Let us begin with an uncomfortable truth. Most African nation-states, Kenya included, are not truly sovereign. In fact, they ...

Finley is a Slugger reader from Belfast The international state system is often spoken of as if it were fixed, neutral, and ...

Peace is an economic driver for every country, for the world and even more so in a globalized world, where countries and regions are connected. Conflicts and wars interrupt not only supply chains, ...

The Peace of Westphalia, signed in 1648, brought to an end the 30 Years’ War in Europe and laid the foundations for international diplomacy for nearly 400 years. The essence of the peace treaty ...

States are the basic units of the international system and unitary actors in the world’s political and security landscape. Ever since the medieval ages the global States system has undergone ...

China has deeply honored the legacy of the Bandung Conference, viewing it as a valuable historical lesson in fostering ...

The legacy of Westphalia, the 1648 treaty creating modern international law, codifies reason and rejects anti-reason. But almost no one pays any attention. There is background. Scholars and policy ...

THE Aryan myth is not an invention of the Nazis. These neo-Teutons merely exploited a widely-held German belief which dates ...

Europe records significant conferences and alliances, such as the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) and the Congress of Utrecht (1713), as well as alliances (the Quadruple Alliance and the Holy Alliance, ...