National borders, the global economy and geopolitics

A view from Yemen

Bibliographic Data

ID7785014
AuthorsCharles Schmitz (Towson University, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume6
Issue2
Pages79-98
Publication date2001-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeopolitics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14650040108407718
OpenAlexW1964165189
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

The wider geographic scales of the new interdependencies called ‘globalisation’ are not new to peripheral states such as Yemen. In the colonial and post‐colonial world sensitivity to international developments has always been important in the course of local events. What is new is the particular configuration of political and economic institutions at various levels including, critically, the national level. This paper argues that, on the one hand, the new geography of economic and political ‘globalisation’ has left Yemen with distinctly ‘old’ forms of economic integration into world markets, but that, on the other hand, regional geopolitics have opened certain opportunities for Yemen's political elite to refashion itself as a strategic geopolitical player so as to maintain international flows of military and economic aid. The end result is the continued national dominance of these same elite. ‘Globalisation’ in this sense is a national political project

Colonialism · Economic system · Economics · Economy · Elite · Geopolitics · Globalization · Interdependence · International relations · Political economy · Political geography · Political science · Politics · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Global Political and Social Dynamics · International Development and Aid · Law

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