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compliance  

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  • Compliance, simply put, is the extent to which an actor fulfils its obligations. In the realm of international relations, scholars are most concerned with state compliance and have focused their attention on the degree to which states conform to the prescriptions and proscriptions stipulated by their international commitments. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Compliance]

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