Internationalism is a product of the world order that was established after the collapse of empires, like the Ottoman Empire, Tsarist Russia, Austria-Hungary Empire, Chinese Empire, etc. and by the emergence of nation states. The low number of interacting political units under the rule of empires climbed dramatically by disconnection of nations from the empires to establish their own national sovereignty.
In the new global setting, international affairs come up as a complex phenomenon, especially to avoid offensiveness and to maintain peace and security. According to internationalist worldview, international cooperation would facilitate development of amicable relations among the nations. In other words, internationalism is an ideology designed for harmonious coexistence of sovereign states that are the primary actors or international relations (Goldman 2002). As also proposed by the realist and liberal schools, there is no central governance to regulate the interstate relations, and...
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Bayar, T. (2020). Internationalism. In: Romaniuk, S., Thapa, M., Marton, P. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Security Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74336-3_242-1
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