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The Application of Cybernetic Analysis to the Study of International Politics pp 93–108Cite as

International Political Systems and the Future

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If a cybernetic approach is helpful in understanding past activities in the international milieu, is the same approach helpful in clarifying the meaning of the present? As the development of the cybernetic approach itself suggests, this kind of analysis should be very useful in determining how the present international system operates. What remains to be asked is within what framework can the present be best understood?

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  1. Department of Government, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, USA

    Stephen David Bryen

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© 1971 Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands

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Bryen, S.D. (1971). International Political Systems and the Future. In: The Application of Cybernetic Analysis to the Study of International Politics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3005-2_4

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