Balance of power in international relations

My motivation for pursuing a Ph.D. in Political Science at UC San Diego (UCSD) emanates from my lifelong goal to be a leading scholar in the fields of International Relations and Comparative Politics, teaching and conducting research at a major research university. UCSD’s Department of Political Science’s model of cross-disciplinary work, ethos on close mentoring and supervision, emphasis on methodology and multivariate analysis, wealth of world-class faculty across subfields, combined with the…

Free Trade or Isolationism In principle, we can take for granted that free international trade brings the maximum benefit to world economy. If two countries completely remove trade barriers on the way of commodity streams, both of them will be the winners, and total growth rate of economies of these countries will be at maximum. However, it is never impossible to claim that the prize from free trade will be identical to both countries, most likely one country will win more, than the other will,…

of the Cold War brought the bipolar international system of superpowers, United States and Soviet Union, to an end. Since this time international order has been filled with uncertainty, change, and chaos. Globalization is one reason chaos has been created in the international system. The terms of state relationships have changed. States now must be dependent on each other as events outside their state have more impact than ever before and require international cooperation. Globalization has…

order generally refers to the structure, functioning, and organization of the international political system, at a particular time, that affects the relations and security of nation-states. While traditionally, the key actors and stakeholders of the international order were nation-states, in recent times we have witnessed the rise of non-state actors that are…

contractually obligated ruler, the Hobbesian understanding of the reason of leviathans supports a beneficial commonwealth in both theory and practice. On the international level, too, Hobbes presents an illustration of foreign relations that rings true with flawed 21st century “America first” rhetoric and frequent disregard for international law; he provides an imperfect truth but he thus allows for recognition of the faults of reality and still demonstrates how imperfect leviathans can rule for…

If we look at Reagan and Thatcher’s domestic policies, they had many reasons to strengthen the relations between the United States and the United Kingdom as they shared a similar vision of politics, economics and society. Regarding foreign relations, they were determined to protect the West from the communist threat. Reagan no longer wanted to follow the policy of containment, limiting the spread of the soviet block, but he wanted to roll back communism, to eradicate it rather than contain it.…

1.1) Unemployment rates with regards to general population have decreased by 1%(27,7% to 26,7%) between the 3rd and 4th quarter of 2017. This is due to more jobs being created and more international businesses expanding in South Africa such as Starbucks and Domino’s Pizza. Even though a decline was experienced in the unemployment rate across all age groups, the youth has the highest unemployment rate of 29,7% which is the equivalent of approximately 3,1 million people. 1.2) Social factor: The…

The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act (1900) set of fundamental laws that dictate how powers are granted, ordered and exercised within the Australian Commonwealth. As Australia’s social and political climate changes with time, the constitution is changed due to it’s out-dated, irrelevant or lack of clauses. This can happen in several ways with two distinct outcomes – its form can be altered (the actual text and clauses of the written act change) or its operation can be reinterpreted.…

Lillian Mannino is a Human Resource Manager at UC San Diego Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies. Throughout her ten-year career in HR, she has experienced various changes in employee relations and data processing. As a HR manager, her objective is to maximize the strategic use of human resources. She handles recruiting and staffing, employee relations, policy development, and compensation and benefit administration. In the evolving work force, the Internet has shaped…

in human history. With such death and destruction seen through this 4 year international conflict, a variety of international relation theories have arose trying to determine the causation of the war; of the theories that have arose, Neorealism and Neoliberalism seem the best at explaining the conflict. Of these two theories, I believe that Neorealism best explains the war aspirations of both the Allied and Central Powers. Beginning on the theory of Neoliberalism; it begins with a theory in…