Balance of power in international relations

century there seems to emerge a country with power, the will and the intellectual and moral impetus to shape the entire international system in accordance with its own values. In the seventeenth century, France under Cardinal Richelieu introduced the modern approach to international relations, based on the nation-state and motivated by national interest as its ultimate purpose. In the eighteenth century Great Britain elaborated the concept of the balance of power, which dominated European…

However, despite improving relations with India’s neighbours, Modi struggles in Kashmir due to superficially religious but more likely geopolitical issues. As the balance of power in South Asia shifts towards…

Mark Laffey in his article, "Decolonizing the Cuban Missile Crisis," published in International Studies Quarterly, as “the most dangerous crisis the world has ever seen,” the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 is no exception. According to Dr. Philip Brenner, a professor in the School of International Service at American University, the United States believed that the Soviets were concerned with disrupting the balance of power in world affairs in order to challenge American interests without…

“The world at the beginning of the twenty-first century is a strange cocktail of continuity and change. Some aspects of international politics have not changed since Thucydides. There is certain logic of hostility, a dilemma about security that goes with interstate politics. Alliances, balances of power, and choices in policy between war and compromise have remained similar over the millennia" Since Thucydides era; before the existence of many ideas like nations and politics the struggle for…

transformed the traditional systemic balance of power. He outlines both the declinist and primacist theories to ultimately reveal that both are flawed and then proceeds to present his own argument regarding the durability of a unipolar world order. He concludes that if a unipole employs a grand strategy of defensive accommodation, which allows for the economic growth of rising powers, then the durability of unipolarity will not be undermined, even if rising powers’ economies overtake that of the…

and debates, over which side of the see-saw ‘Middle Power’ Australia will fall, are on going. Will it be to an economically strong China or a historically ‘loyal’ United States. The political battle between these Superpowers for supremacy, will see a scrambling of the middle powers to make supportive statements and muscular actions either for or against. The rise of China has not only had a effect on the influence of its power in the International stage, but it has in turn effected both the…

Conflict or War Analysis Warmongering, power, conflict and war balance the view concept that is involved in the history of a country. Among many another concepts, democracy peace theory is used as a way to which the nations use it to solve their conflict most purposely for political gain. War is defined as an act of violence that is used by one group so as to compel their opponent to fulfill their will; this indicates that at this time the nation has no option other than engaging in war in order…

the United States was accompanied by securitization through economic relations. Many markets were untouchable due to communist regimes where the push to ‘neo-liberalize’ the world was articulated with the language of binary opposites of ‘freedom’ vs. ‘communism’ and ‘free markets’ vs. ‘controlled markets.’ The end of the Cold War allowed for a triumphant neoliberalism where the hegemonic position of the US in the international system from the 1990s on, opened up new opportunities to develop and…

Her study concludes with four basic leadership styles, each determined by leader’s beliefs on control, power, complexity, self confidence, problem solving, trust, and bias (Bova 79). While Treisman doesn’t explicitly define which style he falls under, he uses Hermann’s idea that leadership style is personal and influential to make his argument. When he writes…

BACKGROUND PAPER ON COLOMBIA 1. This is an informative paper on the Republic of Colombia and its influence to the United States of America and beyond. Three key points will be discussed in the following paragraphs, including: politics and social relations; economics and resources; and United States’ interests in Colombia. 2. The Republic of Colombia has three branches of government: legislative, judicial, and executive; the legislative branch, being the dominant branch, is split between the…