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IB Global politics sl/hl | Q&A Latest 2025/2026 | 100% PASS States - Answer -a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government. State-centric - Answer -current world system wherein states are the principal actors with no overarching authority to make rules, settle disputes and provide protection State-system - Answer -A political system in which a number of states or nations unite in recognizing each other's local sovereignty, with the object of preserving an international balance of power. Mixed-actor model - Answer -The theory that, while not ignoring the roles of states and national sovereign governments, international politics is shaped by a much broader range of interests and actors that can include NGO's, MNC's, terrorist organisations, financial institutions such as the IMF and World Bank, political institutions such as the UN and EU etc. Westphalian - Answer -A system, ended by WWI, in which the fate of Europe was decided by its elite, often in secret. refers to the idea that nation states have sovereignty over their own territory, with no place for foreign agents. Started with the Peace of Westphalia, Europeans agreed to respect each others territorial integrity while assuming that the interests of states superseded those of individual rulers.