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AbstractJust as the study of economics moved ahead by distinguishing between modes of production, International Relations (ir) may profit from distinguishing modes of foreign relations. In this way, ir can perhaps be saved from virtual irrelevance in a world in which state boundaries are increasingly permeable to all but the poor. Also, the prehistory of the Westphalian state system, which is everywhere around us, may be properly integrated into the understanding of world politics and global political economy. In this paper, two modes of foreign relations prior to relations of multiple sovereignty (ir properly speaking) will be distinguished : tribal relations, and empire/nomad relations. It will be argued that far from have been overcome by later history, these modes still inform the contemporary reality of world politics/global political economy.
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