International Relations Essays

'Arab Nationalism' in the Modern Context

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‘Arab Nationalism’ was an important part of anti-colonial struggle. A generation on it has little meaning today. Discuss. This essay will examine to what extent Arab nationalism as an ideology wa...

"The World is Flat," by Thomas Friedman

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“The World is Flat,” by Thomas Friedman, chronicles the influx of a large number of new players on the global economic stage that has created a strong force that is already starting to aff...

An Analysis of Pakistan-India Relations

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Introduction Relations are built on mutual trust. This is no different when these relations are between states. Salient features of Pak-India relations include strong feelings of mistrust and suspici...

An Analysis of The Hunger Games through International Relations Theories

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The Hunger Games, a youth novel written by Suzanne Collins, does indeed have a scholarly use in the field of International Relations. This novel, with its conflicts both within the nation of Pane...

Analysis of H&M's Vietnam Expansion

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H&M is a Swedish multinational clothing retail store that caters to young adults and children. Since its inception, the brand has evolved to include accessories, footwear, cosmetics and home fu...

Analysis of International Relations Theory

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY Why do states behave the way they do in the international system? Some people argue that this is a question of international relations theory while others say it is a q...

Analysis of Refugee Protection Mechanisms

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INTRODUCTION On any given day, thousands of individuals including women and children from all parts of the world are forced to flee their homes for fear of persecution or to escape the dangers of arme...

Analysis of the Conflict Between Russia and Ukraine

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In the contemporary world, the influence of the cold war is evident when looking at modern day geopolitical conflicts. The cold war was about the conflict between two ideologies (Communist and C...

Analysis of The Justice Cascade by Kathryn Sikkink

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The Justice Cascade: How Human Rights Prosecutions Are Changing World Politics. By Kathryn Sikkink. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. 2011, 352, pp. $18.42 (Hardcover) The Justice Cascade: How H...

Analysis of the UN with Liberalism and Realism

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Use Realism and Liberalism to Explain the United Nations system. Introduction Realism emphasizes the condition on politics imposed by human nature and the non-existent of international government. ...

Analysis of US Trade Agreements and Sanctions

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Analyzing the Relevance of Realism in Contemporary International Relations

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Analyzing the Relevance of Realism in Contemporary International Relations Introduction  There are many different theories that are often used to analyze situations in the...

Application of Entropy to International Relations

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In the wake of World War I, International Relations emerged as an academic area focused on studying and understanding the interconnectedness of politics, economics, and power to help navigate an...

Application of Realism Theory to Climate Change

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 International relations is a perpetual puzzle in which it is impossible to have certainty regarding the events that will occur within it. However, to help predict what will happen within in...

Application of Turkey to EU

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Introduction Since its creation, the European Union has been enlarged six times during which it has accommodated twenty one new members. Today there are three candidate states that await membership &...

Arab - Israeli War 1967

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Introduction Israel and Arabs have fought a number of wars after 1947. After the creation of Israel in 14 May 1948, Arab and Israel became front to front in 1949, 1956, and 1967 and in 1973. Among al...

Are Realist and Liberal International Relations Theories Mutually Exclusive?

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To attempt to answer the question of this essay I will give an account of the perspectives of prominent realist thinkers and of their analyses and predictions of how states relate to each other i...

Are Security Threats Real or Imagined?

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Giulia Valeri Introduction As far as the discipline of International Relations is concerned, ‘security’ and ‘threat’ are highly-contested concepts (Baldwin 1997: 10). Far mor...

Arguments For and Against US Immigration Policies

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Every day thousands of refugees flee the war torn country of Syria. With the fear of terrorism on the rise, a nation built on the ideals of immigrants, started to shift to a paranoid state. This led ...

ASEAN Relationships with China and the US

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China or the U.S.: An open debate for Southeast Asia Introduction Southeast Asia is the region that, arguably, has become the most promising around the world, due to the number of people living...

Assessment of Military Influence in the Middle East

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Q5. What best explains the diminished role of the military in the dispensation of power across the Middle East? Jibin Mathew George The military has been fundamental to the existence and sustenanc...

Australia US Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) Evaulation

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Introduction One of the most notable changes in the world economy since the 1980s has been the shift towards free trade between different countries in the world. Even countries such as India, Mexi...

Bilateral Relations Between the EU and China

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Till the 1978, Peoples Republic of China (PRC) was in self employed isolation because of two things, one was Cultural Revolution and another was the transformation of the society and economy from tra...

BP and US Government Negotiations Analysis

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Zacharia Dainkeh An evaluation and critical analysis of the decision making process and the negotiations and agreement between BP and the US government including other relevant parties positions reg...

Brexit: Impact on UK Economy

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INTRO In 1957, the Treaty of Paris was signed which established the European Economic Community (EEC) which preceded the European Union of today. This was the last attempt of economic cooperation ...

Can the EU Serve as an Integration Model for ASEAN?

