The Rise of the Virtual State

Rosecrance, Richard · Foreign Affairs 75(4), July/August 1996

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Origin essay of the 'virtual state' concept. Argues developed states are voluntarily shedding territorial/military ambition for knowledge, services, capital. Cited in Dossier 09 §05 as a useful but partial precursor — Rosecrance writes about sovereign states choosing to deterritorialise, not stateless peoples.

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