%0 Journal Article %T Evaluating Sub-State Participation in the History of International Health Co-operation %A Nikita Chiu %J Central European Journal of International and Security Studies %D 2010 %I Metropolitan University Prague %X The Treaty of Westphalia is often referred to as the point of departure in the history of international relations. It was in 1648 that the modern state system was established and the concept of national sovereignty born. %U http://cejiss.org/articles/vol4-1/chiu/