Institutions of the European Union

The end of the Cold War marked a new beginning of time for international relations. The triumph of liberal democracy meant the expansion of capitalism and globalization. Economically and socially, states were more interconnected. However, states also started to experience new forms of threats. For a long time, it was assumed that states were the primary actors in the international relations. Based on this, it was assumed that the threat of a state was another state. The focus of security…

interview given days before the President outlined a view for the next four years of foreign policy through trade, immigration, and a push for stronger military and borders. The interview focus on the topics of immigration or refugees and the European Union to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to domestic and international relations importance of trade and military. These different topics can be analyzed through international relation theories of realism, constructivism, and liberalism.…

Finland There are several reasons why people decide to migrate to other countries. Whether, it is for education or monetary reason there are immigrants from other countries living in Finland. Individuals generated different opinions regarding immigration because of distinctive reasons. To examine individuals’ attitude towards immigrants is importance to identify the factors that influences such opinions. I would like to investigate how does economic circumstances can influence attitude towards…

Feudalism Before the French Revolution beginning in 1789 and with the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, the French had an unfair tax system. The lords kept big chunks of the taxes that were supposed to be given to the Kings and the peasants were having a difficult time living off of what they earned. French merchants and manufacturer were able to collect huge wealth from marketing profits, but they were lacking fair representation in the feudal system of the ruling class. Noble and clergy did not…

Although there are numerous international relations theories that exist within the world today, not many clash like neorealism and idealism do. Where neorealists see a world full of actors focused on achieving power for survival, idealists see many actors attempting to achieve that same survival through the use of cooperation instead of force. When neorealists say that power is the best means for survival, idealists assert that survival is not in power, but rather in cooperation and…

The Act came into full force in the United Kingdom in the month of October in the year 2000. The human rights act of 1998 is made up by a series of sections that have the impact of codifying the protections in the European Convention on Human Rights into law in the United Kingdom. As such, each of the public bodies including courts, hospitals, local governments and publicly funded schools among others are bound to comply with the convention rights by all means 5. The…

Introduction German, as one of the EU initial establishers, plays a significant role in the European politic and economic framework. (Daniela, 2012) The EU background becomes one of the most important factors to analyze German political risks when doing the wine exporting to that country. All the exporting countries have to follow the EU GATT,,,------Relationship with Aus? Any problem?list 3 of them Internal Political Environment “German government is parliamentary and a democratic…

After the Second World War, Germany was divided into four zones. “These occupation zones had been drawn during the war by the European Advisory Commission” (Maddox 1320) the four zones were; the American Zone of Occupation, the British Zone, French Zone and the Soviet Zone. Frankfurt was under the control of the Americans, Bad Oeynhausen under the control of the British, Baden-Baden under French control and East Berlin under Soviet control. With Germany being divided in four, issues began to…

When assessing a country there are precautions a business must take. Country risk has been traditionally viewed in terms of political, economic and legal risks. Political risks are often assessed in terms of country stability and sometimes measured by the level of confidence in a government. Economic risks are reflected in levels of national growth, inflation, unemployment, balance of trade and taxes. Legal risks are traditionally viewed in terms of common law, civil law, and theocratic law. How…

Introduction The European Union – EU consists of 28 countries that participates in the world economy as one economic unit and partly operates under one official currency, the euro. England is one of the biggest members; however, instead of adopting the euro, they still keep pound sterling as their official currency. One of the reasons for keeping the pound can certainly be found in British pound attack in 1992 and Quantum fund is blame as the culprit. This paper contains 4 chapters which are…