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The age old saying of “there’s more than one way to skin a cat” has served as a clichéd phrase to adequately illustrate and paint the canvas of the archetypal process, exemplar standard or the...

Canada's Contributions to World Peace

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Canada’s contribution to world peace over the last two decades  Research Outline Thesis: Canada has made a huge contribution to world peace over the last two decades and...

Canada’s Approach Towards the Arab-Israeli Conflict

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Introduction Opinions regarding the Arab – Israeli conflict can be complex and multidimensional. Just within a country there exists varying levels of opinion. These include individual sentim...

Cause of Ethnic Conflict in the Middle East

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Politics and the Economy of the Contemporary Middle East: Explain the cause of the ethnic conflicts in the Middle East. When referring to the nature of any conflict, it must be emphasized that no co...

Causes and Impacts of the Syrian Civil War

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Since 2011, Syria has been in civil war. What originally started as a minor conflict began when President Bashar al-Assad responded violently to pro-democratic protests. In response, rebel militi...

Changes in US Foreign Policy after 9/11

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Introduction On September 20th, 2001, President George W. Bush (2001, n. pag.) gave a speech addressing the events of nine days before: “On September the 11th, enemies of freedom committed an ac...

China's Relationship with North Korea

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Table of Contents: Introduction Hypothesis statement Research Questions Literature Review Theoretical framework (Defensive Realism-Kenneth Waltz) Sino-Korean alliance Mutual gain between China and N...

Chinese and Western International Relations Theories

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Chinese ancient school of thoughts[1] and Western International Relations theories: A comparative study Introduction Background of the study The study of international relations has classically focus...

Chinese Perception of Global Order

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“Chinese perception of global order and the position of China throughout history” Introduction It is obvious that in the last few decades the People’s Republic of China is on the rise, ...

Cities, poverty and inequality in the UK

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With reference to London, Manchester and Glasgow in the UK Introduction Debates on poverty and inequality have been always heated and topical. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis and the d...

Climate Change – Averting Catastrophic Environmental Degradation Through Global Governance and Decentralisation

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The Supra-Statist and Sub-Statist Approach Introduction Climate change issues have gained increasing interest in recent decades, as many scholarly debates have tried to reach a ...

Climate Change and Food Security

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INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study Our activities are inimical to the environment, our daily work and behaviour domestically, industrially and even agriculturally threatens the stability of e...

Climate Change is the Biggest Threat to Humankind

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Question 1: “The greatest threat to the future of humankind is not a nuclear holocaust, a conflict between the US and China, or terrorism, but rather the global climate change.” Glob...

Common Agricultural Policy by European Union

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The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a policy, set forth by the European Union (EU). It also comprises of a set of rules that control the manufacture, trade, and processing of agricultural products...

Comparative Foreign Policy in Iraq and North Korea

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 The events leading up to the Persian Gulf War were crucial to the beginning of the war. After the war between Iraq and Iran Saddam Hussein greatly in debt. In relation to the 4 P’s of for...

Comparison of 'War on Terror' with the Cold War

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Does the ‘Global War on Terror’ inaugurated by George W. Bush have similarities to the Cold War? Since 2001, academics and the United States administration have continuously compared the war agai...

Comparison of Absolute and Comparative Advantage

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International relations is concerned with the way in which nations interact in regards to culture, politics and economic growth. Countries have to support and interact with one another in order t...

Comparison of Saudi Arabia and Europe Human Trafficking

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International Human Trafficking Introduction Human trafficking is an egregious example of how globalization can facilitate and grow international crime rings for purposes of economic gains. The Unit...

Compliance in International Relations

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Abstract This paper seeks to address whether state cooperation via formal international institutions may best be understood as a spectrum of compliance rather than binary states. Prevailing perspecti...

Concept of Easy War

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Key Judgments Easy War, the conception that war has minimal impact on Western states and their citizens, provides a useful analytical framework in order to critique and study how Western states beco...

Concepts of Deterrence and Diplomacy

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The paper will discuss on deterrence as diplomacy means. Carl Von Clausewitz emphasized that war is not only as an actor in politic, thus as the instrument in politic. War could influence politic decision making. Nowadays, WMD might be used as another diplomatic means to achieve one country’s goals....

Constructivist and Liberalist Argument on State Shared Value

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According to realism, relations between states in the anarchical world is doomed to the state of constant conflict in which states can only count on themselves. Whatever cooperation exists in the wo...

Corruption Among Nations

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Agenda Kautilya’s “Arthashastra” Corruption in Ancient Rome and Athens Why corruption has become a serious problem nowadays?-arguments Variations among nations Definition of Corruption The mo...

Cuban Missile Crisis Decision Making

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Introduction A decision can be defined as the culmination of a thought process analysing a problem. Good decision making is vital for the well being and safety of a man. Many men who have not given i...

