Cross-cutting IR vocabulary spanning sovereignty, international law, and global governance.
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- Sovereignty
- The authority of a state to govern itself and make decisions free from external interference
- Anarchy (in international relations)
- The absence of a central authority in the international system, forcing states to rely on self-help
- State (in international relations)
- A political unit with a permanent population, defined territory, effective government, and capacity to enter relations with other states
- Diplomacy
- The practice of managing relations and negotiations between states through official representatives
- Hegemony
- The dominance of one state over others in the international system, allowing it to set rules and norms
- Soft power
- The ability to influence others through attraction and persuasion rather than force or coercion
- Hard power
- The use of military force and economic coercion to achieve foreign policy goals
- Balance of power
- A distribution of military and economic capabilities among states such that no single state dominates all others
- International law
- Rules and norms governing relations between states, derived from treaties, custom, and general principles
- Treaty
- A formal written agreement between two or more states that creates binding obligations under international law
- Multilateralism
- Cooperation and coordination among three or more states to achieve common objectives
- Unilateralism
- Action taken by a single state independently to pursue its own interests without seeking agreement from others
- NGO (non-governmental organization)
- An independent organization not created by states that operates across national boundaries for social or humanitarian goals
- IGO (intergovernmental organization)
- An organization created by states through treaties to facilitate cooperation on specific issues
- Deterrence
- A strategy of preventing an adversary from taking hostile action by threatening unacceptable costs or retaliation
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