Council on Foreign Relations

legacy in relation to Iran, contributed to the openness, which America put forth in negotiating the…

A persuasive foreign policy argument is vital as it interprets the relationship with other states and dictates how to interact within the international arena. It is a reflection of how the country sees the world and how it will approach it. For the United States, an effective foreign policy argument is vital to the maintenance of their great power position and to achieve their national interest. Therefore, this policy should also have an effective grasp of international relations theories like…

The president can conduct foreign relations, Congress can only influence them. Foreign policy is defined as “A nation’s collective decisions about relations with other nations.” (Understanding American Politics, P 435). Key players determine and influence public policy, which usually affects domestic policy-decisions affecting citizens. Since 1945, major policy initiatives came from the White House. Every foreign policy is subjected to searching examination, it needs authorizations. The…

West Bengal, India stated that, “Child marriage is a social menace. It is a socioeconomic problem” (Council on Foreign Relations). Child marriages continues the cycle of poverty. Girls who are married at a young age drop out of school to take care of their husbands family. Therefore, they never get a job and are unable to make money to support themselves or their community (Council on Foreign Relations). The first step to ending poverty in these developing countries is ending child marriages and…

short film “If You Come Back We Will Kill You” stated, in just three months over 400 children in El Salvador are victims of gang homicides. In impoverished countries in the Northern Triangle, law enforcement is corrupt. According to the Council of Foreign Relations,…

Great Britain but America believed war was necessary in order to force Britain to withdraw impressment and unfair trade regulations. Therefore, the War of 1812, fought between America and Britain, is a second war for independence that caused foreign relations with Britain and France to weaken and an increase of nationalism in the United States. The ban of trade, such as the Embargo Act, made America and Britain economically depressed. In the year…

kingdom of Bhutan opened its doors to tourism in 1974, the country has experienced consistent growth and development. Tourism in Bhutan has made major contributions to the economy by generating employment and surplus revenue for the government (Tourism Council of Bhutan, n.d). The tourism industry in Bhutan is based on principles of Gross National Happiness; implementing the strategy of high-value, low volume to prompt economic growth and to diminish poverty (Sasiwan, 2016). Tourism in Bhutan…

Because Cuba is controlled by the Cuba government and it controls all aspects of Cuba, getting the permission is necessary if the foreign companies want to enter the Cuba market. The American companies also need to get the permission from American government. Besides, the American companies also have to understand the limits of trading with Cuba, and understand the laws of Cuba and…

constructing their own nations. But, institutionalism bridges a gap between the both of them. Institutionalism functions as a neutral territory that aims to diffuse potentially competing and conflicting issues. Realism, being the oldest International Relations theory gives a pessimistic view of human nature. Realists believe that. Some of the known Realists who shaped the ideals of Realism include Thucydides, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Carr, etc. All these realists have much in common and that the…

Ireland as a state is a member of many international organisations, including the United Nations and the Council of Europe. The state is also a party to many international treaties and conventions. However, even though these agreements have been signed and acknowledged, they have no legal force within the state. The reason for this is because Ireland takes a dualist approach to international law. Monism and dualism are theories describing the relationship between international law and domestic…