Data Analysis and Evaluation in International Relations

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Data Analysis and Evaluation in International Relations Research Proposal Methodological Literature Review The fundamental question of my study is whether the Turk...

Debates on Nuclear Proliferation

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          Essay on Nuclear Proliferation Debate It has been 73 years since the launch of an atomic bomb in the cities of Hiroshima and Naga...

Democratic Peace Theory and Georgia

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Georgia’s decision to launch an offensive attack against Russian personnel occupying the contested regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia seems to contradict the theoretical underpinnings of the ...

Differences in liberal and realist approaches

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Every group interaction between humans in different activities entails defining the participants in discrete groups of two. The purpose of which is to differentiate between one group of participants t...

Differences in the Character of Post-Colonial States is a Reflection of their Path to Independence

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Differences in the Character of Post-Colonial States is a Reflection of their Path to Independence Differences between India and Pakistan have been designated as a direct consequence of ...

Diplomacy in International Relations

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Each century believes that its time is exclusive and uncommon, an ideal change from past actions and how international relations was regulated. Diplomacy is an art and process of handling and managing negotiations....

Do Nuclear Weapons Promote Peace and Stability?

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Does the existence of nuclear weaponry increase peace and stability in the international system? 1.    Introduction In which ways does the existence of nuclear weaponry increase peace and s...

Does Democracy Address Insecurity?

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Democracy effectively addresses insecurity. Do you agree, why or why not? Democracy does, and does not effectively address insecurity, in some aspects it curbs it, in others it accelerates it. Conse...

Donald Trump and North Korea's Nuclear Weapons

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Analytical Essay on North Korean Nuclear Weapons             North Korea has developed an intensive amount of weapons of mass destruction. Their ambitions to become heavily equipped wer...

Effect of Gender Studies on Understanding International Relations

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“Gender makes the world go round” according to Cynthia Enloe (1989). While illustrating your views on Enloe’s statement, explain the extent to which gender studies have changed our underst...

Effect of the 2011 Arab Spring on Democracy & Terrorism

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Introduction In the year 2011, the world was shocked by events that sparked a series of major uprisings throughout the Middle East, a region known for its instability, fiercely dictatorial gov...

Effect of US Foreign Policy on China

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What does US foreign policy mean for the PRC’s global interest? Introduction U.S. foreign policy is a conflation of competing interests within the US and not a unified policy objective even t...

Effects of Sovereign Immunity in Africans States

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ABSTRACT This projects aims to analyse the effects of sovereign immunity in Africans States. The concept of sovereign immunity has been abused and violated drastically especially in most...

Equalising the Politics of Gender: A Feminist Approach to Foreign Security

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Security concerns in international relations have many facets. These many facets include climate change, cybersecurity, water scarcity, arms race, and gender conflicts. These challenges can span through politics, economics, social, and cultural affairs...

EU limits of enlargement

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Enlargement of the European Unionis the process of expanding theEuropean Union via the accession of newmember states. This process began with thefirst Six, who were the founding powers of theEuropean ...

European Union Decision Making

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Introduction The European Union (EU) decision making process is quite a complex perform which involves more than one institution most of the times. The European council, the European parliament, a...

Evaluation of Explanations for Democratic Peace

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What are the primary explanations of the ‘democratic peace’ and what are some challenges to those explanations? The central explanation behind the democratic peace theory lies in the...

Evaluation of Joseph Nye’s Thoughts on Soft Power

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Soft power has generally been accepted as a concept by academics and politicians all over the world as a tool of diplomacy ever since it was introduced in 1990 by Joseph Nye. Great Britain in May...

Evaluation of the United Nations Global Compact

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I. Introduction The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) is a voluntary initiative that aims to promote corporate governance and sustainability by encouraging participants, including bot...

Example International Relations Essay

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What are the main differences between ‘classical realism’ and ‘neo-realism’? Introduction Realism has become a foremost theory within international relations over six decades. Its contemporary...

Exploitation Among Migrant Labour

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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION All human beings, irrespective of race, creed or sex, have the right to pursue both their material well-being and their spiritual development in conditions of freedom and dignit...

Female circumcision in other states

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“An estimated 100 million to 140 million girls and women worldwide have undergone female gender mutilation/cutting” (Population Reference Bureau, 2008). This figure is enormous and unsurpr...

Feminist theories and International Law

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Feminism is a political movement that seeks to overturn gender inequalities between men and women (Blunt and Wills, 2000: p. 90). It is concerned with the power relations that influence not only how i...

Foreign Policy Challenges for Donald Trump

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Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the United States of America has been handed down numerous formidable foreign policy challenges ranging from areas in the Middle East throughout East Asia. Trum...

Foreign Relations Between the United States and Venezuela: 1890-1950

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Venezuela and the United States have been known to associate with one another regarding foreign affairs. Within foreign relations, these two nations have seen individuals make choices for them an...

Formulation and implementation of foreign policy

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This essay will explore the extent to which the personality traits of a decision maker impact upon his foreign policies. It will not argue that such idiosyncratic variables alone are the exclusive det...

