LECTURE 1 Flashcards
How countries relate & interact to each other.
International Relations
How countries compete & conflict to each other.
International Relations
Why does competing and conflict exist between countries?
Because of constant competition with resources
How countries cooperate and communicate to each other.
International Relations
Study of how countries relate to one another, how they work together, and how they conflict.
International Relations
Study of how state and non-state actors interact and relate to each other.
International Relations
State pertains to?
Country
Non-state pertains to?
International Organizations
How many sovereign states in the world today?
195
How many states are recognized?
201
How many states are self-declared countries?
207
How many nations can compete in FIFA WORLD CUP?
211
How many countries are eligible competing in Olympics?
206
What is state according to Max Weber?
A human community that successfully claims a monopoly of the legitimate use of violence within a given area.
A state is a self-governing political entity having:
- Territory with internationally recognized borders
- A Permanent population
- A government
- Sovereignty over it’s people and territory
- External recognition from other states
What are the elements of state?
1) Inhabited by human (External)
2) Exercising Sovereignty (Independent)
3) Controlled by Govt. (Internal)
4) Territorial Entity (Geographic Profile of State)
Bedrock of International Relations
Sovereignty
Concept where countries are allowed to interact with one another
State Sovereignty
Countries have the right to determine and control what happens within borders
State Sovereignty
No other state has power or control over its territory. Government are free to do what they want within their own state.
State Sovereignty
Origin of State Sovereignty
Westphalian Sovereignty
Who are the people involved in Westphalian Sovereignty
Jean Bodin and Hugo Grotius
Group of people with distinct identity
Nation
What are those shared by members of Nation?
- Race
- History
- Language
- Ethnicity
- Cultures
- Religion
A nation that has a state or country of their own
Nation-State
Example of Nation-State countries
France, Germany, S. Korea, Egypt, Japan, Ireland, Iceland, Hungary, Lebanon, Mongolia, Portugal and Poland
Interstate
Between states
Intrastate
Within a state
What are the different types of Government?
1) Autocracy/Oligarchy
2) Dictatorship
3) Monarchy
4) Theocracy
5) Democracy
The power is concentrated in the hands of a leader or group not constitutionally responsible to the people.
Authoritarian Government
Leaders constitute a single party or small group of people
Autocracy/Oligarchy
Individual personalities less critical than party/group loyalty
Autocracy/Oligarchy
Power concentrated in a single person
Dictatorship
Individual personalities dominate
Dictatorship
Power is in the hands of a King or Queen
Monarchy Government
Power is inherited through family bloodlines
Monarchy Government
Monarch is the HEAD of the state (Final Decider)
Ex: UK
Constitutional Monarchy
Monarch is both the HEAD of state and government
Ex: Saudi Arabia
Traditional Monarchy
Pope is the head of the government
Ex: Vatican and Iran
Theocracy
Power is in the hands of religious leaders
Theocracy
The people rule themselves either directly or through elected representatives
Democracy
Geographic profile of the state
Territory
Four domain of Territory
- Terrestrial: Land
- Maritime: Water
- Fluvial: Inland Water
- Aerial: Airspace
An administrative region usually an area that is under the jurisdiction of a state
Territory
Types of Territory
COFUDDOM
- Capital
- Overseas
- Federal
- Unorganized
- Dependent
- Disputed
- Occupied
- Maritime
Specially designated territory where a country’s seat of government is located
Capital Territory
A designation for a territory that is not an independent sovereign state, yet remains politically outside the governing state’s integral area
Dependent Territory
It is within the direct and usually exclusive jurisdiction of the central or national government within a federation
Federal Territory
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
A region of land without a normally constituted system of government
Unorganized Territory
Always sparsely populated, and may be incorporated or unincorporated
Unorganized Territory
The geographic area claimed by two or more rival governments
Disputed Territory
A region that is under the military control of an outside power that has not annexed the region
Occupied Territory
A term used in international law to denote coastal waters which are not territorial water though in immediate contact with the sea
Maritime Territory
Four Components of Maritime Territory
1) Baseline
2) Territorial Sea
3) Contiguous
4) Exclusive Economic Zone
All sides are surrounded by water
Archipelagic State
One or more sides are surrounded by water
Coastal State
The capacity of an individual to influence, persuade and regulate the state or people
Power
Ability of a state to influence behavior of other states
Power
With Multiple centers of power
Multipolar System
There isa rough balance of power between four or more states
Multipolar System
No state is dominant
Multipolar System
Dominated by two major powers
Bipolar System
Active and Aggressive War
Hot War
Substitute War
Proxy War
Dominated by one powerful state
Unipolar System
Super Powered dominating countries
Hegemon
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
Concept used in analyzing the distribution of power in the world
Balance of Power
