History indicates that power has traditionally been, and remains, the central pillar of strategies and the main driver of policies and relations among countries and societies. The stronger party uses its power to impose its interests on others with no regard to their own interests or the damage it could inflict on them. Interactions among nations and societies have thus been based on the principle of “might makes right” since ancient times. My implication here is that the world order has not taken shape or fully developed over a specific period of time, but rather has passed through a gradual historical process, gaining from the lessons of each era and progressing to reach its complex incarnation at the end of the 20th century. The first international treaty was signed in 1258 BC between the Egyptian Pharaoh, Ramesses II and the Hittite King, Muwatallis, after which emerged the city-states in the ancient east, prior to the establishment of the state in its modern form. Historians note that the first treaty between these city-states was between the settlements of Lagash and Umma (in what is now Iraq) in 3100 BC. Within this historical process, it is imperative to highlight the contribution of ancient eastern civilizations, especially the Chinese and Indian, in instilling the rules of international relations.