benefits. It made other states less likely to threaten America or its vital interests directly. By dampening great-power competition and giving Washington the capacity to shape regional balances of power‚ primacy contributed to a more tranquil international environment. That tranquility fostered global prosperity; investors and traders operate with greater confidence when there is less danger of war. Primacy also gave the United States the ability to work for positive ends: promoting human rights
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producing countries. This process‚ which should not be confused with restrictions on crude oil exports‚ represents a significant turning point in the development of oil policy. Nationalization eliminates the concession system—in which private international companies control oil resources within oil-producing countries—and allows oil-producing countries to regain control. Once these countries become the sole owners of their resources‚ they have to decide how to maximize the net present value of their
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Gender and International Relations: A Global Perspective and Issues for the Caribbean Author(s): Jessica Byron and Diana Thorburn Source: Feminist Review‚ No. 59‚ Rethinking Caribbean Difference (Summer‚ 1998)‚ pp. 211232 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1395731 . Accessed: 04/01/2011 09:15 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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The history of international relations is often traced back to the Peace of Westphalia of 1648‚ where the modern state system was developed. Prior to this‚ the European medieval organization of political authority was based on a vaguely hierarchical religious order. Westphalia instituted the legal concept of sovereignty‚ which essentially meant that rulers‚ or the legitimate sovereigns‚ would recognize no internal equals within a defined territory and no external superiors as the ultimate authority
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century." It is much exploited in the modern century and is seen as both a curse and a blessing. Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people‚ companies‚ and governments of different nations‚ a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology. This process has effects on the environment‚ on culture‚ on political systems‚ on economic development and prosperity‚ and on human physical well-being in societies around the world. For
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Critical Realism versus Social Constructivism in International Relations Roxana Bobulescu Abstract: This article discusses the methodological differences between the British school and the American school of international relations. It attempts to demonstrate that Susan Strange‚ representative of the British school‚ could be considered a critical realist. The aim of the article is to show that her vision of international political economy fulfills the methodological reorientation initiated
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aspect of local‚ regional‚ national or international politics. In brief‚ an approach ‘consists of criteria of selection-criteria employed in selecting the problems or question to consider and in selecting the data to bring to bear; it consists of standards governing the inclusion and exclusion of question and data. Realist approach is an important approach related to the study of international Politics. It based on really and tries to explain International Politics in context to reality. This
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Lesson 1 Several questions should be answered in regards to international relations first. Are states obsolete? For almost four hundred years‚ the territorial state has been the primary player in world politics. To achieve state sovereignty has been the main goal of most nationalistic separatist movements. In some points of view‚ the territorial state is in very good health. It is still needed to provide military security‚ give people identity‚ raise taxes‚ and provide for the needy. Although
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Liberalism are two opposing theories within international relations both of which are very different to each other but with regards to international regimes and regime theory hold the same opinion. International regime and regimes theory have been prominent in the international system for some time now and even more so within the last century. Specific moments in history have led to regimes becoming more and more important to the safe running of the international system. A perfect example of a regime
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INTERNATIONAL POLITICS ← Theories of International Relations → A theory of international relations is a set of ideas that explains how the international system works. Unlike an ideology‚ a theory of international relations is (at least in principle) backed up with concrete evidence. The two major theories of international relations are realism and liberalism. National Interest Most theories of international relations are based on the idea that states always act in accordance with theirnational
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