Complex adaptive systems theory is an analytical tool of order in complex environments and chaos

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Tehran University

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In principle, globalization, as a social process, imposes certain restrictions on the analysis of social reality. Increasing the complexity of social systems leads to a reduction in the understanding of phenomena. At the same time, the conceptual tool of international relations is both incomplete and inadequate in terms of analysis and in the field of action, which confirms the ineffectiveness of the conceptual framework, to act in the increasing complexity of social reality. Therefore, the present paper, with the assumption of complexity in the real world, has examined the question of which theory of power is the explanation of the evolution of the complexity of the international system? The result of this study is that non-linearity is inherent in political phenomena and linear assumptions do not contribute to understanding and analyzing the nonlinear phenomena of the real world. Therefore, given the complexity of international politics and the real world phenomena, the theory of complicated adaptive systems of power seems to explain the evolution of the complexity of the international system.

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