Edited by Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan As noted by Neil MacFarlane in
his contribution, the improvements in technology,
communications, education, and other transnational flows have
altered the environment in which states currently operate.
Therefore, the security challenges that states find themselves
faced with are complex and multifaceted. He identified a number
of geopolitical implications of globalization and security: the
emergence of a complex array of security challenges; the impact
of globalization varies greatly depending on the state and
region with which you are dealing; globalization is not eroding
the state entirely as a force within the international system,
but rather is redefining its role; and, the impacts of
globalization on security are acting as forces that help to
assist global interstate cooperation since each individual state
realizes its inability to handle the new challenges in the
system. (a) Economic Security: Lessons and Trends When assessing
the economics of the international system, a n