(Dis)integration processes: Vulnerabilities of a globalised world

... transformed from an economic self-regulated process to a political tool used to defeat business competitors. Under the guise of economic rationale, a number of states apply a plethora of restrictions, extraterritorial sanctions, and actions that bypass the WTO with arguments based on national security interests and assumed political and military threats. As of 2020, the key problems that caused the recession of 2008-2009, have not been resolved. The pandemic has only exacerbated these problems. The world ...