The idea of international refers to what is linked to two or more nations.
When analyzing any term it is important to know its etymological origin. Therefore, the first thing we are going to determine is that international is a word that comes from Latin. Specifically, it is the result of the union of three clearly differentiated parts: the prefix inter , which is synonymous with “between”; the word natio , which can be translated as “nation”, and the suffix – al , which is equivalent to “belonging”.
International is that belonging to or relating to two or more nations ; to countries other than their own; or that has transcended national borders. For example: “Peru will join the international treaty in the next few hours” , “The truth is that I don't like our cinema, I prefer international films” , “The host wants to close the year with the presence of an internationally famous artist in her program" .
When the adjective refers to an athlete, it is an athlete who has officially represented his country in international competitions : “The Argentine international has already rejoined FC Barcelona training,” “At only eighteen years of age, he has already He has been capped fourteen times with his country's shirt,” “With two goals from the Uruguayan international, Inter defeated Brescia and reached the top of the Italian championship.”
International politics
No less important is determining that there are very specific and important terms today, such as what is known as international politics . Under this name is the relationship established between two or more nations regarding sociocultural issues.
The foreign policy of each country is the pillars of that other policy that has among its fundamental purposes to achieve peace throughout the world through conflict resolution, coherence, unity, and the promotion at all times of values such as democracy. and equality, freedom and protection of citizens.
International politics focuses on relationships between countries.
A branch of law
Likewise, we would have to highlight that there is also what is known as international law . We can define this as the entire set of legal norms that exist and that are responsible for “managing” the relationships and behaviors of the different countries as well as their individuals and institutions.
Specifically, among the most important areas that are addressed by international law would be the protection of human rights, war, peace, and also the treatment of foreign citizens.
The International
Written with an initial capital letter, the term is used to name organizations from different countries whose members share the same ideology . In general, the concept allows us to point to each of the four successive organizations in which the political parties and revolutionary unions met since the mid-19th century: First International , Second International , Third International and Fourth International .
La Internacional , on the other hand, is the anthem of the communist and socialist parties: “The event closed with hundreds of people singing La Internacional.”
The concept of multinational , finally, refers to companies that are not only established in their country of origin, but are also established in other nations to carry out commercial operations.