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International politics, like all politics, is a struggle for power. Whatever the ultimate aims of international politics, power is always the immediate aim. Statesmen and peoples may ultimately seek freedom, security, prosperity, or power it. They may define their goals in terms of a religious, philosophic, economic, or social ideal.Theories of international politics deal with events at both the sub-and supra-national levels. Constructivism is one of the basic ...
International relations, study of the relations among states and other political and economic units in the international system. The history of international relations is often traced back to the Peace of Westphalia of 1648, where the modern state system was developed. Prior to this, the European medieval organization of political authority was based on a vaguely hierarchical religious order.International relations represent the study of foreign affairs and ...
The present work had its origin with a series of chapters on the literatures of Australia, New Zealand, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, South Africa, Britain, Canada, etc. Since there are many countries in the commonwealth it is not possible to include each country's literature. Furthermore, since there was very little or virtually no material available in printed form on the nascent literatures of the comparatively smaller commonwealth countries and we have taken ...