Among many other worthwhile articles in the Winter 2003/2004 issue of The National Interest, you'll find an essay by James C. Bennett entitled "Networking Nation States." It's also described on the cover by the title "The Coming Info-National Order."

The lead-in sentence is: "The nation-state is not dead, but technology is leading it down a very different road."

I am reminded of Walter Wriston's "The Twilight of Sovereignty", although Bennett has a different thesis.

Check out this issue the next time you're at the bookstore or newsstand.