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Globalization – what is it about?. Manfred Steger; Globalization – a very short introduction. Perceptions of the World. Different levels: tribal, local, regional, national, international and global. .
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Globalization – what is it about? Manfred Steger; Globalization – a very short introduction
Perceptions of the World Different levels: • tribal, local, • regional, • national, • international • and global. Globalization indicates that we are dealing with the highest level of relations in the world
TECHNOLOGICAL WAVES INFORMATION INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GATHER-HUNT … 8000 BC 1700 2000 TIME NEW HISTORICAL ERA - WAVES ABILITY TO MANIPULATE MATTER Tomas Ries 14.10.2004
WORLD SOCIETY – EARLY GLOBALISED EXXON-MOBIL DAIMLER-CHRYSLER MITSUBISHI CITIGROUP 1 % GLOBALISING COMMUNITY USA JAPAN SINGAPORE HONG KONG SWEDEN ITALY TAIWAN 14 % 5 % SOUTH KOREA (CHINA, INDIA 10%) ESTONIA HUNGARY THAILAND MODERN STATES BRAZIL EGYPT RUSSIA SYRIA (CHINA, INDIA 40%) 15 % PREMODERN SOCIETIES ANGOLA (CHINA, INDIA 50%) RWANDA SUDAN ZAIRE 65 % Tomas Ries 14.10.2004
DAIMLER-BENZ NOKIA SONY-ERICSSON 1% GLOBALISED ELITE 30 FLOW WORLD USA SWITZERLAND JAPAN 25 HONG KONG FINLAND, SWEDEN ITALY, TAIWAN PRC 1, INDIA 1 13% RICH GLOBALISING 822.5 20 SPAIN SOUTH KOREA 2% EARLY GLOBALISING 124.8 15 CZECH REPUBLIC ARGENTINA HUNGARY 4% LATE MODERN 233.7 10 COLLISION BRAZIL RUSSIA VENEZUELA 15% PRIMITIVE MODERN 891.0 05 IMPLOSION PRC 3, INDIA 3 ANGOLA, LAOS RWANDA 32% PREMODERN 1,925.2 01 34% MISERY 2,066.2 WORLD SOCIETY - STRATA GNP pc ppp 000 USD Tomas Ries 14.10.2004
WORLD SOCIETY – EARLY GLOBALISED EXXON-MOBIL DAIMLER-CHRYSLER MITSUBISHI CITIGROUP 1 % GLOBALISED COMMUNITY USA JAPAN HONG KONG SWEDEN ITALY TAIWAN THE EMPIRE “OECD community” 14 % 5 % SOUTH KOREA (CHINA, INDIA 10%) CZECH REP HUNGARY THAILAND MODERN STATES BRAZIL EGYPT RUSSIA SYRIA (CHINA, INDIA 60%) 15 % PREMODERN SOCIETIES ANGOLA RWANDA SUDAN ZAIRE 65 % Tomas Ries 14.10.2004
POSTMODERN COMMUNITY- Cooper GLOBALISERS- Friedman CORE- Barnett ? ? L’EMPIRE, C’EST NOUS – THE GLOBAL FAT CATS Tomas Ries 14.10.2004
PRC-TAIWAN ISRAEL-PALESTINE YUGOSLAVIA MAGHREB FALKLANDS TRANSNATIONAL STRATEGIC TERROR CRIME IRAQ- KUWAIT INDIA-PAKISTAN CHECHNYA COLUMBIA ARAB WORLD EVACUATION AFRICA SIERRA LEONE EXTERNAL POLITICAL TENSIONS - EARLY GLOBALISED L’EMPIRE - C’EST NOUS REFUGEES INSTABILITY CRIME DETERRENCE DISORDER CHALLENGE TERRORISM REFUGEES MIGRATION POVERTY VITAL INTERESTS DISORDER RADIATION DISORDER PANDEMIC DISEASE Tomas Ries 14.10.2004
THE WHITE MAN’S BURDEN DEVELOPMENT AND DEMOCRACY 1. ORDER AND SECURITY 2. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 3. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (Middle Class) 4. DEMOCRACY You must first develop structural stability. Only thereafter is stable democracy possible. This is why development aid is not enough. And this is our dilemma. Tomas Ries 14.10.2004
IMPERIAL SECURITY AGENDA 1 % GLOBALISED COMMUNITY (WEF) SYMBIOSIS 14 % G7, NATO, EU LEADERSHIP + STRATEGY 5 % EU, OECD, WTO INTEGRATE MODERN STATES ASSIST, PROTECT IMF, WB, UNDP, NATO 15 % ASYMMETRIC REALPOLITICS OSCE, NATO, EU PREMODERN SOCIETIES ??? BENEVOLENT COLONIALISM ??? 65 % UN? NATO? ESDP? Tomas Ries 14.10.2004
THREAT ANALYSIS - EARLY GLOBALISED SEVERITY EXISTENCE STRATEGISK TERROR DEADLY PANDEMIC VITAL GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRASH 9.11 SARS LONDON GLOBAL ECONOMIC DEPRESSION COMFORT MADRID FLU MORAL REMOTE POSSIBLE LIKELY HAPPENING LIKELIHOOD Tomas Ries 14.10.2004