International humanitarian law

Realism is a broad paradigm in which it is a view of international politics that stresses its competitive and conflictual side. Realists often trace their intellectual roots to Thucydides classic account of Peloponnesian war in the fifth century B.C. At their core realists’ theories have a pragmatic approach to international relations describing the world as it is not as it ought to be. Realist believe that power is the currency of international politics. Great powers, the main actors in the…

Europeanization refers to adoption and spreading of European cultures, ideas, policies and economies. It could also refer to the institutionalization of European symbols and icons. European identity formation and citizenship building are being attained through Europeanization. One issue related to this process is identifying whether there really is Europe. There is no document directly stating what Europe is and which states are parts of it. Not knowing the boundaries and not having a concrete…

International Political Economy or IPE is one of social science studies that focusing on the correlation between economy and politics internationally. IPE will be focuses on international economic growth, international welfare, international finance, hegemony, etc. In this subject, it seems like there is no boundaries between economy and politics. They related and influence one another. After the colonial period, Indonesia has experienced a lot of progress for both domestic affairs and foreign…

Key trends in the transport industry which will have a significant impact on the logistics industry in the future. The logistics industry faces many problems towards reaching sustainability. Nationalisation and globalisation in recent years has placed an important role on logistics in the economy. Transport occupies a large amount of the South African logistics GDP costs. Although transport logistics is a strong contender in the overall logistics operations, it does face several problems and…

The British, French , and Spanish governments had policies that prohibited trade between territories owned by different countries. The laws forced all island plantation produce to be sent to Europe.The laws limited the amount of product coming in to areas that needed them, and forced people to smuggle them in, and also were a lot cheaper than the products sold by people such as the English. While smuggling was beneficial economically toward areas that needed them, they negatively affected legal…

MEXICO GEOGRAPHY & TOPOGRAPHY Located at the border of the USA and south east to Gutemala is Mexico. Mexico is the 13th largest country in the world. Mexico is over 700 thousand square miles. With it being at least one fifth the size of the USA, Mexico has a population of 120 million people. Mexico can be partitioned into nine topographic locales: the Mexican Plateau, the Sierra Madre Oriental, the Sierra Madre Occidental, the Cordillera Neo-Volcánica, the Gulf Coastal Plain, the Pacific…

unchecked.”(Stewart 59) According to Amnesty International, “The death penalty legitimizes an irreversible act of violence by the state and will inevitably claim innocent victims.” The drastic measure of capital punishment should not be taken. It does not allow the opportunity for the accused to be proven innocent, a violation of the Fifth Amendment which guarantees due process of law. Proponents of the death penalty say it is an important tool for preserving law and order, deters crime, and…

The European explorations of Asia and the America’s forever altered life in Europe. A desire for new sources of wealth was the main reason for the beginning of European explorations. Explorations presented the opportunities to gain status and wealth. Some ways exploration altered life was that it led to new navigational techniques being introduced in European. This increased the knowledge of European sailors and led to many more explorations to Asia and the Americas. Several European countries…

Pietra Rivoli's novel The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy explores society on a global perspective as it dawns on the foundations and the situation of the world economy. Through a comprehensive investigative report, Rivoli dedicated her life to a noteworthy cause and exposed the fabric of not only society but rather how the world works. The challenges she surpassed amount to how the message she wanted to spread and disperse started out as a speck of curiosity from a t-shirt on sale…

Free trade imperialism was a 19th century English movement that started a focus on commercial takeover, rather than colonization and territorial expansion. Over time, the phrase started to refer to the use of military and power to force weaker countries to give access to their markets to more powerful states. The result of this rule was the rise of an informal economic control. Free trade imperialism was practiced by many colonial states, but was mainly associated with British policies,…