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Geopolitical term implying a broad group of people and governments with common views on certain issues Not to be confused with world community.

The international community is a phrase used in geopolitics and international relations to refer to a broad group of people and governments of the world. It does not literally refer to all nations or states in the world. The term is typically used to imply the existence of a common point of view towards such matters as specific issues of human rights. It's also sometimes used in calling for action to be taken against an enemy; e.g., action against what is in their opinion political repression in a target country.

The term is commonly used to explain why resolutions passed by the United Nations General Assembly are treated as if they were law.

Criticism

Noam Chomsky alleges that the use of the term is used to refer to the United States and its allies and client states, as well as allies in the media of those states.

British scholar and academic Martin Jacques says: "We all know what is meant by the term 'international community', don't we? It's the west, of course, nothing more, nothing less. Using the term 'international community' is a way of dignifying the west, of globalising it, of making it sound more respectable, more neutral and high-faluting."

According to Samuel P. Huntington this term is a euphemistic replacement of the earlier concept of Free world.

See also

References

  1. Byers, Michael; Nolte, Georg (2003-05-29). United States Hegemony and the Foundations of International Law. Cambridge University Press. p. 30. ISBN 9781139436632.
  2. Danilenko, Gennadiĭ Mikhaĭlovich (1993-01-01). Law-Making in the International Community. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 204. ISBN 0792320395.
  3. "The Crimes of 'Intcom'".
  4. "Israel, US violators of international law, says Noam Chomsky". The News Tribe.
  5. "Noam Chomsky on Iran".
  6. Martin Jacques. "What the hell is the international community?". the Guardian.
  7. Huntington, Samuel P. The Clash of Civilizations, 72 Foreign Aff. 22 (1992–1993)
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