... includes the maintenance of external independence, internal supremacy and a national identity (Geocities, 2003; p2). In order to remain a sovereign entity, the state must sustain its independence in foreign affairs. It is based on the concept that all sovereign states are equal and independent in the world system. Thus two characteristics are established: (i) non-intervention in the internal ... into Afghanistan, where humanitarian reasons were secondary to those of national security. Similarly, in March 2003, the US and UK Governments exercised sovereign powers by taking pre-emptive mil...

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... as a process reflects the emergence of interregional networks and systems of interactions and exchange which embodies structuration and stratification. It has reached every domain from cultural to economic, political, legal, military and environmental. It is a multifaceted social phenomenon rather than a singular condition. (Held, David. 2003:27) Globalization represents a new era, involving all aspects of contemporary international life and bringing structural change ... the case for India where a large amount of European and American industries transformed their bases and factories th...

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... nation. The difficult history of the Jews gave rise to Jewish nationalism culminating in the desire for autonomy and control over their original territory of Israel. Just as the Russian Foreign Minister Dimitar Dimitrov argued that "the fascists are rummaging through the entire history of every nation as to be able to pose as the heirs and continuators of all that ... Britain with similar scenes seen across America after September 11th 2001, proves that nationalism is very much alive yet in the developed world very much removed from the right wing military extremist groups in less econo...

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