Gender Representation in Film

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Gender is a significant reflection in development. Through it we can analyze how social norms and power structures influence on the lives and opportunities accessible to different groups of men and w...

Germany's Refugee Intake

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Germany’s important model in aiding refugees but limitations arise Introduction A streamline of images appeared on the television screen located in the living room of a German household. Vari...

Global governance play in globalisation

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Globalization is seen as a universal change in the lives of people either positively or negatively. In this essay I will start by defining globalization from different perspectives. As in the argument...

Global sourcing

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Question 3 Introduction Global Sourcing is the procurement of goods and services from independent suppliers or subsidiaries from multinational companies which are located abroad and are made for fu...

Globalisation's Effect on National Governance

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Globalisation has significantly reduced the ability of governments to govern. Do you agree? Discuss. Globalisation, according to Van Acker and Curran (2004), is the process of increasingly internatio...

Hegemonic Stability Theory's Impact on War

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The theory of hegemonic stability is critical because it captures the tendency of the leading powers in the world using force to assert their dominance. Similarly, the world super powers also use their positions to create ideas, alliances, and institutions which allow for free participation of other states in a relatively open free participation....

History of and Current Nuclear Capabilities of Iran

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Background Iran, a middle-eastern nation which has long had a precarious and unpredictable relationship with the United States and its allies in the United Nations, is currently known t...

History of Canadian International Relations

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Throughout the history of Canada, one is able to observe the gradual yet profound shift of Canada’s role and status in the world as Canada was transformed from a colony of Bri...

History of Catalonia's Conflict with Spain

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Those that are unfamiliar with the Catalan independence movement believe that it is recent, but Catalans have been fighting for independence for centuries. The roots of the modern Catalan independence date hundreds of years back to when...

History of the North and South Korea Border Conflict

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In recent years, the relation between North Korea and South Korea becomes better. And in the latest news, the two parts of Korea decided to stop the conflict and sign the peace treaty. That even surp...

History of the Relationship between the US and Cuba

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Tense relations may be able to heal, but not before destroying old barriers (Final Copy V2) Introduction Cuba is only 90 miles south of Florida, but these 90 miles are filled w...

History of the US and Mexico Border

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Tracing the Evolving Historiography of the U.S.-Mexico Border Introduction Regulating the border between the United States and Mexico is not a new issue. In fact, concerns over what to do with ...

History of US Immigration Laws

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The first law that dealt with how someone attained citizenship was the Naturalization Act of 1790. This act created a standard way on how naturalization and residency issues were to be handled for n...

How Can International Institutions Help Overcome Obstacles to International Cooperation in the Global Economy?

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How can international institutions help overcome obstacles to international cooperation in the global economy? There is considerable debate as to whether international institutions can ...

How can international institutions help overcome obstacles to international cooperation in the global economy?

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Howcaninternationalinstitutionshelpovercomeobstaclestointernationalcooperationintheglobaleconomy? Achieving international cooperation in the global economy is not, and arguably never ha...

How Do the Geopolitics of the War on Terror Justify Intervention and Targeted Killing?

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How do the geopolitics of the war on terror justify intervention and targeted killing? Introduction This paper will argue that the geopolitics of the war on terror has allowed ...

How Effective Is the UN in Resolving Global Conflicts? Why?

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  How effective is the UN in resolving global conflicts? Why? The United Nations (UN) was created on the 24 October 1945, after the world had suffered through the destructi...

How Effective is the United Nations?

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How effective is the United Nations? Before we say that the U.N is or not an effective institution, we must know or assess their performance in all areas in which they are involved in. And after that...

How Persuasive is Mary Kaldor’s Account for New Wars?

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Focusing on the severity of the wars and the number of civilians killed, new war theorists point to a dynamic shift in the nature of war which is different from the old wars. In her account, Kald...

Human Resource Management In Hospitality Industries

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Introduction The purpose of this assignment is enable readers to develop a stronger understanding of the issues faced in the Human Resource Management in hospitality industries. The hospitality i...

Human rights institutions

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Introduction AIDS and HIV affect the lives of every human being, from those who are HIV-positive, those who know someone who is infected and those non-infected people. This is because, once AIDS and...

If global warming is a 'man-made' disaster why have governments around the world failed to do very much about it?

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One of the most important phenomena affecting nations in the 21st century is global warming. Global warming is defined generally as the progressive rise in average global temperatures caused by increa...

Impact of Brexit on EU Foreign Policy

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The European Union will face a new kind of challenge with the exit of Britain: the departure of one of its largest and most substantial member states. No member states has yet made the decision to ex...

Impact of Corruption in Nigeria

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CORRUPTION AND ITS IMPACT ON INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (NIGERIA AS A CASE STUDY) (FEBRUARY 2014) Abstract Corruption is no news in the world today. We can see corruption in our d...

