Understanding the Attributes of a State in the Modern Era
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What is a state? • It is a group of institutions that make up a country.
What are the attributes of a State? • Territory • Population (holding nationality of the State) • Government (that can exercise authority and power over its territory)
What are the attributes of a State? • Sovereignty (full and exclusive rights over its territory) • International legal status (rights and obligations in the international arena)
Why was there an increase in the number of states in the 2nd half of the 20th century?
What has changed? What effect did decolonization have?
Political landscape after fall of USSR Source: Wikipedia 1: Armenia, 2: Azerbaijan, 3: Belarus, 4: Estonia, 5: Georgia, 6: Kazakhstan, 7: Kyrgyzstan, 8: Latvia, 9: Lithuania, 10: Moldova 12: Tajikistan, 13: Turkmenistan, 14: Ukraine, 15: Uzbekistan