At the heart of the globalization debate lies the market and its relation to the nation state. The global economy has made it easier for multinational companies to engage in transnational economic activities thus freeing companies from the restraints and “factor endowment of a single nation”...

The size and reach of the market in illicit products and services reflect patterns of globalization, economic growth, and armed conflict as well as government and civil society responses to the impacts of these markets. In Asia, these illicit markets have grown rapidly with the opening up of...