International relations theory

offensive-minded neorealists argued that power maximization by great powers is unavoidable. This view is best represented by Mearsheimer’s (2014) book The tragedy of Great Power Politics. Arguing for great powers’ ambition to seek regional and international hegemony, the book argues that balancing behaviors of existing great powers against rising great powers which try to translate latent (in the original use, economic power, and population size largely) power to military power, may lead to…

Over the past few decades, many people believe that we have been living in a unipolar system, with United State as the central domination. However, entering the twenty first century, China has stand up with strong economic development to be a new polar of super power. As Chinese market going strong, many believe that the Western era will soon be over. Following the rise of China’s economy and its behavior towards regional power, many arguments rise on whether China will rise peacefully or not.…

Why is US foreign policy pulled to extreme of either doing too much or nothing at all? Give Examples. The inability of U.S. foreign policy to stay effective is because the United States is trapped into a very passive commitment in which America has to continuously support its alliances that are not producing anything good to America as promised. Foreign assistance, which is supposed to improve the well-being of recipient countries, goes directly to small collations. America, with the fear of…

Global environmental politics is a moderately new field of study within the international community that originated in the early 1970’s and focuses on the interaction of humans and the environment. It has seen significant growth since its inception largely due to the rising worry about environmental issues and the effects of climate change. This paper will respond to the central problem facing global environmental politics to the extent of such problems like global warming, the hole in the ozone…

In international politics, the driving forces behind many of the world’s actions possess similar characteristics. They are driven predominately by material interests, power statuses, and wealth, or realism, as opposed to a combination of ideologies, identities, loyalties, and emotions, or liberalism. Political speech may be riddled with these emotional calls for action, but behind closed doors, politicians discuss the language of realist goals. Realist interests are exemplified in the notion…

presidential supporters these are different than the two as in there loyalties, and opinions directly reflect those of the president they serve under. Due to this they are more concerned with the president’s domestic popularity and issues rather than international conflicts. Overall, while the Hawk and Dove concept seems more of a stable relationship, with the two swinging into power and influence back and forth like a pendulum, the presidential supporters, seem to not only cause conflict…

Internship at IAVA Intro The time I spent interning on “The Hill” has made me appreciate the education I receive from my home institution of Ball State University. This experience as further enhanced my understanding of political organizations and the base definition of politics provided by Dr. Brandon Waite in POLS 237, “Politics is who gets what, when, and how”. Over the summer I realized that it is impossible to accommodate every program and bureaucratic budget through the 1.1 trillion dollar…

the promotion of scientific development, harmonious development and peaceful development, but also conducive to promoting the transformation of the international system, the construction of a harmonious world and the progress of human civilization. One At present, the economic globalization has been far beyond the economic field, is on the international political, security, social and cultural fields, such as the growing impact of a wide range of. The…

Canada’s experience as an international relative has been a brief and recent development compared to many other countries. Due to the heroic efforts done in part by Canadian soldiers in World War One, Canada was gifted the statue of Westminster. This gift signaled the end of British primacy to our foreign policy, and crafted Canada’s foreign strategy that has been known around the world for many decades. Canada’s role in World War two to help aid in the fight of Nazism and Fascism played a…

The United States ranks first with a GDP of 16.2 trillion dollars, with China at second with 8.2 trillion dollars (Greenberg and Page, 572). America’s economy is lucrative on a global scale because of their broad international customer base. Many foreign businesses and individuals rely and trust on American products because the country creates high-caliber products in the market. Having something essential to offer to the table, America can establish alliances and maintain…