The arena with no overarching central authority above the individual collection of sovereign states within which international politics takes place is known as:

a. anarchy

b. political community

c. international system

d. sovereignty

Anarchy

Explanation:

When a society chooses to be free from any constitution or authority or even a governing body presiding over it, then such society is practicing what is known as anarchy. It has no central authority and involves a group of people that reject the idea of a hierarchy that is unjustifiable. Hence an arena that has no central authority above each sovereignty states and is common in international politics is known as anarchy.

Answer: the answer is either international system or sovereignty, but currently, I'm not sure there's any body practicing sovereignty