Conceptualizing international relations as a "system" suggests that
A) states and other relevant actors are automatons that lack the capacity to change.
B) there are no regular patterns to international affairs.
C) actors involved in international relations interact with each other in regularized ways.
D) you can only study the whole of international politics at once and not focus on individual actions.

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Conceptualizing international relations as a "system" suggests that actors involved in international relations interact with each other in regularized ways. This means that their behavior is not random and there are patterns of interaction that can be studied and analyzed. It does not imply that states and other relevant actors are automatons that lack the capacity to change, that there are no regular patterns to international affairs, or that the whole of international politics cannot be studied by focusing on individual actions.

Conceptualizing International Relations as a "System" Suggests That