It is often said that globalization symbolizes the end of a system of independent sovereign states and hence the onslaught of the insignificance of sovereignty. ... Also, the growth of transnational networks and global authority structures like the United Nations and the European Union dislocates and fractures national decision-making. ... Such power centres would of course include such institutions as non-governmental organizations (NGOs), inter-governmental organizations (IGOs) and multinational companies (MNCs). ... There is no doubt that the world economy is moving towards a "post-state"...

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The Seven United Provinces of the Netherlands gained independence. England was united with Scotland. ... The State System in this arena was affected by Industrial Revolution, representative governments, political changes, growth of international law, emergence of international organization, economic interdependence, revolution in the means of transport and communication. ... The second was between France and the United Provinces of the Netherlands, dated 11 April 1713. ... In the Balkans Greece, Rumania, Serbia, Bulgaria and Albania became sovereign states. ...

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China is seen as the number one challenger to the United States. ... As stated by Nye, "The Chinese government is trying to profit from the economic benefits of the Internet without letting it unravel their system of political control. ... It has an economy roughly the size of the United States, a considerably larger population, exports, men under arms, and possess nuclear arsenals and soft power, which bleeds deep into the roots of the United States. ... This creates coordination problems possessed by a non-sovereign government. ... As it has been shown, no one country stacks up to the U...

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Another function is that of intelligence gathering, where ambassadors collect information about the host state, its conditions, developments and policies, and report them directly to the home government. ... An obvious purpose for diplomacy is the representation of the sending state in the receiving state. The setting up of an embassy and sending diplomats to a host state gives the sending state the ability to protect its interests in the former. ... Issues are debated and voted on the basis of sovereign equality, providing smaller states with a forum for conducting diplomacy with countr...

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