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THE WANING
OF THE STATE AND THE WAXING OF CYBERWORLD - Richard Falk
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 CONCLUSION
Conclusion
The outcome of these various developments remains highly speculative. Undoubtedly, many
large surprises await us. It is almost foolish to anticipate the future when the rate of
change is taking place at such a high velocity.
But the momentousness of the issues can and should be understood. We already have
evidence that the hold of cyberworld on the political imagination is undermining a statist
world picture. Other developments are moving in the same direction, especially those
associated with market forces and media relationships.
What seems to be happening is that the state is no longer able to foreclose other forms
of political inquiry with respect to the character of world order. And yet there is enough
ambiguity and contradictoriness manifest to preclude any firm judgment as to whether the
overall impact of IT is stabilizing or transforming with respect to the diplomacy of
states and the efforts of leading states to extend geopolitical regimes of regulation and
control indefinitely into the future.
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