The Global Interstate System

CHAPTER 4
THE GLOBAL INTERSTATE

SYSTEM
PREPARED BY:
ANTIPATIA, JENEVEM
DELGADO, DESSA MAE
DE LA GENTE, PRINCESS ROANN
ESTRELLA, IMI ROSE
ESCANDER, RENSEY GLENN
MARISCOTES, JAMERYL
SUAN, VAN ABIGAIL
TOLENTINO, JEAN
VELO, FLORENCE FRISIA
TANANGUNAN, STEVEN CLAUDE
WHAT IS GLOBAL INTERSTATE
SYSTEM?
 -isthe whole system of human interactions. The modern world

system is structured political as an interstate system.
- a system of competing and allying states. Political scientist

commonly call this the international system, and it is the main
focus of the field of International Relations.
WHAT IS INTERSTATE SYSTEM?
Is the fundamental basis of the competitive commodity

economy at the global system level.
A system of international relations- is the study of
interconnectedness of politics, economics, and law on a
global level.
THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM IN
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
 Interstate relations are those authority actions, understanding, or

commitments of the governmental authorities, the leaders of
one state to or with the governmental authorities of another
state or its group or citizens, either bilaterally or through
international organizations.
STATE
 traditional
subject of global politics- viewed as the "institution that creates
warfare and sets economic policies for a country“
a political unit that has authority over its own affairs Treaty of Westphalia
1648- started the notion of nation-state and idea of state sovereignty.
-Thirty years war between the major continental powers of
Europe
-a system that avert wars in the future by recognizing that the
Treaty signers exercise complete control over their domestic
affairs and swear not to meddle in each others affairs.
-Liberty, equality, fraternity

Suggested “replacements” for nations
states:
Regional alliances and worldwide organizations

Regional and int’l economic bonds
Private capital groups
Non- state organizations
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
FACTORS THAT LEAD TO EMERGENCE OF
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE:
 DECLINING POWER OF STAGES

 VAST FLOWS OF ALL SORTS OF THINGS ACROSS
BORDERS
 MASS MIGRATION
 HORRENDOUS EVENTS WITHIN NATION-STATES
 GLOBAL PROBLEMS
THE PURPOSE OF GLOBAL
INTERSTATE SYSTEM
 -The Interstate system itself is the fundamental basis of the

competitive commodity economy at the system level . Thus the
interaction of world market and state system is fundamental to an
understanding of capitalist development and its potential
transformation into a more collectively rational system
EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION TO
GOVERMENTS
 GOVERNMENT
- is one of the key aspects of state sovereignty
- a group of people who have the ultimate authority to act
on behalf of a state.
In addition, the policy is developed and
implemented in the interest of the people of a state
by a specific government. A civil society -within a
state can also act as a counterweight or as a
supplement to government.
TRADITIONAL CHALLENGES
External intervention can generally be described as

invasion by other countries. For example, when Saddam
Hussein was the ruler of Iraq in 1990, he decided he was
going to take over the oil fields of Kuwait. He invaded
Kuwait and took it over. As a result, he was dislodged by
an international coalition led by the United States.
There are also regional organizations challenging
state autonomy. The United Nations intervened in
Sudan because of the several years of civil war. More
recently in Europe, specifically in Greece, it also
interfered in the Greek debt crisis
CHALLENGES FROM
NATIONAL/IDENTITY MOVEMENTS
 The next challenges are part of a national identity or movement. It

is important to know that a nation has cultural identity that people
attached to, different people with different identities can live in
different states. For example, the Kurds reside in several different
countries including Iraq, Iran, and Turkey.
GLOBAL ECONOMICS
 Globaleconomy demands the states to conform to the rules of free-

market capitalism.
 Government austerity comes from developments of organizations
that cooperate across countries, such as WTO and regional
agreements, such as NAFTA, the European Union (EU), and the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
 Neoliberal Economics or neoliberal capitalism
-started in the 1980s. It focuses on free trade and dismantling
trade barriers. It made sure that governments did not impose
restrictive regulations on corporate presence, as well as on the free
the ideal or the normative belief, flow of capital and jobs.
EXAMPLE TO EXPAND GLOBAL
ECONOMIC
 A specific example to expand global economic influence is the

use of IMF and the World Bank in forcing government reforms in
poorer country. Furthermore, the regional economic development
efforts focused on expanding free trade and market liberalization.
GLOBAL SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
 Socialmovements are movements of people that are spontaneous or that

emerge through enormous grassroots organization.
 These social movements are transnational movements which means
they occur across countries and across borders. Therefore, states have
less control over them.
EXAMPLES OF GLOBAL SOCIAL
MOVEMENTS
 human rights movements create a public sentiment
 Value
 agenda
-The idea is that there are certain rights that states cannot
neglect or generally, what we call human rights.
 The environmental movement is another example of global
social movements related to public policy. A specific case is
the so-called Blockadia or the state where social movements
emerging in local areas fight back as a response to the
controlling efforts by the apparatus of government to protect
the interest of neoliberal capitalists.
THE RELEVANCE OF THE STATE
AMID GLOBALIZATION:
 The state is a distinctive political community with its own set of

rules and practices and that is more or less separate from other
communities.
 It has four elements: people, territory, government, and
sovereignty.
 PERMANENT POPULATION- This population does not refer to a nomadic presence
in one location is strengthened by the second element of a state, people that move from
one place to another in an indefinite time.
 TERRITORY- A territory has clear boundaries. A territory is effectively controlled by
the third element, government.
 GOVERNMENT- There can be no state without government. Government is the
working agency of the state. It is the political organization of the state. In order to make
and enforce laws, the state must have the highest authority.
 SOVEREIGNTY- It means supreme and final legal authority above and beyond which
no legal power exists. It has two aspects:
Internal - means that the state is supreme over all its citizen and association
External - means the state is independent and free from outside control.
NATION
 Nation refers to a people rather than any kind of formal

territorial boundaries or institutions.
 Itis a collective identity grounded on a notion of shared
history and culture.
 the state is a political concept, while a nation is a cultural
concept. States, through its formalized institutions, more or
less reflect nations. This would allow states to have a certain
people with their own collective identity. In turn, they should
be allowed to form their own political state.
 This is the principle of national self-determination. This
brings us to the concept of the nation-state. It is a
territorially bounded sovereign institution that governs
individuals sharing a collective history, identity, and culture.
A related point is that it would be a mistake simply "to
see globalization as a threat to, a constraint on, the
nation-state; it can also be an opportunity for the nation-
state.
 Forexample, the demands of globalization were used as bases
to make the needed changes in Australian society, specifically
allowing it to move away from protectionism and in the
direction of neoliberalization, to transform state enterprises
into private enterprises, and to streamline social welfare.
 With this, the rhetoric of globalization, especially an

exaggeration of it and its effects, was useful to those
politicians who were hopeful of such changes.
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CHAPTER 4

THE GLOBAL INTERSTATE

 -isthe whole system of human interactions. The modern world

- a system of competing and allying states. Political scientist

Is the fundamental basis of the competitive commodity

 Interstate relations are those authority actions, understanding, or

-Liberty, equality, fraternity

Regional alliances and worldwide organizations

 DECLINING POWER OF STAGES

 -The Interstate system itself is the fundamental basis of the

External intervention can generally be described as

 The next challenges are part of a national identity or movement. It

 Globaleconomy demands the states to conform to the rules of free-

 A specific example to expand global economic influence is the

 Socialmovements are movements of people that are spontaneous or that

 The state is a distinctive political community with its own set of

 Nation refers to a people rather than any kind of formal

 With this, the rhetoric of globalization, especially an

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