Introduction International relations written by Joshua S. Goldstein is an alluring book for the people who have interest in international relations and who want to know what is IR or why and how countries interact with each other on international level. Joshua Goldstein himself is one of the well-known writer who has firm grip over international relations. In this book he has explained almost all aspects of international relations and students after reading this will have a clear idea about what
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The international system has experienced many of the different polarities throughout history. If you even look at the past 30 years the international system has been both bipolar and unipolar. After World War II a transition of power occurred as the United States and the Soviet Union became Super Powers. Their different visions of the world prompted a Cold War and caused the international system to be bipolar. After the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet Union the international system became
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Stalin’s rule was disastrous in certain aspects such as industrialisation‚ collectivisation‚ the purges and the culture and social aspects of Russia at this time‚ but in the course of the hardship endured by all‚ a new and better country was formed. Through the period of Stalin’s dictatorship‚ it was not an ideal place to live‚ but his goals were substantially fulfilled for the model Russia. Industrialisation was a major enforcement that mostly brought about disastrous effects on Russia and its
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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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WHO MADE THAT?!... Up Up and Away! “If you could have any super power‚ what would it be?” I’m pretty sure all of my elementary‚ maybe even some middle school teachers have asked this. It’s a question that everyone has at some point in their life either been asked or have thought about it. The majority of the population would say they wished they could fly. This thought of being able to fly has been thought about throughout centuries. Think back to art class when you first learned about the
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US > China! ! Not arguing whether China is rising! ! Must China follow the US in order to be a superpower?! ! “The most obvious indicator of China’s position on the global stage is it economics. China became the world’s second largest economy in 2011. However‚ I think the status of being a superpower means more than simply having a large GDP (Japan’s #2 ranking did not make it a superpower). Shambaugh stated that China’s trade is “dominated by low-end merchandise exports” and is not “setting
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What is the reason behind the peace between the United States and the U.S.S.R. during the cold war? How were their relations and reasons for peace different from that of second-tier powers such as Japan? The United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics emerged as the two most powerful nations in the aftermath of World War II. After five years of fighting the Germans‚ the soviet nation was more powerful than ever‚ and Joseph Stalin wanted to continue their rise to power and become the
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The Demise of America as a Superpower There is an old Italian saying that states “I came to America because I heard that the streets were paved with gold.” Even though American streets are really not golden‚ this saying is metaphoric to that era where America was a dominating superpower. It was a time in American history when hard work was valued‚ and families had strong virtues. A great amount of time has passed since the industrial age and so‚ America has evolved. This once a God-fearing nation
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way‚ when two centers of power‚ i.e. two poles appear round which the other countries of the world revolve‚ the system is known as Bipolar. I would prefer living in a bipolar world order because it tends to reduce international violence. The advantages of bipolar system are: • Reduction in Tension With only two world powers‚ their areas of influence are clearly demarcated. This leads to reduction in tension. In Cold War era‚ both the Soviet Union and America were concerned with happen¬ings
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theory is not merely a guess. A theory is a fact-based framework for describing certain occurrence. Scholars have tried to systematize ideas in a more consistent and more logical way than just intuition‚ and this results in theories in general. The advantage of studying theories of International Relations is that it allows to conduct a more sophisticated analysis of thought about International Relations. Certain theories highlight several things and can also act as ‘blinkers’ that do not allow scholars
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