International System

Since the technology has been bridging up a gap between different parts on the globe we are now living in the ” International System “.

The term ‘International’ was first used by Jeremy Bentham with regard to the Laws of Nations.

The communication has brought interactions between different nations, their people, religions, cultures and traditions etc. and the Law of Communication is now ruling across the globe.

This communication has resulted in building up relations that can be termed as ” International Relations “.

The term International Relations was used to define the official relations between the sovereign states.
However an American political scientist Quincy Wright has quite comprehensively defined International Relations as

“It is not only the nations which international relations seek to regulate. Varied types of groups, nations, states, governements, people, regions, alliances, confederations, international organisations must be dealt within the study of International relations if the treatment is to be realistic.”

If our system is International and includes all the groups above… on what values does this system work??

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