School of Government‚ Development and International Affairs PL302 International Politics of the Asia Pacific Course Guide Semester Two‚ 2013 GENERAL INFORMATION Course code and Title: PL302 International Politics of the Asia Pacific Course coordinator: Dr Nikki Baker‚ Telephone: 323 2996; email: baker_n@usp.ac.fj Consultation hours: Wednesday: 10am - 11am Thursday: 9am - 11am Lecture Times: Thursday 12 noon
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Berkeley Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 1‚ No. 2‚ Feb 2011 Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: Internal Challenges in New Millennium Muqarrab Akbar∗ Abstract: Pakistan’s foreign policy has always been identified as policy of self-abnegation. It is blamed that external factors particularly USA play a vital role in the shaping of foreign policy of Pakistan but there are many internal factors pose challenges to Pakistan’s foreign policy. Pakistan is an ideological state hence ideology has a special
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through nearly two decades of bloodshed unprecedented‚ they were allowed to return to their former borders to war‚ and later returned to Great Power status in the following decades. This was for the most part to the belief that the balance of power theory had to be used for the management and control of the two opponents and allies. In other words‚ no State wanted anyone else‚ even an ally to gain the opportunity to increase its effect in a power vacuum that the defeat of a great power like Napoleonic
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Aims and Objectives There are many debates and discussionsaround the definition of globalisation: a) globalisation is seen as an increasing integration of the world’s economies through eradication of barriers‚ opening of capital market and international trade; b)a process of interdependence between states across the world over a range of complex issues such as environmental degradation or nuclear proliferation. If a and b are correct what role do non-governmental organisations such as multinational
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strategy regarding a constructed international structure‚ locating the thesis of ‘balancing versus bandwagoning’ systemically. The study of international relations after Waltz has been directed to the discussion of the anarchic international system to some extent. A structural theory‚ neorealists receive a number of criticisms directed to both its assumptions and applicability to state’s strategic response‚ particularly
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Realism: A Greater Explanation for World War I Realism‚ by definition‚ is the study and practice of international relations; focusing on the nation-state‚ and that all nation-states are motivated by self-interest (Ferraro on Realism). The first two interests a state looks to fulfill are obtaining self-governance and defining borders. After those have been achieved countries will look to increase their power in many different forms (Ferraro on Realism). The years leading up to World War I were a
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------------------------------------------------- Career objective My career objective is to pursue a challenging‚ productive and rewarding career in Conflict and Peace management‚ security‚ diplomatic‚ human rights and governance fields at local and international levels‚ where I can contribute‚ add value and have impact in bringing about positive changes to our communities and societies locally and internationally. I have great interest and passion for realization of an empowered society‚ based on equity
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discussion of the theory of hegemonic stability‚ in which this paper will try to explain how it applies to US and its current situation. Chomsky‚ which is more like Galtung‚ discusses the key points where US might be going down from its pedestal one grave mistake at a time in which this paper also tries to be giving interpretations and predictions for the US’ future. The key ideas to this paper will be the comparison of the previous empires to the western imperialism today‚ the theory of hegemonic stability
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Diplomacy and Domestic Politics: The Logic of Two-Level Games Robert D. Putnam International Organization‚ Vol. 42‚ No. 3. (Summer‚ 1988)‚ pp. 427-460. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0020-8183%28198822%2942%3A3%3C427%3ADADPTL%3E2.0.CO%3B2-K International Organization is currently published by The MIT Press. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/about/terms.html. JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions
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is virtually a component of national political policy inseparable from the actual condition of the country. The principles free and active foreign policy was initially conveyed by Vice President Mohammad Hatta in 1948‚ when the realm of international relations was bustled by a rivalry between two blocks of ideologies; democratic-liberal bloc led by the United States and socialist-communist bloc led by the Soviet Union. To be elaborate‚ free and active foreign policy‚ by principal‚ does not mean
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