international system

collocation in English

meaningsofinternationalandsystem

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international
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.təˈnæʃ.ən.əl/
us
/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈnæʃ.ən.əl/
involving more than ...
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system
noun
uk
/ˈsɪs.təm/
us
/ˈsɪs.təm/
a set of connected things or devices that ...
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(Definition ofinternationalandsystemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There are, as we shall see, different kinds of order available in theinternationalsystem.
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In the first stage, all states in theinternationalsystemare analyzed to address the question of who gets aid from a specific donor.
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As such, theinternationalsystemwill be structurally balanced.
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In his hands, realism ceased to be a comprehensive account of international relations and became instead a theory of theinternationalsystem.
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The country asserted its position in theinternationalsystemthrough opposition and rejection.
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Indeed, rivalry addresses the most dangerous relationships in theinternationalsystemand acknowledges temporal and spatial non-independence.
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That agents' repertoire of historical analogies is severely constrained by theinternationalsystem?
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But how does all this play out in theinternationalsystem?
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Things remain more-or-less under control until tensions become too great, and then theinternationalsystemsuddenly transitions into self-organized criticality.
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Emphasis is placed on theinternationalsystem, which is considered as constituting a complex network made up of various actors.
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At the same time, the fragmentation of the classical liberalinternationalsystemhas also undermined political accountability through representative democracy in the national state.
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Both also acknowledge how the anarchic nature of theinternationalsystemhinders cooperation.
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Accordingly, the system was a domestic as well as aninternationalsystem.
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Competition in theinternationalsystemhas changed fundamentally, forcing governments to place economic policy ahead of the traditional areas of foreign policy and diplomacy.
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The empirical record confirms that rivalries account for the vast number of militarized interstate disputes and wars in theinternationalsystem.
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In his own day, he was very much concerned about the position of his own country in theinternationalsystem.
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As a result, these conceptions match the westerninternationalsystem, not the eastern one.
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