International Baccalaureate IB Global politics

Definitions and theories of power

- The evolving nature of state sovereignty
- terminology (state, nation, nation‑state, stateless nation)
- Westphalian conception of state sovereignty
- present‑day sources of sovereignty (possession and use of force, international law and norms, recognition by other states, economic power, consent of the governed)
- challenges to sovereignty (globalization, supranationality, humanitarian intervention, indigenous rights)
- legitimacy of state power (democratic, authoritarian, fragile/failed states).

The United Nations (UN)

Global governance