Impact of Corruption on Nigeria's Unemployment Rates

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Introduction Unemployment has eaten so deep into the Nigerian society to the extent that the citizens have learnt to live with it, with a view that nothing can be done about it. This attitude of Nige...

Impact of Donald Trump on the East and West

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The Weakening West: Opportunities for the East The West in the Era of Trump As the first quarter of the 21st century unfolds, there are many signs that the West, led by the United States of Am...

Impact of European Refugee Crisis on Central Europe

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How has the European refugee and migration crisis impacted Central Europe and how have countries from the region sought to influence refugee and asylum policy at the EU level? Based on the data f...

Impact of Global Forces and Complex Interdependencies

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Impact of Global Forces and Complex Interdependencies on the Modern State System In Distant Proximities: Dynamics Beyond Globalization, Rosenau argues that the world is a rapidly undergoing an epoch...

Impact of technology and science on International relations

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Impact of technology and science on International relations Introduction: Science, technology and international affairs influence one another. The impacts of science and technology on international a...

Impact of the Munich Hostage Crisis on Israel-Palestine Relations

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To What Extent Did the Munich Hostage Crisis Lead to increasing tensions between Israel and Palestine?     Table of Contents ...

Importance of Border Security Measures in National Security

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ABSTRACT Border security contains continuously evolving policies due to the evolution of threats and terrorism. Since the US Border Patrol was created in 1924, their challenges and threats have chan...

Importance of Brexit for International Relations Theory

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The Case Which Ceases to Exist: Brexit  All eyes are set on London as the October deadline for a Brexit deal grows near. The new British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has made it ...

Importance of International Organizations

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International Organizations (IOs) are formal institutional structures transcending national boundaries which are created by multilateral agreement among nation-states. Their purpose is to foster inte...

India-Pakistan Relations Through the Lens of Realism

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India and Pakistan have had many conflicts in their relationship because of the multitude of problems in the political sphere throughout history leading to their current state of affairs. To best und...

India-US Relations and its Implications for Pakistan

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Abstract With the emergence of the United States as the most powerful actor in the world, India re-adjusted its foreign policy and began to work more closely with this sole superpower. United States...

Intergovernmental Organizations and Non-governmental Organizations in Reducing State Conflicts

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Literature Review In 1918 with the end of the First World War, states across the globe were determined to make sure no international conflict of such scale ever happened again. The worl...

International Co-Operation in Kyoto Protocol

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International co-operation in Kyoto Protocol. The environment started to be seen as a serious issue for some during the 1970’s. Many politicians at that point in time did not regard the environm...

International Development Policy

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Political, economical and social development of developing countries has been a high priority on the global agenda. International development policy has gained momentum as issues such as poverty in s...

International joint venture

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Joint venture is one of the preferred international market entry modes by many firms but it suffers high failure rate. Construct a review of literature on how to manage international joint venture suc...

International Labour Standards

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Module -International Perspectives on Industrial Relations QUESTION: Some commentators have argued thatthe adoption of labour standards would threaten the trade prospects of developing countries. Cr...

International Law and International Organization

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Introduction Generally public international law primarily is the laws of states, in all its forms. This includes the many international dealings of states with each other. The purview of internati...

International News Coverage of Developing Countries

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International news coverage of the developing world has seen a steady decline over recent years which has recently been reversed due to intervention in developing countries by western governments. The...

International Relations Essays - Global Culture

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International Relations Essays - Global Culture - What is meant by a global culture and how and why do transnational corporations seek to promote such a culture?...

International Relations Essays - Terrorism Definition Solutions

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Terrorism: An Exploration Of Its Definition, History, And Possible Solutions Terrorism upsets people. It does so deliberately. Thatis its point and that is why it has engrossed so much of ourattention...

International Relations in Bridge of Spies

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America was involved in the Cold War from 1961-1973. This was America’s longest involvement in a war. Bridge of Spies follows the life of James “Jim” B. Donovan, an insurance litigation spe...

Internationalization

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1. Preface This paper has been written for the course Societal Developments & Institutions. The topic of this paper, knowledge sharing in virtual teams, is primarily focused on the International...

Introduction to international relations

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Introduction International Relations is a wide range of theories which deals with a variety of issues occurring in the politics of the world. The complexity of these issues rises different types of th...

Is China Facing a Financial Crisis?

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In a first for Chinese Banks and its Big Four, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) unseated Exxon Mobil last year to take the top spot on the Forbes Global 2000[i] as the world’s lar...

Is Cyber War Between the U.S. and Russia Possible?

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How Technology is Changing the Dynamic Introduction Throughout most of the 20th century and into the 21st, there has been a level of tension between the U.S. and Russia. Followi...

Is Globalisation Undermining State Sovereignty?

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Is globalization undermining state sovereignty? Throughout the years it has been argued that globalization has a significant effect on state sovereignty. That ongoing debate between scholars and soci...

