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what is international relations?
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relations between states and peoples
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what is a state
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primary political unit of international relations
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define some characterisitics os a state
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-- territory
-- population -- an effective government -- the ability to maintain independence |
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what is sovereignty?
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absolute authority over the population within its territorial jurisdiction and no external authority over the state
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about how many sovereign state are there today?
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200
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what effect did the collapse of the great European empires have in our time.
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where today the majority of states in the world have populations that are:
-- non-caucasian -- non-Christian -- non-Western The majority of states in the world today are non-liberal and non-democratic. |
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what is power?
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having tth capacity to act.
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