So globalization has by no means heralded the end of militarization. The state in a more global world is anything but a post-military state. On the contrary, globalization has given states military equipment of unprecedented sophistication and destructive potential. Although military expenditures declined for several years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, by
2000 they had risen once again to $800 billion (FPIF, 2002). The events of 11 September 2001 have stimulated still further remilitarization. Hence the post-Westphalian state has not abjured warfare so much as pursued it differently.