Episode I) Introduction, or: What is a State?
Channel: Treatise on Treaties
Date: 2021-05-19

Welcome to "Treatise on Treaties"! 

In this first episode of the new podcast that tries to explain the history and origin of the international system of politics by analysing historical treaties, we are, after a short introduction into the show, going to discuss the concept of statehood. What is a state? Why and how do states emerge? We will discuss the theory crafted by Francis Fukuyama, and see how states are a result of necessity. Enjoy! 

The song I am going to use as an introduction is the "Gigue" out of Georg Friedrich Händel's Suite in D minor, HWV 437, performed by Constantin Stephan.