Across
- 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.
Down
- 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.