Is NATO at Risk of Dissolving?

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Is NATO –North Atlantic Treaty Organization at risk of dissolving? The North Atlantic Treaty Organization –NATO, was created in 1949 with the mission of insulating and protecting Eur...

Is Realism Still a Valid Tradition in International Relations?

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The realist tradition has been the dominant theory in the international relations for more than half a century. The end of the Cold War had led to the suppositon that realism was no longer a tren...

Is the EU too Regulatory and Bureaucratic?

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It is often argued that EU is far too regulatory and bureaucratic. Outline and evaluate this claim. This essay will examine this question by exploring four main factors. These are; business-friend...

Is the UK a Global Military Power?

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The answer to the question ‘Is the UK a global military power?’ depends on the theoretical lens through which one analyses the UK’s military power. The theoretical perspective affects the defin...

Israeli-Palestinian conflict communication

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CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.0 Definition of Communication Although communication is omnipresent, it appears nonetheless difficult to define. Different individuals define communication in different...

Issue of Veto Power in United Nations' Attempts to Maintain International Peace

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Is the use of veto power paving the way for the failure of the United Nations to maintain international peace? In 1946, the winners of world war II, the allied nations; China, United Sta...

KBR Technology and Engineering Analysis

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Introduction to the case: KBR (Kellogg, Brown and Root) is a global Infrastructure business Venture. With 57,000 employees operating worldwide, it’s a leading engineering, construction and servi...

Liberal National Order: The United Nations and the United States

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Product of the League of Nations, the United Nations is an intergovernmental organization that prides itself on three fundamental principles; sovereign equality of member states, international pr...

Liberalism in International Organisations

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Pevehouse et al (2004) describes the 3 factors that define international organisations, within this essay I will be focusing on the United Nations (UN) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)....

Literature Review of US Foreign Policy

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Background America’s 1930s foreign policy was based on the realist school of thought. It emphasised international trade in order to achieve economic rejuvenation, whilst its security strategy demon...

Literature Review: The Eastern Origin of Western Civilisation by John M. Hobson

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John Hobson provocations the ethnocentric favouritism of familiar story of the eminence of the West. It acknowledged that since primordial Greek times Europeans have initiated their development and that the East has been a nonactive spectator...

Maintain international peace and security

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The United Nations, the UN is an international organization established to maintain and strengthen international peace and security, development cooperation between States. The basis of its activi...

Mexico's Relationship with the US

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Civic Engagement Research Project The United States’ diplomatic ties shared with its allies are a crucial aspect of the overall health of our country. Healthy relations with allied cou...

Microsoft vs. European Union

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Microsoft was accused of by the European Commission of the European Union for abuse of its dominant position in the market. Inquire into this event which started at about 1993 and still continues to ...

Migrant Life in Greece During the Economic Crisis

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Tsiori Maria Abstract For a long time Greece has been a country of emigration. Despite the ongoing economic downturn of recent years the country has turned into a host country for many migrants fro...

Millennium Development Goals and Poverty Reduction: Nigeria

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Introduction Background to the Study This study attempt to examine the impact of the Millennium Development Goals and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria using with a case study of Ado-Odo Ota, local gove...

Modern State System in International Relations

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What is the most significant feature of the modern state and how has it shaped international relations? The core of the early modern period to vast histories of sovereignty and state formation is a t...

Muslim brotherhood in Egypt

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Opening The growing popularity of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt presents a strategic threat to the United States interests in Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood is an insurgency that has been in existenc...

Nagorno-Karabakh: Just A Territorial Dispute, or the Fallout of Imperialism and its Borders?

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Introduction  In a new round of peace negotiations that took place on March 29th of 2019, both Armenia and Azerbaijan expressed their interest in making peace among themselves and r...

Nagorno-Karabakh: Just A Territorial Dispute, or the Fallout of Imperialism and its Borders?

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Nagorno-Karabakh: Just A Territorial Dispute, or the Fallout of Imperialism and its Borders? Introduction  In a new round of peace negotiations that took place on March 29...

Need for Accountability of Predatory Corporations

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Abstract The increased power of non-state actors in developing countries has given multinational corporations considerable influence over the human rights of citizens. Corporations now have power w...

Neorealism and Classical Realism in International Relations

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Neorealism and classical realism Realism is any thought of international relations that takes the state as a unit analysis and that postulates that it defends its national interest and a...

Neorealist and Constructivist Views of Anarchy

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What do you understand by an “anarchic system of states”? How do neorealists (Grieco) and constructivists (Wendt) differ in their understandings of anarchy? Anarchy is often seen as ...

NGOs in global politics and state sovereignty

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Introduction This discussion examines the increasing influence of NGOs in global politics and focuses specifically on the role of development NGOs and the way in which they have challenged traditional...

North Korea: Antagonistic to the West

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Why is North Korea so antagonistic to the West? What can western countries do to bring North Korea to negotiating table in an amicable way? Elucidate your answer. Introduction   North Korea (N...

