economy has become increasingly important in the agenda of states. The aim of this paper is to explain two major international relations theories‚ realism and liberalism‚ and how these theories try to argue for the need and possession of nuclear weapons in the contemporary era. Realists have four main arguments: the main actors‚ in the international system‚ are sovereign states; the international system is in a state of anarchy; states must be concerned with their own security; and states are rational
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Globalization and International Business The Concept of Globalization – putting everything into one village * The process of integration and convergence of economic‚ financial‚ cultural and political systems across the world. * Globalization – refers to the integration and interaction between different people and nations. * Globalization is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views‚ products‚ ideas and other aspects of culture. Globalization
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WETENSCHAPPEN MASTER OF SCIENCE IN DE VERGELIJKENDE EN INTERNATIONALE POLITIEK It Is Time For Multipolarity An Empirical Answer to Ikenberry Prof. Dr. B. KERREMANS International Political Economy November 12‚ 2012 By P. B. It is Time For Multipolarity – An Empirical Answer to Ikenberry In the article “the liberal international order and its discontents” (Ikenberry‚ 2010)‚ the author argues about the current global crisis. The author states that it is not a crisis of the principles and organizational
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Introduction: Since the early ages‚ thinkers and analysts have tried to understand the relation between the states at an international level. Moreover‚ that it led to the formation of a discipline in the 20th century‚ known‚ as International Relations (IR). Though‚ it was considered a discrete academic field within political science‚ till the year 1919. Year 1919‚ saw the emergence of International Relations as a formal academic discipline with the founding of the first ‘chair’(professorship) in
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policy: “Our foreign policy is one of friendliness and goodwill towards all the nations of the world. We do not cherish aggressive designs against any country or nation. We believe in the principle of honesty and fair play in national and international dealings and are prepared to make our utmost contribution to the promotion of peace and prosperity among the nations of the world. Pakistan will never be found lacking in extending its material and moral support to the oppressed and suppressed
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there are many existing concepts related to IR and International Law that remain private “not part of open knowledge” to the nation Focus on debunking common assumptions of “IR” (i.e white vs colored people) White mans burden Western thinking is superior = WRONG Everyone who does not think this was is irrational and backwards = WRONG Post- colonialism challenges the euro centrism of “IR” Relevance to “IR” and International Law? International Law is weak because it becomes hard to enforce on
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By Dan Andrei Dumitru Realism as a tradition of thought in political theory has been a perennial approach and it can be traced back for more than two millennia. However‚ as Donnelly (2000‚ p1) remarks‚ “the link between realism and international theory is especially strong in the twentieth century”‚ being a dominant theory before and after the second World War and then declining after the end of the Cold War. Furthermore‚ as he points out‚ realism is not a fixed theory but rather a “general
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To what extent does the concept of ‘complex interdependence’ challenge realist claims about International Relations? “Contemporary world politics is not a seamless web‚ is rather a tapestry of diverse relationships”1. Complex interdependence is a relatively new theory; it was Richard N. Cooper who first introduced the concept of economic interdependence in the early seventies‚ it was then Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye who went further and argued that the idea of interdependence was increasing
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Implications of Human Trafficking Introduction Trafficking in persons is shown at the beginning of the century as “modern slavery”‚ the way in which the human person becomes the object by default the international rights framework humans. According to Laczko & Gramegna (2003‚ p.179)‚ “trafficking in persons‚ especially in in women and girls though not new‚ is acquiring serious dimensions worldwide‚ in the recent context of globalization.” Current development of the phenomenon‚ ‘trafficking in
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objectives and devise appropriate instruments for the formulation and implementation of the country’s foreign policy. It also needs to be borne in mind that India’s foreign policy is not a simple amalgam of responses to the exigencies of international relations. For whatever reasons—size of area‚ population‚ economy‚ leadership‚ etc.—India has consistently sought to influence the course of
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