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The article “The Terrorists Threat World Risk Society Revisited” written by Ulrich Beck, the author analyzes how risk has changed over time and focuses on the idea of ​​new risk, and this it is the global risk. Ulrich Beck breaks down this idea of ​​global risk into three different typologies: spatial, temporal and social. Furthermore, it also names three different types of conflict, discusses the effects of risk on the center and periphery, and examines the use of language. In this essay the focus will be on how Ulrich Beck's main points can relate to the three different types of risk otherwise known as risk de-bounding. Furthermore, I will examine how the delineation of risk has dissolved the idea of ​​nation-states. One of the many ideas of risk in this topic is that the risk has been bounded. Beck explains this by saying that risk is not the fact that life is becoming more dangerous, but the fact that the types of risk have changed (Beck 2). Risk delimitation means that risks have exceeded their territorial limits; they are no longer limited by the boundaries of time and space. Beck argues that there are three new types of risk that emphasize this de-bounding. The first is called spatial, spatial risk refers to the fact that new risks in society do not remain within traditional boundaries; those are the borders of the states (Beck 2). The next type is temporal, this category of risk means that the new risk has no time limit, the consequences of a risk can last longer than we are able to communicate them (2). Finally there is social risk, social risk no longer has a central cause and you can no longer blame a person or a company for that problem (3). Beck goes on to describe “[the de-demarcation… middle of the paper… the topic is too American-centric; that's because he talks about addressing risks as a united world, but seems to argue that America will be at the center. His most compelling idea is the question of de-bounding risk. This is important because all of his other main points can be placed into the three categories he defines for risk, spatial, temporal and de-bounding. Risk delimitation is also the reason why states are slowly starting to focus more on risks and the world rather than risks and their society. In this essay I have summarized Beck's main points, then examined how they might be classified also based on aspects of de-bounding, I also examined Beck's idea of ​​the demise of the nation-state. Overall, Beck's argument should be taken into consideration to understand where modernization is taking the future of the world.