Nuclear Warfare: A Conflict of Deterrence

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Nuclear warfare is often posited as essentially different from conventional warfare.  Certainly they are conceived of as so, since dominating the cultural imagination in the Second World War (Gamson,...

Obama Administration's Decision To Use UAVs in Pakistan

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This paper will attempt to dissect, analyse and understand how and why the Obama administration increased the use of remote piloted vehicles in his first term as President....

Obstacles to Preventing States from Reaching Agreements in International Environmental Problems

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In this essay I will discuss the claim ‘There are significant obstacles that prevent states from reaching agreements to address international environmental problems’, with reference to two environmental problems featured in Block 2....

Orientalism in Politics: Arab Spring and US Travel Ban

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Orientalism: The Arab Spring and U.S. Travel Ban President Donald Trump has continuously urged Arab and Islamic leaders to unite and contribute their share in the name of defeating Islamist extrem...

Overview of the Cuban Missile Crisis

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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a period of extreme tension and conflict between the USA and Cuba and the USSR in October 1962; it was characterized by decisions made by both John F Kennedy and Nikita K...

Overview of the Indus Qater Treaty

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CHAPTER V From time immemorial man has been emotionally attached to water. Water disputes have existed throughout the history of mankind and various mechanisms to deal with problems have been tried. S...

Pakistani & Indian Relations

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Introduction: From the beginning the seeds of conflicted have been impartially implanted in the roots of Pak-India Relations. These two nations never considered each other as their friends but remain...

Peacekeepin Peace Building And World Politics International Relations Essay

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At the end of the cold war, internal conflicts around the world accounted for enormous loss of lives in which civilian non-combatant involved were estimated at about 90% (UNDP 2002, P.85). This tr...

Personal Development in Human Relations

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Robert McGregor Section I Is Human Relations (HR) an art or a science? Personally, I believe that HR is a science that must be artfully managed to utilize lessons learned and best practices for impr...

PESTLE Analysis for Turkey

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Introduction The report will consist of different aspect of factors to consider for moving the plant into Turkey. The area which will be covered will be the PESTLE analysis along side with the Porter...

Political and Economic Factors in International Relations

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Faculty of Economics and Management “Which of the two suppose nowadays a greater danger for justice in IR: political or economic factors” Justice in International Relations Introduction T...

Political and Social Development in Pakistan

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Table of Contents Research Report Introduction Objective Research questions Research Methodology 1.Primary data 2.Secondary data Literature review Variables Independent variable ...

Political Science: Israel's Relationship with Palestine

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Introduction Almost invariably, the relationship between the Jewish nation and Palestinians, has for decades been a critical regional as well as global security issue, which has in the r...

Political Subjectivity Theories Analysis

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Power, Freedom, Justice: Explorations in Political Subjectivity Reflective Logs: The purpose of this paper is to reflect on how the following thinkers studied in the module engaged with Kant`s concep...

Postcolonial International Relations Theory

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This paper aims to explore how postcolonial IR theory offers an alternative to mainstream IR, which is known to have neglected Third World issues....

Practice of Hegemony in International Relations

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What is meant by the word ‘Hegemony’ in International Relations and how has the ‘practice’ of hegemony changed? The phenomenon of hegemony in world politics is defined as the po...

Public Opinion and Military Intervention

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For modern day states, especially democracies, the outcome of a military intervention is not just determined by the outcome on the battlefield but is also to a huge extent determined by the public op...

Puerto Rico's Relationship with the United States

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 In the year 1898, there was a war between Spain and the United States that started the way Puerto Rico would look like for many years to come. The United States went into the war of 1898 wh...

Radical Feminism in Saudi Arabia

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Feminism is the only analytical lens which conveys the depth of female oppression under the essentially patriarchal society in Saudi Arabia. Both the public and private spheres within Saudi Arabia in...

Realism and Liberalism: Iran, China and Russia

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The United States is increasingly being disturbed by the aggressive behavior of Iran, Russia, and China. For instance, China is making hostile moves in its coastal waters while Putin forces are grabbing Crimea. On the other hand, Iran is trying...

Realist Theory of International Relations

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Introduction Sovereign States are the main actors in International system, and they are the most influential when it comes to the International stage. States are majorly concerned about their securit...

Reasons Why Catalonia Wants Independence

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Catalonia’s Pursuit of Independence “No podem ser si no podem ser lliures.” This quote from Catalan poet Salvador Espriu roughly translates to “We cannot be if we can’t be free” a stat...

Relationship between Europe and the United States

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Europe versus the United States   Relations between the two transatlantic allies are certainly not at their best. With  Trump Administration’s continued slippage...

Religion and International Relations

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Introduction Religion (noun): the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. In modern times, religion isn’t just the belief and worship of a supern...

