Implications of economic globalization for nation states

This essay looks at the question of whether globalization unites and/or divides nation-states in the context of what can be broadly termed as ‘economic globalization’. The author analyses the issue our using two case-studies: one is the 2013 Bali Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization, and the other is the burgeoning of regionalism in international political economy (with the proliferation of Regional Trade Agreements). The author provides his candid observation on potential implications economic liberalization on nation states in years to come.