In the article called Google Earth and the Nation State, Sangeet Kumar says that Google represent a new modality of power, progressively making inroads into the muted Westphalian nation-state system but still the power is linked “to a nation from its physical location and the materiality of the medium.” Then, after speaking about the network power and his importance, Kumar says that is cautious about “premature predictions about the imminent demise of the nation-state”.
Beyond the discussion if with globalization the nation state will diminish his capacities or will disappear it important to realize that in the international arena there are more actors like Google, an globalized new public sphere and public opinion, which play a role at the local level but articulated itself at the international level too. Then, the challenge for the nation-states I not just about relating with actors like Google but with actors like public sphere and public opinion too, locally present but at the same time, in a given issues, with presence and relevance in the international arena.
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