International Relations Essay

A lot has been said about the connection between immigration and foreign aid especially for developing countries and the developed countries (O 'Flaherty, 25). The article on Migration and Foreign Aid explores the subject further and makes the conclusion that there is a close association between the two. It emerges that there is a direct relationship between the size of immigrants’ population in a foreign country and the corresponding contribution of the host country towards development. The…

Besides above described opportunities, multinational operations have posed many challenges including political differences, command difficulties, interoperability, intelligence sharing, cultural diversity, to mention only few. Political differences are always challenge in multinational operations regardless the similarities of political systems of force contributing countries. Each and every country has its own political system that determines its security and defense policy and respective…

How is Knowledge Constructed in International Relations? International Relations is a branch of political science concerned with relations between nations and primarily with foreign policies. From the study of war and peace, to exploring economic cooperation and environmental conflict, international relations require a systematic approach to identifying fundamental processes and forces of change. For many years, International Relations scholars have debated on methodological issues such as the…

Over the past few decades, many people believe that we have been living in a unipolar system, with United State as the central domination. However, entering the twenty first century, China has stand up with strong economic development to be a new polar of super power. As Chinese market going strong, many believe that the Western era will soon be over. Following the rise of China’s economy and its behavior towards regional power, many arguments rise on whether China will rise peacefully or not.…

offensive-minded neorealists argued that power maximization by great powers is unavoidable. This view is best represented by Mearsheimer’s (2014) book The tragedy of Great Power Politics. Arguing for great powers’ ambition to seek regional and international hegemony, the book argues that balancing behaviors of existing great powers against rising great powers which try to translate latent (in the original use, economic power, and population size largely) power to military power, may lead to…

United States has been the world hegemony since the end of the Second World War and has used its power to promote western values across the globe in many different ways. Some of the ways in which the US’s exerts its hegemonic power can be reflected on the way the world functions today. Its power is embedded in economic policies, environmental agreements, and its global institutions like the IMF and the World Bank “since the early 1990s, U.S. policymakers have embraced primacy and adopted an…

Why is US foreign policy pulled to extreme of either doing too much or nothing at all? Give Examples. The inability of U.S. foreign policy to stay effective is because the United States is trapped into a very passive commitment in which America has to continuously support its alliances that are not producing anything good to America as promised. Foreign assistance, which is supposed to improve the well-being of recipient countries, goes directly to small collations. America, with the fear of…

For centuries, if not millennia, the nature of international relations was largely defined through the continued practice of attempting to achieve a nation’s own interests, no matter the cost directed towards other states. However, after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States emerged as the victor of the Cold War and as the new unchallenged global hegemonic power, with no other state able to match its power and influence. This resulted in some experts believing that this would…

The article chosen for the following article analysis is Ken Booth’s “Security and Emancipation”. Written in 1991, the article explores a new lens at looking at security, expanding from the traditional approach. It begins by discussing how words are extremely inclusive and constantly changing to the times, stating that past terms, such as sovereignty, superpowers, and war, and their definitions are changing and that “world politics require words which imply a more porous, inclusive, and…

countries. However, few have believed that this principle should be absolute. United States has many involvements in international relations that earned it reputation of being the policemen of the world. Because of the world police force military actions or missions in war or conflict has torn areas across the world to enforce global security. Describe the two (2) international events involving the US military from the past five (5) years you investigated that can be traced back to a foreign…