Question for Thesis

To what extent can cosmopolitanism bring solutions to the problems faced by nation-states?

To what extent can cosmopolitanism deal with the issued faced by nation-states with regard human security, human rights, and illegal immigration in the era of globalization?

Under what conditions can cosmopolitanism bring solutions to nation-states and the challenges they face in the era of globalization?

challenges:

human security
pandemics
environmental

Can we say that the nation-state is still the best administrative entity to face the challenges of the 21st century?

According to David Held and Anthony Mc Grew, the nation-state system is still the best way to fight global problems, because it is only if states collaborate together that such problems be tackled. (The Global Transformations Reader"

To what extent is the nation-state still the best administrative entity to provide human security for its citizens and face the challenges of the 21st century?

HumanSecurity by Mary Kaldor

Remarks of Professor Mary Kaldor
Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance,
London School of Economics and Political Science at Finlandia Hall,
Helsinki, 1 August 2005, 30th Anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act

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