Internationality

In 1825, James Douglas of Cavero used the noun form when he wrote that "[a]n Influence, highly favourable to the Grecian States, consisted in their Internationality".

[3][6] Both characterize internationality as an historically persistent reality that underlies the evolution of governance, institutions, and cultural identity.

Rée critiques nationalism as obscuring international interconnectedness,[3] while Shaw focuses on the national-international structure as a central organizing principle in state-society relations.

[6] They differ in that Rée treats nationalism as a largely ideological framework that imposes artificial divisions on a fundamentally international history, whereas Shaw sees the national-international relationship as a structural tension that has historically defined modern governance.

[13][14] It establishes normative guidelines and a common conceptual framework for states across a broad range of domains, including war, diplomacy, trade, and human rights.

International law differs from state-based legal systems in that it is primarily—though not exclusively—applicable to countries, rather than to individuals, and operates largely through consent, since there is no universally accepted authority to enforce it upon sovereign states.

[16] Internationality is of concern to academic publishing, with researchers proposing composite indices to systematically quantify the extent to which journals engage contributors, editors, and readership across multiple nations.

The concept of internationality in language has been explored in literary studies as a framework for understanding how texts transcend national and linguistic boundaries, as seen in professor Michael Saenger's Interlinguicity, Internationality, and Shakespeare (2015), which examines how Shakespeare’s works reflect and engage with multiple languages and cultures beyond England.