Balance of power in international relations

provide international public goods (Zoellick 2005). A responsible stakeholder defends the status quo which “recognize[s] that the international system sustains their peaceful prosperity, so they work to sustain that system (Zoellick 2005).” Engaging China to be a responsible stakeholder, thus, defends the status quo order to lower possibility of rising power in revising the status quo forcefully. At the same time, engagement strategy asks rising power to share the burden of providing…

qualities, a great practitioner of secret diplomacy via the back channels and especially his taste for direct meeting with his counterparts. Following the method of realism as what foreign policy can not be based on feelings but on the sentiment of power, Kissinger policy will be based on diplomatic negotiations but while using "a mix of pressure and encouragement ". The diplomatic action, including negotiations with North Vietnam, were well supported by an assertion of American military…

point is to analyze how the differences initiate Siamese-Russian relations between the monarchs in 1897.…

of European history. He had seen how most of the wars in Europe and their colonies started out as a dispute between two powers, but they quickly dragged in their allies into the fight, who had nothing to do with how it started. This was called the Grand Game in European diplomacy, that sought to build interlocking alliances in such a way that would balance out the opposite powers, but often failed, resulting in large casualties and repeated wars. Washington did not want the United States to be…

In actuality, one can predominantly deduce that within the confines of any conflict between nations, lies the failure of international relations. Furthermore, in the late 17th Century, Europe had fashioned itself a tenuous balance of power, as each empire anticipated for the pseudo-armistice to vanish so another attempt for European hegemony (and ultimately) global mastery could begin. Thus, this was the fundamental basis for both the Bourbon Monarchy (France) and the Habsburg Empire (Austria)…

Germany was a growing power during this era and many people feared its conquest to become a ‘Great Power.’ Due to its choice of allies prior to World War I, Germany may have given the impression that they wanted a war. Despite the balance of power the Germany had many advantages and was seen as a potential hegemonic power. A first glance at Germanys decision to support Austria-Hungary makes you wonder why they would align with a weaker power. Germany had other personal motives behind their…

likes of international institutions such as NATO and the United Nations, and other NGOs through a process called multilateralism. NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It was founded in 1949, and its purpose is to create political and militaristic alliances between North American and European countries during and after the Cold War, protecting the security and freedom of all the countries involved with the organization (“What is NATO?”). It was created to maintain the balance…

Short Paper comparing the impact of WW I on the international relations of the Middle East to that of the Cold war During the administration of George H.W. Bush with the collapse of the Soviet Union a “New World Order” was proclaimed. I would put forth that there have been at least three major world orders: after World War I which was marked by increased colonialism. Major world order two, after World War Two and the rise of the super powers, third world order which we are in now- the collapse…

In this essay I will be arguing that although non-intervention is understood as a norm in the field of international law, there are circumstances when humanitarian intervention is necessary in order to respond to serious abuse- such as when a state commits crimes or inflicts abuse upon their own citizens. (Baylis, Smith and Owens 479) Through explanation and analysis of the policies and processes of the United Nations, I will then be presenting arguments, involving the topics of human rights and…

there is a change or shift of the dominant power/powers in an international system. It can be characterized by when hegemony moves from the main hegemonic power to another rising power, or to several other rising powers in the system. Challenges to hegemonic powers that would lead their powers to the hands of others include but are not limited to other powers becoming more economically and technologically advanced the costs of remaining a hegemonic power tend to grow more than the resources…