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Preferred term
westphalian ideal state
Definition
- Westphalian ideal state is the conceptualization of the modern state widely assumed to have derived from the Peace of Westphalia treaties of 1648. The Münster and Osnabrück treaties ended the Thirty Years' War and made sovereignty and territorial principles the cornerstones of the new international arena: They paved the way to the state as the main actor in international relations (IR) and are accepted by the scientific community as the symbol of the “interstate system,” which is still preeminent now, even if it is more and more contested. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Westphalian Ideal State]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/westphalian_ideal_state
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