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Showing 1 to 20 of 152 for “"international system"”.
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The Imperium Americana Paradigm: Reshaping the International System
… use of this power to enhance its preponderant international position, instead investing it in two Cold war institutions, the United Nations and NATO, to maintain the status quo. Emerging threats were missed as the United States became involved in peripheral conflicts. September 11, 2001, …
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The changing paradigm of state sovereignty In the international system
The system of state relations in the international system was established at the end of the Forty Years War, which culminated in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. The treaty was based on sovereignty, which is rooted in the principle of non-intervention by other states in the internal affairs of …
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Reconstructing respect : the quest for prestige in the international system
… is a term that appears in a wide range of international relations literature, but it is rarely ever defined. There is a vague consensus that prestige involves measures of status and respect, but its exact usage is different in every work. This thesis analyzes the various manifestations of …
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The Military, Economy and the State: A New International System Analysis
… a theoretical justification for a new world systems analysis in order to understand economic development and underdevelopment, and stratification systems that emerge within nation states because of their global social location. I present my detailed case for amending Wallerstein's …
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The dynamics of hostile and cooperative behavior in the international system
… has been much attention in the literature in International Relations to finding the underlying causes of conflict among nations. The existing research is divided between studying the impact of structural variables (e.g., the nature of alliances, power distribution, etc.) on conflict, and …
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Dynamics of Regime Evolution: Modeling Agent-Structure Interactions in the International System
… challenges to using a constructivist approach in international relations has been the lack of methodological tools available to empirically assess the theoretical implications of the paradigm. This paper seeks to address this challenge by modeling the constructivist view of the world in order to …
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The Preemptive Paradox: The Rise of Great Powers & Management of the International System
<p>Since the beginning of the modern state system only a few select nations have achieved great power status. But what can account for their rise? The presence of existing great powers would suggest that aspiring states should encounter formidable obstacles that would render their success …
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"""20. and odd Negroes"": Virginia and the international system of slavery, 1619-1660"
… and an enslaver in the context of the developing international system of slavery and the major upheavals that transformed both West Central Africa and the New World in the early seventeenth century. European peoples in the early sixteenth century promoted the expansion of plantation economies in …
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Sovereignty, Salt, and Space: The Linkages Between International Space Law and the International System
… in a relatively short time of a new dimension of international law. | Of particular interest in this new dimension are the linkages among the concept of territorial sovereignty, the functional bounds of space activities, and the verifications of strategic arms limitation as they relate to the …
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The Rise of Regional Hegemons: Assessing Implications for the International System through a Neo-realist Perspective
… developing nations been able to compete at the international level, both economically and militarily. But, we are currently in an age where developing nations, such as Brazil, Russia, India, and China, are able to develop so rapidly that they are able to excel within the international economy, …
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Changing Conceptions of Geopolitical Success: The Treaty of Paris as a Watershed in Anglo-French Understandings of the International System
… between the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and previous international settlements, arguing that they are due to changes in the understanding of the international order. By looking at the decline in religious language, concern over the welfare of those impacted by the war, an increased emphasis on the …
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LGBTI rights and NGOs in international relations: how NGOs use the international system to affect domestic policy-making in majority Catholic countries
… Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) rights at the international level, how LGBTI non-governmental organisations (NGOs) use international channels to advance the cause domestically, with a focus on countries that have a strong presence and influence of the Catholic Church. Academia has investigated …
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Alliances as means for stability within the international system; a comparative analysis of Czech and Russian diplomatic efforts from the end of the first World War
Item marked as restricted to the 'Administrator' Group (id=1) by William Ingram (wingram2@illinois.edu) on 2011-08-26T15:35:29Z Item is restricted until 2013-08-26T15:35:26Z
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The inadequate dominance of realism : an analysis of the U.S. war on terror /
… continue to be substantial debate over how the international system can best be characterized. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate that the international system can best be characterized by the essential features of realism, but the use of realist policy prescriptions are inadequate …
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A Network Approach to Nuclear Deterrence
… of nuclear weapons between states in the international system instead of traditional game theoretical models. Four networks are created representing ties of influence on states in the international system based on the four dimensions of DIME (Diplomacy, Information, Military, and …
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The Protection Racket: Patrons, Clients, and the Political -Economy of Security Provision Markets
The provision of security by actors in the international system of sovereign states has generally been thought about in two ways, both fundamentally flawed. The first, advocated by realists, suggests that anarchy, uncertainty, power, and exploitation of the weak by the strong are the motivating …
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To the brink of empire : Rusk, Kissinger and the transformation of American foreign policy
… figure. His foreign policy philosophy of liberal internationalism reflects a belief in America's exceptionalism. Rusk justified the war by arguing that the United States' commitment to a decent world order was under threat in South Vietnam. Lyndon Johnson represents the Machiavellian Moment …
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Network Growth and Efficiency
… literature has not been widely applied in international relations. Of primary interest to the international system is how network growth affects efficiency. Knowledge of efficient edges can guide how countries interact within a given network by maintaining only the most efficient relations. …
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Stability, Efficiency, and Equity in Network Formation Games
… network formation has seen sparse application in international relations (IR) where it can be used to model the evolution of relationships among international actors. Of interest to IR theorists is the relative stability of the international system: instability in the system could signal the onset …
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