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Chapter 3

HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

(A) FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTIONS 

1. Traditionally _________ have been the key actors of International Relations.

2. Interactions among the policies and decisions of the ________ have been the key elements of International Relations.

3. Each nation-states conducts its relations with other Nation-states on the basis of its _________.

4. The _______ has been a basic feature of the International Relations.

5. Nation-State system began developing after the ________ (1648) among the European States.

6. After the end of 30-year war in Europe, the Nation-State and its_________, ________ and _________ as its salient features got fully recognised.

7. The concept of Nation-State rests upon the philosophy of ________ and _________. 

8. Each Nation-state has the sovereign right to secure the _________ of its _________ in international relations.

9. After Westphalia (1648), International Relations came to be basically relations among __________.

10. _________ system came to be the dominant element of International Relations .

11. However, the nation-state system suffered a decline in 20 century due the to emergence of ________ which limited the ability of state to defend its security against a future War.

12. The factors of _______ ________ and rise of Non-State actors were responsible for changing the position of Nation-State system in International Relations.

13. The sovereignty of the state was adversely affected because ________ states became more powerful than other nation-states.

14. The development of several factors like nuclear weapons and rise of several non-state actors and international organisations the concepts of ________ _________ and national security got adversely affected and it led to the ________ of Nation-state.


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