Power in international relations

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…

1.The central argument of the Asiaphoria by Lant Pritchett and Larry Summers Asiaphoria was first defined by Lant Pritchett and Larry Summers (2014) as a view that Asian Giants, especially China and India will increasingly shape and dominate the global economy. Although many scholars hare the idea that Asian Giants will continue to grow at high growth rate, like Justin (2016) and Pradeep (2015), let alone similar claim from World Bank, Pritchett and Summers do not agree with Asiaphoria and…

one of the leading theorists in the subject of "discourse", he believes that "in every society the production of discourse is at once controlled, selected, organized and redistributed by a certain number of procedures whose role is to ward off its powers and dangers, to gain mastery over its chance events, to evade its ponderous, formidable materiality." (Foucault, 52) Accordingly, Edward Said has used Foucault's concept of discourse to analyze Orientalism; in "The Orientalism" he stated that:…

International Relation’s Home Assignments Huang Peiyang--177IB03I 1 1. What are the vulnerabilities of mutual deterrence? Mutual deterrence means the maintenance of peace between opposing sides by each having a sufficient strike capacity to deter the other from initiating armed conflict. The typical example of mutual deterrence would be the situation during the Cold War where the U.S and the Soviet Union tried to avoid a hot war throughout the world because of fearing the possible threatening…

and Tucker. According to these authors, civilizational factors alone are insufficient in producing greater risk of conflict. Other factors such as regime-type, geographical proximity, modernization, military capabilities, Cold war blocs, and major power status affect the prospects for conflict involvement between states as well. I will focus on regime-type, geographical proximity and military capabilities. The authors have their arguments against CoC theory supported by research findings. I find…

Power Transition, Balance of Power, and the Rise of China: A Theoretical Reflection about Rising Great Powers By: Shih-yueh Yang Summary In his introduction Yang states that there is a “uncertain” understanding of what the consequences might be of China’s rise to power as the global hegemon (pg. 36). Throughout his article he critiques A. F. K. Organski’s theory of power transition, Mearsheimer’s the balance of power, and then at the end presents a revised version of the two that uses are few…

American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword Seymour M. Lipset American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword is a well-known piece of work that has significantly contributed to the study of American politics. Although the concept of American exceptionalism has been introduced since the beginning of Alexander de Tocqueville’s time, Seymour M. Lipset takes this research further by analyzing American exceptionalism with greater depth. As a scholar with great reputation, Seymour M. Lipset…

Power is defined as ‘the ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way’. Foreign intervention is when nations, or organizations are able, or obliged to intervene in the affairs of another nation. Responsibility is defined as ‘the state or being accountable for something’, and means that a state must behave what is deemed as ‘morally right’. Why must ‘great power’ be wielded with ‘great responsibility’? If not done so, this power may have severe repercussions, and the potential…

Violence in Gaza “Peace can happen in 24 hours....just like war can happen in 24 hours.” Sari Nusseibeh. This quote from Nusseibeh seems almost too good to be true, especially for countries like Gaza. War and violence is something that seems nearly impossible to fix in just 24 hours like Nusseibeh implies. And seems nearly impossible for the citizens of Gaza who are constantly having to deal with the conflict between Palestine and Israel. The novel, Gaza Writes Backs is composed of…

Question NO 4 How did Mackinder’s observation of ongoing conflict between sea-based and land-based power influence the development of British foreign policy? To explain this essay question about Mackinder’s observation of ongoing conflict between sea-based and land-based power influence the development of British foreign policy; Mackinder is extensively supposed as the most authoritative defender of established geopolitics, and his lessons about the Pivot of British History and Heartland are…