This definition of international society is from the realist point of view. In short, the basic idea of international society is the society that individuals and states shape to live with the social elements of realism, the crude logic of anarchy. (Buzan 2001). Furthermore, the main structure of international society concerns the two concepts which are pluralism and solidarism and how these concepts define international society. Pluralism is about political distinction and difference. In this concept, international society is based on shared concerns of international order such as anarchy, sovereignty, diplomacy and non-intervention. Pluralism emphasizes the instrumental side of international society to balance the threat of excessive disorder in an international anarchy. While solidarism concerns shared norms in international society, such as the limitation of the use of force and an acceptable “standard of civilization” regarding human rights and relations between states and civilizations. In this notion, sovereignty can also consider many degrees of political convergence (as in the EU). (Buzan 2001) These two concepts play a key role in defining international society because they are linked together to outline the key theory of international society. In short, both concepts agree that international society is the system of states with agreed upon common rules, values, and institutions (Bellmay 1975). Regarding the existence of international society, it is worth considering the role of international law and order in the behavior of states. Fundamentally, international law is a set of rules established and recognized among states that bind states to regulate according to it domestically and internationally. (Dunne2008) Furthermore, international law is different… half of the document… standard of respect for the legitimate rule or institution and consequently for the strong that can be induced to alter itself”. Watson further believes that “by hegemony I mean the material condition of technological, economic and strategic superiority that allows a single great power or group of powers, or great powers acting collectively, to exert incentives and pressures so great as to cause the most other states lose part of their external and internal independence." (Watson 2007, cited in Clark 2009). This definition outlines the concept of international society from the English school perspective which is a relationship between a group of states. Most international societies exhibit several combined elements of hegemony, but the key point is that the largest and most powerful states tend to establish peace and feel responsible for it. Furthermore, the legitimacy of hegemony
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