ABSTRACT
As none of the three terms in the title of this chapter is self-explanatory or uncontroversial each warrants some clarification. Internationalism has been described succinctly as “the ideology of inter national bonding” or “the idea that we both are and should be part of a broader community than that of the nation or the state.” As such, it has a range of over lapping meanings, all revolving around attempts to regulate political life at the global level in the pursuit of peace. Internationalism can be seen as the opposite of nationalism, which emphasizes national interests and values in opposition to inter - nationalist ideas and programs that are perceived to threaten national independence. Both ideologies have rational as well as emotional qualities. Internationalism should also be distinguished from cosmopolitanism. Whereas cosmopolitanism envisages a universal - istic community, inter nationalism takes the existing division into particularistic com - munities as its point of departure. Internationalists, in other words, do not share the cosmopolitan vision of transcending the state but take the division into states as a given and look for ways of aligning conflicting interests.1
