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In 2003 the SARS epidemic emerged from Guangdong Province in China and spread rapidly throughout East Asia and North America. While the epidemic resulted in much debilitation and mortality, the true costs of the epidemic resulted from the enormous levels of fear generated by the novel pathogen (a variant of coronavirus). To date the epidemic has generated considerable economic damage to the economies of Canada, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. SARS has also resulted in political casualties as key leaders in these countries failed to adequately respond to the epidemic in its early phases. This papers details the damage that SARS has wrought upon the economies of the aforementioned countries, and advocates the hypothesis that emerging infectious diseases consitute a direct threat to the political economy of affected nations. This study builds upon previous work in the realm of health security, by authors such as Andrew T Price-Smith, Yanzhong Huang, Robert Ostergard, and Stefan Elbe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

How does globalization affect the way that states respond to international migration? There is little doubt that various elements of globalization have served to facilitate the volume and diversity of international migration flows. The scope and scale of global migration has reached unprecedented heights. Accompanying this increase in flows has been an increasing politicization of the issue and demand for higher levels of state control, particularly in migrant receiving countries. Because of its links to sovereignty, policy responses have traditionally been unilateral; however, there is increasing realization that such measures are insufficient to reach desired levels of control and coordination. Over the past 25 years, we have begun to see a significant shift in this orientation, as states increasingly seek to coordinate their efforts through bi- and multilateral cooperation and coordination. I hypothesize that this growing "policy internationalism" is the product of 1) globalization and its effects, and 2) political learning and the resulting evolution of ideas regarding international migration and its economic, social, and political effects. Using a comparative case study method, I explain regional variation in policy internationalism in Western Europe, North America, and East Asia through the lens of interdependence. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]