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How countries relate & interact to each other.

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International Relations

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How countries compete & conflict to each other.

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International Relations

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Why does competing and conflict exist between countries?

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Because of constant competition with resources

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How countries cooperate and communicate to each other.

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International Relations

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Study of how countries relate to one another, how they work together, and how they conflict.

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International Relations

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Study of how state and non-state actors interact and relate to each other.

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International Relations

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State pertains to?

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Country

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Non-state pertains to?

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International Organizations

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How many sovereign states in the world today?

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195

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How many states are recognized?

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201

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How many states are self-declared countries?

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207

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How many nations can compete in FIFA WORLD CUP?

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211

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How many countries are eligible competing in Olympics?

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206

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What is state according to Max Weber?

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A human community that successfully claims a monopoly of the legitimate use of violence within a given area.

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A state is a self-governing political entity having:

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  • Territory with internationally recognized borders
  • A Permanent population
  • A government
  • Sovereignty over it’s people and territory
  • External recognition from other states
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What are the elements of state?

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1) Inhabited by human (External)
2) Exercising Sovereignty (Independent)
3) Controlled by Govt. (Internal)
4) Territorial Entity (Geographic Profile of State)

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Bedrock of International Relations

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Sovereignty

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Concept where countries are allowed to interact with one another

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State Sovereignty

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Countries have the right to determine and control what happens within borders

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State Sovereignty

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No other state has power or control over its territory. Government are free to do what they want within their own state.

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State Sovereignty

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Origin of State Sovereignty

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Westphalian Sovereignty

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Who are the people involved in Westphalian Sovereignty

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Jean Bodin and Hugo Grotius

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Group of people with distinct identity

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Nation

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What are those shared by members of Nation?

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  • Race
  • History
  • Language
  • Ethnicity
  • Cultures
  • Religion
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A nation that has a state or country of their own
Nation-State
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Example of Nation-State countries
France, Germany, S. Korea, Egypt, Japan, Ireland, Iceland, Hungary, Lebanon, Mongolia, Portugal and Poland
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Interstate
Between states
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Intrastate
Within a state
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What are the different types of Government?
1) Autocracy/Oligarchy 2) Dictatorship 3) Monarchy 4) Theocracy 5) Democracy
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The power is concentrated in the hands of a leader or group not constitutionally responsible to the people.
Authoritarian Government
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Leaders constitute a single party or small group of people
Autocracy/Oligarchy
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Individual personalities less critical than party/group loyalty
Autocracy/Oligarchy
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Power concentrated in a single person
Dictatorship
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Individual personalities dominate
Dictatorship
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Power is in the hands of a King or Queen
Monarchy Government
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Power is inherited through family bloodlines
Monarchy Government
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Monarch is the HEAD of the state (Final Decider) Ex: UK
Constitutional Monarchy
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Monarch is both the HEAD of state and government Ex: Saudi Arabia
Traditional Monarchy
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Pope is the head of the government Ex: Vatican and Iran
Theocracy
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Power is in the hands of religious leaders
Theocracy
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The people rule themselves either directly or through elected representatives
Democracy
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Geographic profile of the state
Territory
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Four domain of Territory
- Terrestrial: Land - Maritime: Water - Fluvial: Inland Water - Aerial: Airspace
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An administrative region usually an area that is under the jurisdiction of a state
Territory
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Types of Territory
COFUDDOM - Capital - Overseas - Federal - Unorganized - Dependent - Disputed - Occupied - Maritime
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Specially designated territory where a country's seat of government is located
Capital Territory
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A designation for a territory that is not an independent sovereign state, yet remains politically outside the governing state's integral area
Dependent Territory
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It is within the direct and usually exclusive jurisdiction of the central or national government within a federation
Federal Territory
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A broad designation for a territorial entity that is separated from the country that governs it by an ocean. It may be constituent or dependent
Overseas Territory
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A region of land without a normally constituted system of government
Unorganized Territory
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Always sparsely populated, and may be incorporated or unincorporated
Unorganized Territory
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The geographic area claimed by two or more rival governments
Disputed Territory
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A region that is under the military control of an outside power that has not annexed the region
Occupied Territory
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A term used in international law to denote coastal waters which are not territorial water though in immediate contact with the sea
Maritime Territory
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Four Components of Maritime Territory
1) Baseline 2) Territorial Sea 3) Contiguous 4) Exclusive Economic Zone
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All sides are surrounded by water
Archipelagic State
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One or more sides are surrounded by water
Coastal State
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The capacity of an individual to influence, persuade and regulate the state or people
Power
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Ability of a state to influence behavior of other states
Power
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With Multiple centers of power
Multipolar System
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There isa rough balance of power between four or more states
Multipolar System
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No state is dominant
Multipolar System
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Dominated by two major powers
Bipolar System
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Active and Aggressive War
Hot War
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Substitute War
Proxy War
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Dominated by one powerful state
Unipolar System
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Super Powered dominating countries
Hegemon
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The idea that states will adopt policies or form alliances meant to keep any one state or group of state becoming too powerful
Balance of Power Theory of Politics
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Concept used in analyzing the distribution of power in the world
Balance of Power

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