Before we can discuss the defining characteristics of the present system, we need to define what we mean by the term "system" - and what makes the world political arrangement a system? ... In the international political system, these parts are nation states, international organisations, and several other entities that have power on an international level. Despite appearances, there is not anarchy in the global system. ... Besides nation states, and international organisations, there are other players that have power in the international system. ... Are there any other forces that have in...

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The word "multipolar" in international relation is scientifically defined as "a distribution of power in which there are a number of poles, or great powers, in the international system" . ... Theory Included is a neo-realists framework to analyze the international structure of power. ... Waltz argues that "despite the condition of anarchy, states will stop well short of hegemony if geography or technology or social organization favors the defense." ... It is much easier to defend than to attack and condition exist in reality that all states can be safe, even in anarchy. ... However, all Neo-r...

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The twentieth century really begins before the end of the nineteenth century. Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 was felt by many to represent the end of an era. An end-of-century stoicism, and a growing pessimism among writers and intellectuals, may be traced to several sources, not least the publication in 1859 of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species which put the existence of God into radical question. Across the whole population, and in the face of rapid economic and social changes, radical doubts about the stability of the existing order were expressed. By the end of the nine...

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