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Talk about Global Interstate

1. THE GLOBAL
INTERSTATE SYSTEM

2. Discussionquestion:
What arethehistoricalantecedents of
contemporaryworldpolitics?Putsimply,whyisthe
worldorganizedthewayitis?

3. INTERNATIONALIZATION
-Explorethedeepeningofinteractionsbetween
states
-Itdoesnotequalglobalizationalthoughitisa
majorpartofglobalization.
-Awindowtoviewtheglobalizationofpolitics

4. INTERNALRELATIONS
-Studyofpolitical,military,andotherdiplomatic
engagementsbetweentwoormorecountries.
-A facet ofglobalization,because
states/governmentsarekeydriversofglobal
processes.

5. NATION STATE
-Animaginedcommunity
(BenedictAnderson)
-limited
-Refers to a country and its
government

6. *NATIONANDSTATEARECLOSELYRELATED
BECAUSEITISNATIONALISMTHATFACILITATESSTATE.
*Inthecontemporaryera,ithasbeenthe
nationalistmovementsthathaveallowedforthe
creationofnation-states.

7. 4ATTRIBUTESOFSTATE
1.Exercisesauthorityoveraspecificpopulation
calleditscitizens.
2.Itgovernsaspecificterritory.
3.Astatehasastructureofgovernmentthatcrafts
variousrulesthatpeoplefollow.
4.Ithassovereigntyoveritsterritory.(internaland
external)

8. CONCEPTOFSOVEREIGNTY
CanbetracedbacktotheTreatyofWestphalia-a
setofagreementssignedin1648toendtheThirty
YearsWarbetweenthemajorcontinentalpowers
ofEurope.Thesignatoriesexercisecomplete
controlovertheirdomesticaffairsandswearnotto
meddleineachother'saffairs.

9. Earliest challenge: Napoleon
Bonaparte (1769-1821)
*Emperor of the French Empire
*Sought to spread the principles
of the French Revolution across
Europe (Napoleonic Wars, 1803-
1815)
Napoleonic code:
◼Forbade birth privileges,
freedom of religion,
meritocracy in
government service

10. TheConcertofEurope(1815-1914)
SoughttorestoreEuropetoworldbeforeFrench
RevolutionandNapoleon
Allianceofgreatpowers
Austria,Prussia,Russia,UnitedKingdom

11. TenetsoftheConcert
•Returnofthemonarchy
•ReturnofChristianvaluesinEurope
•RepudiationoftheNapoleonicCode
•RenewedpeaceinEuropethroughgreatpower
diplomacy

12. Definingliberalinternationalism
-Theideaofcommon internationalprinciples–
fromKant
-Cooperationandrespectamongnation-states–
MazziniandWilson
-Promotionofglobaldemocracy–Wilson
TheseideasbecamethefoundationoftheLeague
ofNations

13. An Alternative:Socialist
internationalism
•Karl Marx
•“Workers of the world unite”
•“The proletariat has no
nation”
•Marxist anti-nationalism:
affinity to the nation retards
the worker’s struggle

14. TheSocialistInternational(1889-1916)
Organizationoflaborandsocialist
parties,mainlyinEurope
Achievements:8-hourworkingday,
InternationalWomen’sDay,May1
Itspartiesbecamemajorplayersinthe
electoralpoliticsofEurope
Collapsedin1916asitsmemberparties
supportedthewareffortsoftheir
respective states

15. The birth of LiberalInternationalism
Immanuel Kant (1795):
◼“Forstatesintheirrelationto
eachother,therecannotbe
anyreasonablewayoutof
thelawlessconditionwhich
entailsonlywarexceptthat
they,likeindividualmen,
shouldgiveuptheirsavage
[lawless]freedom, adjust
themselvestotheconstraints
ofpubliclaw,andthus
establisha continuously
growingstateconsistingof
variousnationswhichwill
ultimatelyincludeallthe
nationsoftheworld.”
What this means:
•Agreements among states
merely avert war
•Nationsneededtogiveup
theirfreedomandsubject
themselves toalarger
systemoflaw(analogue
withcitizensinacountry)
•A form of global
government needed to
createandenforcethese
laws

16. AnAlternative:Socialistinternationalism
Karl Marx and Friedrich Angels
“Workers of the world unite! You have nothing to
lose but your chains.”

17. Major challenge to internationalism
Hitler saw both variants
internationalism as an attack
on the nation
Fascists believed in the
primacy of ethnic majorities