In this article I locate some of the fundamental problems of self-determination within the context of an evolving international society. First, I argue that one particular manifestation of self-determination, that of national self-determination, is both a solution to the enduring problem of territorial legitimation in international relations as well as the source of subsequent challenges to ter...

The recently granted “independence” to Kosovo by the transnational elite, in flagrant violation of international law and the UN, has completed the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia. As I pointed out elsewhere the dismembering of Yugoslavia was an attempt by the transnational elite to fully integrate the area into the New Economic Order of the internationalised market economy. Thus, given ...

The international health gap is widening. The lagging health status of poor countries is largely due to the lack of material resources and barriers to economic development. The lack of resources and barriers to development reflect the dynamics of a single integrated global system, the New World Order, which is structured in a way that discriminates against the poor countries. The structured unf...