Balance of power in international relations

the anarchy that is international relations, as the United States did after World War II. Cooperation following World War II was much a result of the influence and power the United held, as an effect of spillover from such a…

From the works of Thucydides, realism was created and has become a major paradigm in international politics. Thucydides studied the Polynesian War between Athens and Sparta, and he studied the relations between these city-states. From his many observations, he put a focus on how the balance of power is a major factor in international politics as well as the importance of the state. The state is an essential component of realism and it is the foundation for many of the central assumptions coming…

Introduction: Liberalism is one of the primary schools of international relations theory or hypothesis. Liberalism originates from the Latin word "liber" meaning "free". “ Liberalism is a political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality”. The basis of liberalism is based on an understanding of private property, the freedom to express idea. Liberalism is the social structure and not included in the context of political party. The purpose of liberal program is to…

the international, or third image, motives for the way states behave. It stresses the fact that anarchy in the international system leads states to being self-interested and seeking to accumulate as much power as possible, foregoing any other states. There are three different types of realist thinking: human nature, defensive, and offensive. Human nature realism is a first image theory, which means that it focuses on the idea that individual choices are what causes outcomes in international…

The study of international relations not only questions the global affairs of the past and of the present, but also of the future. Scholars such as Susan Strange and Robert Gilpin––whose arguments will be examined in this paper––sought to predict what the role of the state would be in the generations to come. By examining the function of the state through an international political economy perspective, the authors present their own predictions which are strikingly opposed to one another. Both of…

Theories can help simplify the complexities of international politics. Theories help create an abstract understanding and an explanation of why and how the states behave. Realism, liberalism, and constructivism all have different perspectives of how the states should operate, but not one of those theories is more accurate than the other or explains the real world problems. I organized this paper based on the most famous theories: realism,liberalism, and constructivism along with their core…

domestic and international level ? - What is the effect of the market system in matters like war and peace? By which the author premised that the three ideologies (economic liberalism, economic nationalism, and Marxism)…

According to General Paiva, “International greed for riches of the Brazilian Amazon features a concrete threat to the sovereignty and territorial integrity, as it involves interests that tend to be vital in the future, for the global powers". This statement reflects a national concern about the federal autonomy in the region and the real foreigners ' intentions. International´s interest in the Amazon Rainforest resources is the most important national security threat facing Brazilian…

International relations, like most things in the political arena, is influenced by ideology which is at the root of the competing impulses driving U.S. foreign policy, internationalism and unilateralism (Kaufman, 2014). The decisions political leaders make are often influenced by their preconceptions about how the world works. These preconceptions are often created from theories. In his “One World, Rival Theories”, Jack Snyder makes the case that out of the three dominant theories guiding…

which looked into organizational culture and then placed it in culture and relationships and human values at the center. There are six key parts in the six dimension approach; cross cultural dimension, cultural beliefs of the individuals, international relations, and management. In this paper, I explore how I can adapt my leadership approach to lead a group based upon Geert Hofstede’s six dimensions if I were the CEO of a multinational…