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... new competitive environment that generates these processes, and the internationalizing of the state...making states into agencies of the globalizing world".2 Thus, globalisation provides, or it IS increasing links between different parts of the world. On the other hand, this "global linkage" is perceived as forcing actions from the nowadays' "empires" - powerful developed countries, such as USA, UK, Germany, etc. This is similar to what the director of Christian Aid partner the Third World Network (TWN) Martin Khor (1995) insists: "globalisation is what we in the TWN have for several centuries called colonization".3 Different sources argue different starting point of globalisation, however there is still no agreed time: some point to the time of the traders of the ancient world, others to the colonialism and imperialism of previous centuries. However, mostly it is agreed the modern era of globalisation is qualitatively different and it has its roots in 4: * Rise of ...