International relations are premised on the existence of sovereign states and on their freedom—whether they are large or small and even regardless of their type—to interact both ...
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International relations are premised on the existence of sovereign states and on their freedom—whether they are large or small and even regardless of their type—to interact both diplomatically and in other ways. International relations is an umbrella subject that embraces politics and law, military affairs, economics and commerce, and also society and culture. Its body of theory, as historically evolved, is both prescriptive and descriptive. International relations prescribes the recognition, if not necessarily the equal status, of all independent polities, be they great monarchies or tiny republics, and the term “international relations” describes, for the sake of explanation and also as a basis for prediction, the nature of their interaction....
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