Review of China's Relationship with Africa

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This review will take an in-depth analysis of human development in the region and specific factors that contribute to Chinese investments and whether or not they show significant results in determining the improvement of life of the general population in Sub-Saharan African countries....

Rise of Diplomacy in US foreign Policy

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INTRODUCTION Waging a war against any opponent has a huge impact on any nation. Its adverse effects are psychological, social, moral and economical. Although objectives if achieved through the war mi...

Rise of Ethics in Foreign Policy

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International Relations The Rise of Ethics in Foreign Policy International relations have thrived due to the success of the globalization. Globalization has increased the rate ...

Role of ASEAN in Conflict Management

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The “ASEAN Way” A Critical Assessment of the Role of ASEAN inConflict Management in Southeast Asia Introduction The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been at the forefro...

Role of the UN in Peace-Support Operations

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THE ROLE OF THE UN IN PEACE-SUPPORT OPERATIONS: A CASE STUDY OF MALI INTRODUCTION: Since the transformation of evolution of modern state system following the treaty of west phalli in 1648, the intern...

Russia as a Threat to the US

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This essay will examine Russia as the most significant security threat/security challenge confronting the U.S. The grand strategy to address that threat is retaking the offensive. Additionally, the i...

Russia as the Dominant Power in Central Asia

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From a historical point of view, the Central Asian region is closely connected with the events that took place in Russia, China, Iran and the Hindustan Peninsula, and the Silk Road created strong conditions for inter-regional ties and trade...

Russo-Turkey Relations and the Middle East

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Abstract The relation which Turkey share with Russia in the recent decades has been an example of truly bonding nature. Over a prolonged friendly relation for more than two decades, Turkey’s rel...

Saudi Arabia's Relationship with the UK

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All in all, despite the fact that there are some unmistakable similitudes between the way of life of the two nations, there are additionally numerous distinctions. These distinctions are to a great extent a result of religion and history. Later on, almost certainly, the connection between the way of life will change....

Security issue on terrorism

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When it comes to the word terrorism,what is it? Terrorism is a sudden attack by a small group of people called terrorist that wanted to show their feeling or to get what they want through violent act,...

Social Constructivism and the Cold War

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Introduction This essay will answer the question on ‘how’ the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has changed its operations to tackle with the changing world landscape, especially afte...

Sports and International Relations

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In the past, international relations (IR) mainly focused on the high political issues such as military and economic issues. However, the nature of international politics has changed dramatically recen...

Stalin and the Korean War

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To what extent was Stalin’s policy the principle cause of the Korean War (1950-53)? Introduction The Korean War is often referred to as a battle between communism and capitalism. It succeede...

Strategies for the Prevention of Conflicts

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How can we stop people from harming others?            ‘An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of intervention’ (Menkhaus, 2...

Sustainable design, solution for global warming

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Abstract “The earth belongs to the living. No man may by natural right oblige the lands he owns or occupies, or those that succeed him in that occupation, to debts greater than those that may be...

System of cyber warfare

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Introduction: Could hackers get into the main computer systems that run fundamental elements of the most world’s infrastructure information’s? Today it’s not only possible, but all o...

Terrorism as global phenomenon

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One man’s terrorist, they say, is another’s freedom fighter. Terrorism is a global phenomenon that is complicated to define and explain. It is a matter of varying perceptions. A Palestinia...

Terrorism Prevention Program for Homeland Security

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The Department of Homeland Security’s vision is a homeland that is safe, secure, and resilient against terrorism and other hazards, where American interests, aspirations, and way of life can t...

Terrorist Attacks Causes and Effects

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Introduction In recent years, terrorist attacks have increased enormously. According to Paul Wilkinson in his book “Terrorism Versus Democracy: The Liberal State Response” (2011), terrorism still...

The 1948 Arab-Israeli War

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The  1948 Arab-Israeli  War The  War  of  1948,  which  pitted  Israel  against  the  Arabic  nations  of  Egypt,&#...

The Absolute War

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In order to understand why absolute war does not occur in reality, the ‘absolute war’ should be defined in the first place. It should be underlined that ‘absolute war’ differs ...

The alternative globalisation

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Introduction Globalisation is an ongoing process by which countries and their economic, political and social spheres integrate on a daily basis. Being part of national states, people become citizens o...

The China-US Trade War: Causes and Impacts

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The aim of this paper is to analyse the current trade dispute between China and the United States of America and argue its negative and positive impacts....

The communist ideology

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The main events of the latter half of the 20th Century remain a topic of intense debate with the reasoning behind these events still a source of speculation. This essay will examine the key events in ...

The Decline of the Relationship between the US and North Korea

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The Fog of War: Declining North Korea-United States Relations from Clinton to Trump The sporadic surges in North Korean hostility amidst an already acrimonious United States-North Korea relationsh...

The Democratic Peace Theory

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The primary claim of democratic peace proponents is that democratic states do not wage war against each other[1]. This theory is based on the findings of Immanuel Kant in the late 18th century. In h...