Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies
Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies
Note to the Second Edition v
Preface vii
1 The States as Units of International Society
1
The development of the state-system
Elements of statehood:
The people
The territory
The government
Sovereignty
Social coherence and nationalism
The crisis of the territorial state
Other internationally active elements
2 The Making of Foreign Policy 26
The process and the constitutional machinery
The head of the government and his Foreign
Minister
Legislatures
Civil Service
Subsidiary services
Public opinion
National interest and national values
Values in their interaction with the
environment
3 The Foreign Policies of Some Great Powers 44
Individual differences and problems of
comparison
Great Britain
The United States
The Soviet Union
Communist China
4 Interaction among States and State Power 71
Conflict, competition, and co-operation
The nature of national power
Capabilities:
Population
Geography
Economics
Governmental and military organization
Psychological-social elements
International strategic position
5 Instruments and Techniques of State
Interaction 92
Some general distinctions
Diplomacy
Propaganda
Economics
Military power and war
6 International Society and its Current
Problems 117
The nature of international order
The balance of power system
The search for a new order
The post-war bipolar system and its evolution
The cold war and the nuclear dilemma
Anti-colonialism, Imperialism, and Nationalism
Economic problems
7 The Instruments and Agencies of
International Society 139
International society and its members
The norms governing the behaviour of states
International morality
International law
International institutions
The League of Nations and the United Nations
in historical
perspective
The structure of international institutions
The maintenance of international peace and
security and
other activities of comprehensive
international institutions
8 Prospects 164
Reading List 170
Index 173
