Theories of Global Politics

3. The idea that, although states are the most important actors in global politics, it is in their interests to co-operate through intergovernmental organisations and follow accepted international rules of conduct.
5. The idea that nation states have a "hard shell" of sovereignty, protected from external interference.
8. A theory that sees self-interested, power-maximising nation states as the most important actors in global politics.
9. States seek to protect themselves by building up their military and economic strength. However, this may alarm that state's rivals, leading to an arms race.
10. Organisations like the UN, NATO, and Bretton Woods institutions that regulate relationships between nation states.

1. Nations, intergovernmental organisations, non-governmental organisations and other actors in international bodies are linked by multiple threads of common interest that encourage them to work together.
2. The idea that states have sovereignty and therefore should not intervene in each other's internal affairs.
4. A territory where a single government rules over a people with a common national identity.
6. A theory that sees co-operation and global governance as both possible and desirable. Believe in a rules-based international order, and a transfer of power from nation states to intergovernmental organisations.
7. The idea that states and other actors in international politics are increasingly linked by common interests. This encourages them to work together in ways that are mutually beneficial.