Power is the crux of politics, local, national, and international. Since the beginning of human power has been occupying the central position in human relations.
More possession of these elements does not determine a nation’s power; hence they should not be termed as the determinants of power as many scholars call them.
The balance of power is one of the oldest concepts of international relations. It at once provides an answer to the problem of war and peace in international history.
A state gives special attention to the careful formulation and successful execution of its foreign policy. A successful foreign policy enhances a nation’s power and prestige in the comity of nations.
Liberty, in the sense of a complete absence of restraint, cannot exist. We cannot live together without common rules. The presence of common rules of behavior is the consequence of our gregariousness.
No doubt, thirteen British colonies of North America got independence in the eighteenth century and many Spanish colonies of South America in the nineteenth century.
Principles Classification of State is based on two principles: (1) The number of persons who exercise supreme power. (2) The ends they seek to serve self-interest or benefit of the community.
Different Types of Governments. Some writers on Political Science classify the forms of government as the forms of the State. But this doesn’t seem right.