Power in international relations

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Tillerson outlines the intention of the United States to further relations with India to address the rising Chinese power. He describes the nature of US ties with India as a “strategic relationship.” Moreover, Tillerson highlights how the United States and China will “never have the same relationship” due to China’s communist society and infringements of several international conventions. In his speech, Tillerson makes it evident that the United States views…

The state system has been imbedded in international relations and international politics since the creation of the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648 AD. The Westphalian ‘state system’ saw the end to the destructive thirty-year war in the seventeenth-century, creating a peaceful resolution to end the conflict and establishing territorial sovereignty. The fundamental roles states have been assigned include create justice and order, welfare, freedom, unity and most importantly protection of the people…

The purpose of this paper is to examine Robert Gilpin’s, The Politics of Transnational Economic Relations as well as Robert Cox’s, Gramsci and International Relations Theory: an essay in method. Gilpin’s theory that transnational actors and processes are dependent upon specific patterns of inter-sate relations (Gilpin, 1971, p.404) will be compared and contrasted with Robert Cox’s understanding of Gramsci’s hegemony and how it may be adopted to understand problems of world order. Gramsci’s…

different views on various issues, such as climate change, trade deals and cooperation with other countries. From realism to neo-Marxism, there are many contending theories on international relations, and the candidates’ policy can be interpreted through the different lenses. There are several principal theories of international relations that prove useful in evaluating foreign policies. Realism, mainly contrasted with liberalism, focuses on the conflicts of world politics. The principal actors…

Within international relations there are quite a few different political theories and perspectives. Realism is known as being one of the oldest theory which is also known as political realism, it’s a view within international relations which condones the idea of competition for power and the conflict side of things for example wars. Theories like idealism and liberalism is usually used to contrast the idea of realism because they encourage the idea of cooperation. The realist view point is about…

Out of the numerous actors that play apart in international politics, I find that the most critical and vital is the state. It is the primary vehicle for diplomacy, stability, defense and cooperation in a world of anarchy with no other actor existing above it. The nation-state has existed since 1648 after the Peace of Westphalia. The two international theory paradigms I will be using to prove my point is Realism and Liberalism, both in how they conflict with one another, but as well, the common…

certain points in which some things might happen, resulting in the United States needing to respond. However, we must keep in mind that our actions will affect our power struggle, and the respect that other countries have for the United States of America. In the article that I found (Burrows 2017,1) there is an ongoing problem in international waters, in which a Spanish…

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 peace by conducting business with a country. The second superpower, cultural power, is often overlooked. Since we practice our own culture and ideologies…

Liberal Theory of International Politics and Robert Putnam’s Logic of Two-Level Games. It has always been a struggle to formulate a theory on international relations that would deviate from an ideology. Moravcsik (1997) suggests, in his study on Taking Preferences Seriously: A Liberal Theory on International Politics, that it is of great necessity to…

1. Studying International Relations (IR) is very important in today 's society, with things like the Syrian civil war and the ISIS take over in Iraq. Studying international relations is consolidating of all of the information that we receive from the media, and examining it from numerous, and opposing points of view. There are three theories in international relations Realism, Liberalism, and Constructivism to study international relations you must first understand each of these theories and…