INTERNATIONAL

RELATIONS

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The study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and subnational entities.

When a rising power threatens to displace a ruling one, the most likely outcome is war. Twelve of 16 cases in which this occurred in the past 500 years ended violently.

THUCYDIDES TRAP

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A term used to describe how trade and technology have made the world into a more connected and interdependent place.

GLOBALIZATION

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