![]() ![]() Of course you have the case of the sustainers of the Islamic State of Irak and Siria (ISIS), who want to get back to the Islamic original Religious community known as the Caliphate, with a religious leader at its head. Not simple, isn’t it? But despite all this complexity it seems that States apparently seem to remain inevitable as this form of organizing a political community has been adopted by almost everyone. The most unique case however is that of Somaliland, which remains unrecognized by any state despite having declared itself an independent state and functioning as one. On top of that other territories are struggling to become members of the UN, such as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, South Ossetia, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, aka Transnistria. ![]() The Republic of Kosovo has only been recognized by 104 of the 193 UN countries. The Republic of Abkhazia has, so far, only been recognized by 6 countries. Pakistan does not recognize the Republic of Armenia. Turkey does not recognize the Republic of Cyprus, which is, nevertheless, a member of the European Union, but it does recognize the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is not recognized by any other state. The State of Israel is not recognized by 32 countries, and the Republic of Palestine is only recognized by 136. The People's Republic of China remains unrecognized by 19 countries that, nevertheless, recognize the ROC (Republic of China) of Taiwan. South Korea and North Korea do not recognize each other. And to these 193 “official” states must be added others that do not enjoy full recognition. Today there are 193 member states of the UN. Since Machiavel the States are an essential part of the World's organization.Īlthough we live in a globalized world, our planet in the 21st century continues to be divided into "states". ![]() " For that reason, let a prince have the credit of conquering and holding his state, the means will always be considered honest, and he will be praised by everybody because the vulgar are always taken by what a thing seems to be and by what comes of it and in the world there are only the vulgar, for the few find a place there only when the many have no ground to rest on". " Everyone sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are, and those few dare not oppose themselves to the opinion of the many, who have the majesty of the state to defend them and in the actions of all men, and especially of princes, which it is not prudent to challenge, one judges by the result ". " And you have to understand this, that a prince, especially a new one, cannot observe all those things for which men are esteemed, being often forced, in order to maintain the state, to act contrary to fidelity, friendship, humanity, and religion " ![]()
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