Complete List of Terms and Definitions for Peace of Westphalia

Terms Definitions
Peace of Westphalia Treaty that ended the Thirty Years War between Catholic states and Prostestant states in Western and Central Europe. Established the Modern International System. This treaty gave each sovergn leader of each nation-state the power to do whatever they wanted within their state border
Balance of Power When weaker states band together to prevent the dominant power from getting too much control
unipolarity System in which only one super power possess control/power over everyone else. after the collape of the Soviet Union, the US remained the sole super power
multipolar a number of different states possess power
global politics the relationship between states and other interest groups such as global institutions, corporations and political activist