bilateral or multilateral interests to nations‚ and also to discuss on laws and agreements which can affect their nation. Diplomacy defers from an aggressive approach‚ and uses an assertive approach in dealing with people. The goal of diplomacy on an international level is to safeguard the national interests‚ foster trade and promote the culture and economy between nations. The word comes from the Greek word "diploma" which literally means "folded in two." In old Greece‚ a diploma was a certificate for completion
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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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1. International economic relations‚ their meaning and significance. International economic relations - a special form of social and industrial relations between individual states‚ between states and international organizations‚ between organizations. In the world there are now more than 220 sovereign and independent states‚ both large and small. The level of economic development is different. Countries can be divided into those economically developed (USA‚ Japan‚ Germany‚ Italy‚ France‚ Britain)
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Theories of International Relations* Ole R. Holsti Universities and professional associations usually are organized in ways that tend to separate scholars in adjoining disciplines and perhaps even to promote stereotypes of each other and their scholarly endeavors. The seemingly natural areas of scholarly convergence between diplomatic historians and political scientists who focus on international relations have been underexploited‚ but there are also some signs that this may be changing. These
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feminist International Relations (IR) theory to the discipline as a whole is fraught with complexities; not only is feminist discourse a multifaceted branch of competing theories employing separate epistemologies‚ it is also a somewhat marginalised field within the study of IR. In their different ways‚ feminist theorists aim to expose gender biases embedded in conventional IR theories‚ such as realism and liberal institutionalism‚ and to reconstruct gender-neutral outlooks of international politics
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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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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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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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D-The international system Is created to prevent anarchy‚ which is a lack of central government control and lack of rules/law enforcement. Therefore most governments agree on norms of behavior. What behavior is considered good or bad or proper. Rogue states: al douwal el kharija 3an el kanoun. Sovereignty: this means that a government has a control over and can do anything it wants in its own territories; it also means that government should not interfere
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International Relations Glossary Nation State A form of political organization under which a relatively homogeneous people inhabits a sovereign state. Sovereignty Denotes a single‚ supreme political decision-making authority. In early modern Europe the Monarch was the Sovereign. In modern states sovereignty tends to lie with the executive arm of government. A controversial term‚ sovereignty relies on authority‚ not power. That is‚ the sovereign claims the right or authority to decide matters
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