Balance of power in international relations

How do Exclusively Executive War Powers impact United States Politics? In terms of US war powers, it is well known that Congress exclusively holds the power in the Constitution to declare war. However, in more recent times, the Presidents have found ways to declare military action without the input of Congress, starting in the Cold War Era and extending into today’s military campaigns. In this paper, I will present current and former positions on the War Powers issue, and explain how in modern…

China has claimed land in the South China Sea, which has threatened neighboring countries and the United States. As US Representative to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), I have come up with a policy that goes along with the current Representative, Secretary Jacob Lew to reduce the threat through economic means. Currently, “The United States does not take a position on the sovereignty of any of the land features in the South China Sea, but we do believe that all claimants should exercise…

Writing in 1912, Karl Liebknacht warns, “All the international conflicts have been brought to their greatest point of intensity. Like a cyclone, imperialism spins across the globe,” and describes the alarming act that is New Imperialism. Historians characterize this nineteenth century phenomena by a flood of newly industrialized countries aiming to gain influence over a foreign group of distant and less-developed people. European countries, motivated by the need to protect their country’s own…

not only the security of particular states or people but the security of the international society and security was not only based on issues between states but issues within states. The Post cold War developments of security led to the concept of human security which emphasizes the security of individuals not of states. The chapter implies that security had remained the crucial and the main subject affair in international system throughout history. Early 20th century was time when both Human…

1/8th of what they could be paid across the boarder in the United States. (Which presents the issue of needing to strike a balance in equality) Is it true that legitimacy, invested in power, can become the supreme power over the sovereign? While there are outliers…for example, kinship-based and nomadic societies, systems defy the power of the sovereign and of international governing bodies. Here, sovereignty remains…

nuclear weapons tolerated given their overwhelming destructive power? This has been justified by the theory of nuclear deterrence. This theory hypothesizes that if a nation armed with nuclear weapons threatens nuclear retaliation, other countries will refrain from initiating a military attack. It began its life after Hiroshima as the threat to destroy cities. During the Cold War, nuclear deterrence preserved the peace between the two great powers by making the resort to a nuclear war irrational.…

Security Dilemma has been one of the core concepts of international relations theory since the past fifty years or so as it has played an important role in explaining the major events in the world such as World War 1 or the cold war. It looks into the problem of states going into war even though they do not desire to only because they feel insecure or threatened by the actions of another state. This term looks into the dynamics of relationships between countries and how lack of communication…

illustrate how one man was capable of coming to power. Composition techniques infused by the photographer heavily reinforced this purpose. In this photo the one technique used is significant background soldiers. The background does not solely complement the subject of Hitler; it tells the story and purpose. The Nazi soldiers support the photograph’s purpose, Hitler’s rise to power. Vantage point in this Hitler image is crucial to its purpose; rise to power. The viewer’s narrative illustrates…

responsibility combined with the need for smaller countries to align themselves with something counter to the growing might of the Soviet Union propelled liberal American ideologies to the forefront of international thinking. With the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 90s the balance of power…

Resolving Conflict: War Versus Peace Throughout history, mankind has struggled to maintain a balance between war and peace. Individuals are continuously attempting to maintain peace, yet they struggle with the prominent reality of conflict and war. Historically, English thinkers have surmised that conflict is an inert quality, yet some think otherwise. Additionally, many people question whether peace or war is more effective in dealing with conflict. More recently, the Modernists—especially…