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If the states system seems likely to persist in the foreseeable future, and at the same time is not necessarily destined to become obsolete or dysfunctional, how can it best be reformed or reshaped so as to more effectively promote world order? In this chapter we shall consider some of the possible answers to this question.
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On the Chinese polemics see the collection of Chinese statements in Whence the Differences (New Era, no date); G. F. Hudson, R. Lowenthal and R. MacFarquhar (eds), ‘The Sino-Soviet Dispute’, China Quarterly (1961); and W. E. Griffith, The Sino-Soviet Rift (London: Allen & Unwin, 1964).
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Bull, H. (1977). The Reform of the States System?. In: The Anarchical Society. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24028-9_13
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