Council on Foreign Relations

The problem for foreign language education in the United States is there is an unanswered need for comprehensive bilingual studies focused on practical conversation. The United States has been regarded as a dominant power in the global economy. However, the Chinese economy is predicted to overcome the U.S. economy in size after 2030, and Latin America and South Asia are growing as well (Council of Foreign Relations). In addition, while there are 527 million English speakers worldwide; there are…

formed by a President, Prime Minister, and the executive cabinet. The Prime Minister and the cabinet are appointed by the President with approval of the legislature. The legislative branch is bicameral, with a 450 person ‘Duma’ and the 166 persons ‘Council’ (CIA factbook). The legislative branch is shaped as representative democracy. Russia is divided into 83 different federal subjects or ‘states’. They are organized and governed in slightly different manners and many are designated strictly for…

advantage is a cheap labor argument. According to which some countries such as China, with lower wages produce products at lower cost and become competitive in international trade and there is no way to other countries but protect their economies from foreign competition. However many economist explained the cheap labor argument as “fallacy”. According to the law of comparative advantage, countries should specialize in which they have comparative advantage (more efficient in production) and…

that institutions or governments take (Altbach, 2002). Some examples of this include internationalizing the curriculum to include programs of study such as area and international studies and international relations; foreign language study and training; recruiting, hosting, and advising foreign students; education abroad and exchange programs; and developing partnerships and strengthening cooperation with institutions abroad (de Wit, 2002). promoting international education and…

Particularly, The Kingdom of Cambodia, one of the countries that suffered from experience of colonialism, has strengthened the international relation with one of the superpowers known as the People’s Republic of China. Thus, analyzing about the politics, economics, and security between both countries is the significant implication of Sino-Cambodia relation. 2. Research Questions This paper aims to explain the aspects behind the…

The Cuban Missile Crisis triggered a series of treaties to be agreed upon throughout the years of 1961-1979, which had a major calming effect on international relations. Unsurprisingly, the majority of the major treaties signed were based around nuclear disarmament or limitations, the first of those being the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1963. “The treaty was a small but significant step toward the control of nuclear weapons. In the years to come, discussions between the United States and the…

author, Burton I. Kaufman is a Professor of History at Kansas State University and he wrote many other books including, Efficiency and Expansion: Foreign Trade Organizations in the Wilson Administration, The Oil Cartel Case and Trade and Aid: Eisenhower’s Foreign Economic Policy, 1953-1961. The Korean War was written with the purpose emphasize the foreign policy decisions that directed U.S. involvement in Korea and that significantly defined America’s role as a world military-political power.…

monarchy in 1883 when the French arrived. The French demanded a protectorate but the Madagascar refused, so the French took their measures and bombarded the cities. Therefore, in 1885, they established a protectorate over Madagascar. Madagascar’s foreign affairs were from now on there to be looked after by France; there is to be a French resident at court; and the region around Diégo-Suarez was to be ceded to France as a useful naval…

look at the Arctic through the lenses of the liberalist, realist and neoliberals schools of thought in International Relations. The liberalist view argues that there is cooperation in the Arctic because the countries are interdependent. The realist view holds that power politics drives the interaction amongst states, stressing the competitive and conflictual side of Arctic relations. On the other hand, Neoliberalism recognizes the existence of an anarchic system but highlights all the…

For centuries, if not millennia, the nature of international relations was largely defined through the continued practice of attempting to achieve a nation’s own interests, no matter the cost directed towards other states. However, after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States emerged as the victor of the Cold War and as the new unchallenged global hegemonic power, with no other state able to match its power and influence. This resulted in some experts believing that this would…