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Definition of state

First, it is important to note that a state, in its simplest sense, refers to an abstract entity consisting of a government, a people, and a territory (see Box 9.1). Much more needs to be said about this abstract entity, but for now it suffices to note that it has a "collective personality that makes it immortal" (van Creveld 1999: 258). Governments may come and go, populations may come and go, and territorial boundaries may shift, but the state remains a "continuing structure of government, decision-making, law interpretation, and enforcement" (Dunn 2000: 80). It remains. One of his most incisive and influential definitions of the state was presented by the great German sociologist Max Weber (1864-1920) in the early 20th century. He defined the state as ``a human community that (successfully) claims exclusive rights to the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory'' (Max Weber 1948: 78).

Significance of Thucydides

For Crane (1998), Thucydides’ history is a realist classic because it reveals how the strong dominate the weak and interests trump justice

Goal of states

Instead, the fundamental goal of states in any relationship is to prevent others from achieving advances in their relative capabilities
Elman, C., & Jensen, M. (2014). The Realism Reader. Routledge.

Cause of Roman Empire decline

Geoffrey de Ste Croix explains the long decline of the Roman economy as the result of the Roman political system and its class structure, which facilitated a most intense and ultimately destructive economic exploitation of the great mass of the people, whether slave or free, and it made radical reform impossible.
Gills, B., & Frank, A. G. (2014). The world System: Five Hundred Years or Five Thousand? Routledge.

Cause of World War 1

As argued in Chapter 1 , the causes of the First World War were generally rooted in the destabilisation of great power relations caused by modernity, and particularly in the destabilisation in military relations caused by both nationalism, and the dynamics of industrial arms racing
Acharya, A., & Buzan, B. (2019). The making of global international relations. Cambridge University Press.

Does humanitarian intervention work?

humanitarian interventions have certainly helped save lives, but there is no reason to expect that humanitarian intervention can provide effective long-term solutions to the problems of failed statehood
Griffiths, M. (2013). Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics. Routledge.