’TOPIC 1: STUDYING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS * What is the purpose of a theory of international relations? * The human race has deliberated endlessly on history‚ philosophy and politics. While the relations and between nations were studied within these fields‚ international relations (hereafter "IR)‚ as a separate discipline‚ emerged after the Great War. The purpose of IR was‚ at the time of its conception‚ to understand the relations among states and identify the causes of conflict‚ and
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be assured security in the international arena (Lamy and Masker‚ p.75). His perspective on international relations further explains that states do this through a “self-help system” where states‚ distrustful of others‚ conclude that they can only rely on themselves to defend against external threats. They act prioritizing national interests over global ones (Waltz 1986‚ p.101-102). This insecurity that underscores how states conduct themselves in international relations inadvertently provokes other
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The question of whether International Relations is a distinct discipline has been a matter of consistent controversy. However‚ any field of study needs to fulfill certain criteria in order to be classified as a distinct academic discipline. Accordingly‚ I believe‚ that International Relations is indeed a ‘Distinct Discipline’ since it has many characteristics of a distinct academic discipline. International Relations can be interpreted by some to be ‘actual relations between states’ but in the
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Definitions Trevor Taylor (1979) defines International Relations as "a discipline‚ which tries to explain political activities across state boundaries". According to Ola‚ Joseph (1999)‚ "International relations are the study of all forms of interactions that exist between members of separate entities or nations within the international system". Seymon Brown (1988) thus defines international relations as "the investigating and study of patterns of action and “reactions amongsovereign states as
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political and divisive issue in the realm of international relations. Environmental politics as a global enquiry is a fairly new phenomena compared to issues like war‚ peace‚ and economic order. The environment – and more specifically climate change– has only come to be studied and analyzed systematically since the early 1990’s. Solving environmental problems is a problem of conflict and cooperation‚ which can be seemingly difficult to achieve on an international scale – as elucidated by David Hume in
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Introduction The relations between China and North Korea could previously be described as courteous and friendly. However‚ disputes began to arise due to China’s decisions to support the actions of the United States to level sanctions against North Korea. China and North Korea are two major parties in maintaining the international relations in North-East Asia where China is recognized as a global superpower. While‚ North Koreas became a serious threat to South Korea‚ China‚ and the USA as a result
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Question: - Review idealism and realism in international relations. Introduction When studying international relations as an academic discipline studying about Idealism and realism is a major concern. These two approaches are used widely when it comes to decision making procedures. In idealism the decisions are made using ideas. Institutions such as League of Nations‚ United Nations as well as Local organizations like Organization of African Unity are developed according to the idealist tradition
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1. The Balance of Power: Hans Morgenthau a. Balance of power- how power is distributed. i. As a policy aimed at a certain state of affairs ii. As an actual state of affairs iii. As an approximately equal distribution of power iv. As any distribution of power b. The weaker states will balance against the stronger states i. Comparatively‚ a weak state aligning with another weak state will have more influence‚ b/c the weaker state has a great need for assistance. ii. A weak state
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Carla Zappala – Undergraduate Student INS 537 – Comparing Political Economies ESSAY 1 - Part I Origins and evolution of IPE and its relationship with International Relations‚ Comparative Politics and Economics International Political Economy can be defined as the study of how economics and politics influence each other in the global system; the interaction of those two aspects of the global society. IPE focuses how governmental policies affect the way economic resources are used and what
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there are approximately 6‚800 known languages spoken in the 200 countries of the world. This plentiude drifts us into a state of chaos with regard to international organizations and diplomatic reasons. In order to avoid this chaos some people HAVE startED to support the idea that one language spoken worldwide would lead to better international relations. When easy communication is taken into a consideration‚ a single language spoken in the world is highly significant. There are more than 6 billion
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