ABSTRACT
This chapter presents some closing thoughts on key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book describes the impact of globalization on state power is complex and far from transparent. It is important to realize that globalization is not one-way Westernization, much less Americanization. Economically, it is well-known that the most rapid growth of the last forty years has been in East and Southeast Asia. The dynamic of contemporary globalization seems more continuous with earlier decades and centuries than is acknowledged. Many solutions, such as introducing exotic insects for more honey production, exotic fish such as the walking catfish to clean out waterways and exotic plants such as kudzu, cause their own almost insurmountable problems. The enlarged EU must be retained and can work, but only by becoming more tightly integrated: the combination of a shared currency without greater coordination in other spheres that created current problems.
