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Various models used by the Realist school of International Relations analysis to describe the structure of different international systems are depicted graphically on this webpage.  They include:

• the bipolar model,

• the unipolar model,

• the multipolar (or "balance of power") model,

• the concept of stratification, and

• a graphical depiction of the elements of state power in international relations.

 

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The Bipolar Model

 

 

 

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The Unipolar Model

 

 

 

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The Multipolar Model

 

 

 

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Stratification in the International System

 

 

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Model of the elements of State power in international relations

 

 

 

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