Globalization, American Power, and International Security

"Globalization, American Power, and International Security" by Jonathan Kirshner

This article starts out by asking, "What are the consequences of globalization for international conflict in general and American power in particular?" Kirshner basically makes three arguments:
1) globalization weakens sovereignty
2) globalization changes the relative power of states because it affects them variably
3) The US is identified with the process of globalization, and people resist the US, at times, when frustrated with globalization itself.

The article is less a new argument (just about everything in it is unoriginal) than a simple survey of topics around globalization. It discusses security, global finance, and the media, for example. The most interesting point in the article is the implication for a changing realpolitik in which countries will not actually oppose the expansion of US power under globalization, but rather that they will simply try to moderate its pace and will perhaps coalesce into friendly blocs to amplify their influence on the direction and speed of globalization (or their influence on US policy).