist groups have found it easier to flex their own military might. It is easier for them to engage in ‘non-traditional’ conflicts and it is usually the governments of states that become the targets for their aggression. Globalization has made it easier for such groups to transfer funds and communicate with other groups globally. Such is the dangerous potential of globalization that states are becoming unsure about their own safety. Point in case would be the Al-Qaeda terrorist network whose leader recently issued warnings against the allies of the US. Such threats would almost render states powerless in defending themselves.

Some topics in this essay:
Sovereignty Globalization, Southeast Asia, HQ MNC, Introduction Globalization, MNCs Global, European Union, Soviet Union, power sovereignty, state’s power, challenges globalization, concepts power sovereignty, challenges globalization poses, free trade agreements, globalization threaten state’s, term ‘globalization’, trade agreements, threaten state’s, globalization poses, globalization usually, state’s power sovereignty, globalization threaten, sovereignty economic,