Territorial Manifestations in Times of Globalization: Implications for State-Centrism in International Relations

Boryana Aleksandrova

doi:10.18778/1641-4233.23.12

Authors

Boryana Aleksandrova Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Law, Department of International Law and International Relations

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1641-4233.23.12

Keywords:

globalization, territory, territoriality, realism, state-centrism, transnational, deterritorialization, extraterritorialization, reterritorialization

Abstract

Globalization challenges the state-centric realist view of space and authority within International Relations. Using multifaceted concepts of territoriality and non-territoriality, this article goes into three versions of current territorial fragmentation or connectivity – deterritorialization, extraterritorialization and reterritorialization. They are to enable us to reveal the proliferation of globally relevant social and power dynamics above, below and within the state domain. At the same time, they are to illuminate the ambivalent role of states played in an era of global interconnectedness.

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Author Biography

Boryana Aleksandrova, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Law, Department of International Law and International Relations

Boryana Aleksandrova - PhD (University of Münster, Germany, 2008); Senior Assistant-Professor in International Relations, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria (2010–2018); Interdisciplinary Research Colloquium “Border Studies and Critical Migration Research”, Interdisciplinary Research Center “Border Crossings – Crossing Borders”, Humboldt University of Berlin (2018– ); current research interests: theory of international relations, globalization, war and peace, international politics; teaching: university course “Globalization and International Relations”; seminars on Theory of International Relations, Theory of Foreign Policy, Theory of International Negotiations; introductory seminar on International Relations for students of law.

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