The realist view of world order is necessary but not sufficient to explain today's geopolitical order because it does not take into account
a. the growing influence of less-developed countries that have traditionally had little military or economic power.
b. the long-term societal changes that have been slowly moving the world away from the Westphalian system.
c. the existence of globalization through the rapid change and spread of information technology.
d. the increasing amounts of sovereignty that the United Nations is taking upon itself at the expense of previously sovereign states.
e. the lessening incidence of large, interstate war since the end of WWII.
Answer: b
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