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Peace of Westphalia
Establishing principles of diplomacy?
Key Insights
The Peace of Westphalia, signed in the German cities of Münster and Osnabrück, ended the 30-Year War. Some scholars have argued that the treaty established the principles of legal equality and states having exclusive sovereignty over their territories. However, critics have doubted whether these principles were ever widely accepted and whether they originated from the Peace of Westphalia.
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Mathis, P. (2023). Peace of Westphalia. EPIS Insight · International Relations & Diplomacy.
