We do not need to invent the wheel again. Instead, we should learn from Europe’s experience of centuries of conflict and ...

"The Westphalian state system will crumble, and the world will slip into a New Dark Age presaged by fragmented political authority, overlapping jurisdictions, fluid territorial boundaries, group ...

Sept. 11 wrought the final demise of the Westphalian state-centric system that had dominated international politics since 1648.

The Islamic State's ideology puts it fundamentally at odds with the norms of Westphalian sovereignty that have developed in the international system over the past three centuries.

The centuries-old Westphalian state system has never resolved the tension between the principle of the sovereign equality of states and the idea that great powers enjoy certain privileges and bear ...

The modern international system is characterized by a robust framework of international law, institutions, and norms, which did not exist in the pre-Westphalian era.

Partial funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Marcella Brenner Revocable Trust. The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, ...

I believe that norms set in the Westphalian model, especially in the shape of sovereignty which are the defining features of the current international system, won’t help us resolve collective ...

What’s more, for members of a supposedly secular state system, they were remarkably quick to fall back on religious justifications for doing so. By ignoring this history, the idea of the Westphalian ...

The Westphalian model certainly has its limitations — both as a system in itself and in its ability to accurately describe the current state of the international system.