... , 1999; pp38). Colonialism was also a part of this movement. The European political structure was retained in some countries in Asia and Africa after the decolonisation. Since the Second World War, the sovereign state as a primary international political actor became the universal standard (Schreuer; 1999; p1). Today, many countries have an "Independence Day" or "National Day" to celebrate ... authority of another state" (Ray August, 2002; p4). Krieger (1993, p878) defined it as a series of governmental institutions ranging from the army, the nationalised industries through the civil ser...

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... law reflects existing mores of conduct, the ICC is first and foremost a monument to humankind's gradual renunciation of atrocities as an instrument of statecraft. In the abiding shadow of total war, and in the midst of a global hypertechnological economy, the inexorable dictates of interdependence have radically redefined mainstream power. The annihilation of alien peoples as a means of conquest and supremacy-long ... complicating this task was that the entrenched prerogatives of sovereignty would have to accommodate the startling prospect of surrendering heads of state to foreign juris...

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... the major states of Europe had ruled their populations via an indirect rule, local and regional authorities had collected taxes, administered justice, maintained order and gathered troops in times of war. This changed after Napoleon as national governments became more centralised and there was a widespread adoption of direct rule throughout Europe extending governmental communication into the very depths of rural communities ... and Prussia traditionally power had been held by the aristocratic landowning elite, like the other major European powers, but through political innovation had s...

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... the major states of Europe had ruled their populations via an indirect rule, local and regional authorities had collected taxes, administered justice, maintained order and gathered troops in times of war. This changed after Napoleon as national governments became more centralised and there was a widespread adoption of direct rule throughout Europe extending governmental communication into the very depths of rural communities ... and Prussia traditionally power had been held by the aristocratic landowning elite, like the other major European powers, but through political innovation had s...

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... can be done to it by other states or by other foreign non-state actors."" According to this definition, after the Second World War the main threat to international security was identified with the interstate-armed conflicts in the traditional military sense. This concept was underlined also by ... , in the Preamble of the Charter we can read that one of its main objective is to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war ", considered the main risk for the interstate security. Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World (2012), explains that the concept of security ... started...

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... strong countervailing effects on nationalism. Although nationalism still persists, the countervailing effect of rapid transformation globalization is quite obvious.Globalization challenges the sovereignty of the nation state. After the cold war, the rapid development of globalization has greatly promoted the level of economic and cultural exchanges and interdependence between countries and regions, constantly transcending the boundaries of the original nation, thus ... of preserving their own cultural identity. In fact, flaring nationalism is not new in China, it has been set off in the...

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... , either directly or through an intermediatary. In peacetime, this serves to promote friendly relations between sending states and receiving states, helping to develop their economic, cultural and scientific relations. In war, diplomacy also has a vital role of ensuring successful negotiations of peace treaties and ceasefire agreements. This process is also critical in building coalitions in support of the balance of power ... ...

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... the provision of an array of data delineating the differential power capabilities of great powers over a period of time . Using the historical periods of the "Pax Britannica" and the Cold War as examples, it has been demonstrated that the current distribution of capabilities differ from the multi-polar and bi-polar systems evident in the two respective time frames. The United ... ...

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