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Political Discontinuities in the International System

Oran R. Young
- 01 Apr 1968 - 
- Vol. 20, Iss: 3, pp 369-392
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The international political system is currently undergoing changes that are both rapid and extensive as mentioned in this paper, and these indications of change and flux have engendered a substantial debate concerning appropriate concepts for the analysis of the international system.
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The international political system is currently undergoing changes that are both rapid and extensive. Especially since the early sixties, a number of trends have manifested themselves and become interrelated in such a way that, taken together, they are substantially altering the fundamental postwar patterns of international politics. These indications of change and flux have engendered a substantial debate concerning appropriate concepts for the analysis of the international system.

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The Regional Subsystem: A Conceptual Explication and a Propositional Inventory

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Third World Militarization: Security Webs and the States They Ensnare

TL;DR: In this article, the causes of variance in military expenditures as a percentage of Gross National Product for 63 Third World states from 1969-1978 using a pooled time-series analysis were examined.
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The Sources of Soviet Conduct

George F. Kennan
- 01 Jan 1947 - 
TL;DR: The political personality of Soviet power as we know it today is the product of ideology and circumstances: ideology inherited by the present Soviet leaders from the movement in which they had their political origin, and circumstances of the power which they now have exercised for nearly three decades in Russia as mentioned in this paper.
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Multipolar Power Systems and International Stability

TL;DR: In the classical literature of diplomatic history, the balance-of-power concept occupies a central position. Regardless of one's interpretation of the term or one's preference for or antipathy to it, the international relations scholar cannot escape dealing with it as discussed by the authors.
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From balance to deterrence : a theoretical analysis

TL;DR: New weapons, and the new strategies and tactics which they make possible, alter the conduct of wars as discussed by the authors. But they may also induce changes in the conduct, warlike or peaceful, of international affairs.