미국 주도 세계화의 국제체계

Abstract

【Abstract】 The Nature of the World System in the Age of Pax Americana Chang Jae Baik (Seoul National University) Beginning after the peace of Westphalia, the modern inter-state system has operated on three principles as neo-realists explain: First, the unit comprising the system is the state that has exclusive sovereignty both internally and externally; Second, the system is an anarchy, that is, has no central authority governing the behavior of units; Third, the system is a selp-help system since there is no central authority to help and every unit tries to survive. In short, modern inter-state system is a world of power politics where sovereign states compete each other to take relative advantages. After the end of the Cold War, however, it has often been observed that modern inter-state system has been going through fundamental changes: The state has “retreated” under the pressure of globalization; Transnational or supranational entities such as IO's and INGO’s have gained more influences over the states; Inter-state system is no longer an anarchy; The States have been increasingly willing to cooperate with each other to solve transnational problems. Europe has been the exact case where the post-modern world system replaces modern inter-state system. Yet, the world system forming after the retreat of the modern inter-state system has other distinct features: It is a unipolar system prevailed by U. S. hegemony; Economic globalization, which requires larger size for any economic entities to survive, disintegrates as well as integrates the states; New technologies for social organization such as global or regional governance increasingly change people’s identities and loyalties. I designate these three as driving forces of the current globalization which decides the nature of the coming world system.