policy tool. For clarity‚ I offer the following definitions: According to the report “Hellfire and Grey Drones: An Empirical Examination of the Effectiveness of Targeted Killing”‚ targeted killings‚ though lacking a concrete definition under international law‚ are characterized by 6 key features: 1. The act is carried out by a state actor. 2. The target of the act is an individual actor {or‚ a small group of specific individuals}. 3. The targeted individual actor is a member of a group which
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4. Nigeria’s Foreign Policy in relation to Economic Diplomacy Today’s governments are facing immense competition from other actors such as religious groups‚ private sector‚ media‚ immigrants and all other possible entities of the civil society who are demanding from the government that they do have a say in making and implementing foreign policy. Economic diplomacy which is gradually overtaking the politics oriented traditional diplomacy. With the growth of transactional economic interactions‚ the
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Defense and security are generally prime concerns of states. The necessity of this concern does not only find eminence to states alone rather in this period of regionalization and integration but it becomes more pronounced among inter-state cycles as a result of interdependency. The adjacency of states makes it a real issue in regional politics as far as security is concerned. Theoretical foundations of ‘realpolitik’ become weakened by the likely effects of electoral management to neighbouring states
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Diplomatic recognition[edit] | This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2010) | Diplomatic recognition is an important factor in determining whether a nation is an independent state. Receiving recognition is often difficult‚ even for countries which are fully sovereign. For many decades after its becoming independent‚ even many of the closest allies of
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ways. Not just leaders and militaries‚ as realism suggests : a) Interstate (═►Formal foreign office arrangement ═►informal ties between Govt Elites) b) Trans Governmental (═►informal ties between non government elites) c) Trans National (═►International banks‚ multi national companies‚ corporations‚ etc). 2) Agenda without hierarchy of clear objectives OR States interact over many kinds of issues. War and security isn’t the only issue Economics‚ environmental issues‚ etc.‚ are also addressed
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defends the territorial integrity and sovereignty‚ enhance the economic and social well-being of the people and provide trading opportunities with other countries. However the foreign policy must be flexible and must keep up with the changing international as well as national environment. The foreign policy is determined by the times in which it is conducted. During cold war period two power structures or bloc s were present- U.S.A and USSR maintaining a bipolar world order and keeping a check over
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whatsoever to resolve own national problems nor solve the global problems. This then resulting into global north with a great market-economy becoming the only ones able to solve the global problems. According to Chomsky (2010)‚ globalization is international integration‚ however it now stand in the way of (specially)developed countries in solving global problems. The World Trade Organization (WTO) identi-fy the globalization as necessary‚ through consumerism‚ hence a united world with no barriers and
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Multinational Corporations (MNC’s) are an integral field of study in International Political Economy (IPE) due to its economical and political powers excered in the global market. An MNC is a cooperation that has a home base along with foreign locations abroad where they practice their productivity through foreign direct investment (FDI). there is a specific relation between the home and foreign locations of the cooperation; for example most MNC’s are home based in the United States‚ Japan or Europe
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what concerns state as political unity‚ playing a role on international arena‚ globalization could be more controversial. And on my opinion it reduces role of state both at international as well as on the national scene. Due to globalization new agents are coming into all spheres of life‚ including policy and economy‚ what makes it more complicated for government to control. Big corporations sometimes could play greater role on international arena then government. For example‚ Russian-Ukrainian gas
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powers and regional powers have been fluctuating(changing) according to political weather‚ injecting a permanent feelings of uncertainty in their friendship. Thus Pakistan’s foreign policy underwent changes to exigencies of time and requirement of international situation; However Pakistan evolved some basic principles of foreign policy which are as under. 1. National Security: National Security occupies first place in the foreign policy of Pakistan since its independence Pakistan’s national security
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