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systems transformation  

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  • The thesis that systems transformation is a structural discontinuity caused by major war has been at the heart of much international relations theory. For classical realists, an international system is created by conflicts and destroyed by conflicts. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Systems Transformation]

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