GLOBAL INTERSTATE SYSTEM

international organizations and global corporations

non-state actors, such as

international organization

an organization with an international membership, scope, or presence.

Global Corporatio

global company

generally referred to as a multinational corporation

MNC

company that operates in two or more countries, leveraging the global environment to approach varying markets in attaining revenue generation

In the interstate system, the units are the ____, and the interactions include _________

* Sovereignty
* TERRITORIALITY
* NON-INTERFERENCE

RINCIPLES OF THE CONTEMPORARY INTERSTATE SYSTEM

Sovereignty

the ultimate overseer, or authority

sovereignty

originally meant to be the equivalent of supreme power.

Territoriality

associated with non verbal communication that refers to how people use space to communicate ownership or occupancy of areas and possessions.

Interference

Is the act of or something that obstructs or hinders

Westphalia

a region in northwestern Germany and one of the three historic parts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia

1648 Peace of Westphalia

ended the Thirty Years War'.

Roman Catholic Church

the locus of power

Charles TillY

“The state makes wars, and war makes the state.” ACCORDING TO WHO

Westphalian System

Known as ‘Original Territorial Basis of Modern Interstate System’

Anti-Hegemonic System

based on feudal, hierarchy system

United Nations Charter.

organisation is based on the principle of sovereign equality of all its members.

WWII

during what time, large number of Asian and American countries become equal sovereign through decolonization

Treaty of Westphalia

created an opening for nation states to have a new kind of conversation with each other, one where agreements could be made and power could be exchanged in a logical and rational way

GLOBALIZATION

defined as the migration of human activities from the narrow confines of the nation- state to a much larger scale.

Globalization

results from the removal of barriers between national economies to encourage the flow of goods, services, capital and labor

TRUE

Globalization emphasizes the interdependence of States. TURE OR FALSE

Westphalia territoriality i

is over protective, imprisoning, aggressive in assertion, and condones off areas of opportunity and zones of contract and cooperation.

IGO’s (Intergovermental Organizations)

played a role in intertwining the political and economic affairs of nation states around the globe. These types of organizations consistently encroach on the oncept of sovereignty. Eg; United Nations and World Trade Organization

is beginning to challenge the supremacy of state sovereignty

is beginning to challenge the supremacy of state sovereignty

TRUE

Westphalian wars are in decline. Non-Westphalian conflicts are on the rise

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TRUE OR FALSE

* Legal sovereignty is no longer the monopoly of national governments
* The control of physical territory is much less meaningful today both as source and domain of power
* Non-state actors are emerging as the new stars of the global order
* Modernization
* Westphalian wars are in decline. Non-Westphalian conflicts are on the rise
* International law is beginning to challenge the supremacy of state sovereignty

PEACE OF WESTPHALIA CHALLENGESUNDER GLOBALIZATION

is no longer the monopoly of national governments

is no longer the monopoly of national governments

Contemporary central governments

responded to globalisation by voluntarily shifting power upwards to supranational institutions.

NGOs (Non Governmental Organisation

shown considerable ability to block or delay the signing of agreements on globalisation

IGOs (Intergovernmental Organisations)

created by sovereign governments. Eg; World Bank, WTO and others.

Westphalian War

a clash of sovereign countries according to certain rules such as formal declarations of wars, treatment of prisoners and others

MODERNIZATION

is a processes where rural, traditional societies are transformed into industrialized and modern

Treaty of Westphalia

* created state system.
* ended the 30 Years’ War

Peace of Westphalia

founded important norms for the international system and serve as a model for contemporary international law and relations.

* REALISM
* LIBERALISM
* CONSTRUCTIVISM
* MARXISM

THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM

REALISM

states are rational actors and their primary concern is to maximize their self-interest.

Anarchy

structure of the international system

LIBERALISM

emphasizes the pacifying role of international organizations, economic interdependence, and democracy.

CONSTRUCTIVISM

* concerned with the relationship between units and structures.
* answers how we can understand the relationship between states and anarchy

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CONSTRUCTIVISM

both state interests and anarchy are socially constructed, that is, they are created by the state themselves

MARXISM

social theory that aims to scrutinize and critique the underlying foundations upon which contemporary world system is built.

MARXISM

world is primarily divided along economic lines, between the core developed states and the peripheral developing states.

REALISM

* state always compete for power
* state are rational actors

LIBERALISM

democracy, free trade and intl org. matter to state behaviour

CONSTRUCTIVISM

norms and ideas can re-constitute state behavior, interest, identities and preferences

MARXISM

capitalist motives cause conflicts between core, semi-peripheral states

COLD WAR

War between Soviet Union and United States of America

OUTSIDE IN VIEW

* Regards globalization as an exogenous process that is making a profound impact on states affairs.
* Globalization is seen as an extreme form of interdependence

INSIDE OUT VIEW

* recognizes that states are the ones influencing the level of global interconnectedness today.
* emphasizes that globalization is not an independent phenomenon that takes place in a vacuum.