This was a new domain of world
politics that eluded and defied the
inter-state logic of traditional IR
framework. Many things, both
tangible and intangible, were
involved in this accelerating process:
goods, services, people, ideas,
information,
capital,
terrorism,
disease, pollution etc. The porous
nature of state boundaries has been
particularly alarming in parallel to
states‘ increasing inability to control
the movement of undesirable
objects—whether ideas or people—
across their borders. This growing
incompetence has raised concerns
and questions over the principle of
stat R6