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Global Insterstate System 1. It is a political unit that has authority over its own affairs. In other words, its borders are recognized by other countries. It also views as the institution that created warfare and sets economic policies for a country. - State...

Global Insterstate System 1. It is a political unit that has authority over its own affairs. In other words, its borders are recognized by other countries. It also views as the institution that created warfare and sets economic policies for a country. - State 2. It established the notion of the nation-state and the idea of sovereignty. - Treaty of Westphalia of 1648 3. What some scholars suggest a decrease in the power of the state and that the other “blank” are actually becoming powerful. - Actors 4. It is a distinctive political community with its own set of rulesand practices and that is more or less separate from other communities. - State 5. What are the four elements of state? - People - Territory - Government - Sovereignty Elements of a State 6. A group of people who live in a place. - Permanent Population 7. An area of land and body of water that belongs to or is controlled by a government. - Territory 8. It regulates relations among its own people and with other states. - Government / The Government 9. A country’s independent authority and the right to govern itself. - Sovereignty 10. It refers to people rather than any kind of formal territorial boundaries or institutions. It is also a collective identity grounded on a notion of shared history and culture. - Nation 11. Example of Nation and State: State - may refer to the Philippine government, the Philippine Territory, and its internal and external sovereignty. Nation - may refer to our shared collective notion of democracy, our history, and our collective identity. 12. What is state in other words? - Political Concept 13. What is nation in other words? - Cultural Aspect 14. It is a territory bounded sovereign institution that governs individuals sharing a collective history, identity, and culture. - Nation and State 15. Who said “Retain at least some power in the pace of globalization” ? - Gilipin (2001) 16. Who argued that “the role of the state is enduring - and even increasing in advanced industrial societies.” ? - Beland 2008 17. Wala rani akoa ra giapil - Terrorism - Economic Globalization - Threats to National Identity - Spread of Global Disease INSTITUTIONS THAT GOVERN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Peace Treaties and Military Alliances: the UN and NATO Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Global Economic Associations: the WTO and NAFTA 18. Who coined the UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION? (UNO) - former US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942. 19. When was the UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION (UNO) founded? - October 24, 1945 20. How many representatives when it is founded? - 50 representatives and 193 members on 2011 21. Where’s the United Nations Organization (UNO) located? - New York City, New York, USA 22. Who’s the current Secretary-general in United Nations Organization (UNO)? - Antonio Guterres 23. It is the gathering of all of the representatives of UN. It is also held in a auditorium where speeches are given. - General Assembly 24. General Functions of United Nations Organization (UNO): - Military Issues - Economic Issues - Human Protection - Environmental Issues 25. What is UNICEF? - United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund 26. They operate semi-independently and rely on fundraising. - UNICEF 27. It addresses environmental issues such as pollution and hazardous waste. - United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 28. It took efforts that mitigate climate change like assessment of climate science, facilitation of climate agreements, and giving assistance to countries to reduce emissions. - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 29. This is where countries can settle disputes in a court of law and where war criminals and rulers who have done terrible things to people can be put to trial for their crimes. It is located in Netherlands. - International Court of Justice (ICJ) 30. Variety of international courts and tribunals created by UN such as: - International Criminal Court (ICC) and International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) 31. Other mechanisms include: OHCHR – Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights UNDG-HRM – UN Development Group’s Human Rights Mainstreaming Mechanism - The Special Advisers on the Preventions of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect.  32. The legal instruments that help the organization like the International Bill of Human Rights which consist of three legal documents: 1. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 2. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 3. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. UN - Security Council 33. Who created the Security Council? - United Nations (UN) 34. A group of countries decides what to do when two or more countries are waging war or are on the verge of fighting. - Security Council 35. How many countries are members of the UN Security Council? - 15 countries 36. Who are permanent members or big five of security council? - USA - Britain - Russia - China - France 37. It is a defensive treaty or military alliance between the US, Canada and 25 European countries. - North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 38. When and where NATO was founded? - April 4, 1949 in Washington, D.C., USA 39. Where's the headquartes of NATO? - Brussels, Belgium 40. Who is the current Secretary-General in NATO? - Jen Stoltenberg NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs) 41. These are organizations that are not tied to any country which allows them to operate freely throughout the world. - NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs)  42. Examples of NGOS are: 1. Red Cross - an organization that help those who are wounded during wars. 2. Doctors without borders - provides free emergency healthcare in disaster areas. 3. Oxfam - fights famine and diseases 4. Amnesty International - speaks out human rights and political prisoners. 5. Save the Children Fund - helps kids gets health care and education GLOBALIZATION AND GLOBALISM 43. It increase or decline in the degree of globalism. - Globalization 44. It refers to the network of connections that transcends distances of different countries in the world. - Globalism INFORMATIONALISM 45. This technological paradigm, associated with computer, science and modern telecommunication, that replaces industrialism. - Informationalism 46. It is defined as the exchange of information and knowledge that become the central in the contemporary world. - Informationalism 47. Who argued that the New Media Age, the importance lies in the medium, the way in which the message is transmitted, not necessarily in the content presented through the medium? - McLuhan and Flore (2006) 48. Who emphasize in his media spectacle the sophistication and ubiquity of spectacular visual in televisions? - Guy De Bord (1994), French Social theorist 49. It has prompted a flat world basis, anyone can be included in it, at least theoretically. - Internet 50. The internet is a work of the contemporary world according to? - Ritzer (2015)