Power in international relations

Global inequality & Economic Relations: Marxism Throughout week 6 we will be looking at how Marxism can be used as an explanation of Global inequality & Economic relations. Marxism is a political and social theory that suggests social change comes about through class struggles; the bourgeoisie and the proletarians. The bourgeoisie represent the class of people who control most of the wealth and the means of producing goods and services; whereas the proletariat represent the working class, the…

Response/Assessment Paper #1 When Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 for strengthening international diplomacy, he focused his speech on developing a strategy to bring about peace. Obama uses a liberal lens to garner more support from liberals and warn against preventable conflict but argues against it when justifying the occasional necessity of war. He then utilizes constructivist rhetoric to call attention to the shifts in thinking and idealistic views that occur rather than focusing…

government. Being the first document of its kind, the Articles of Confederation had its strengths and weaknesses. A defined strength the articles expressed were that it set Congress as the highest power in the nation. To transform themselves from outlaws into a legitimate nation, the colonists needed international recognition for their cause and foreign allies to support it. In early…

its regional allies in this dispute as its foreign policy has increasingly become focused on terrorism in the Middle East and the aftermath of its two expensive and inconclusive wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. China, meanwhile, has used its economic power to demand its neighbouring countries accept its territorial and trade demands, as at the 2010 ASEAN meeting in Hanoi where the Chinese foreign minister argued that “small” countries have to accept the rule of “big” countries, like itself (Dreyer,…

believe that the scope or arc of the policy has been progressive and interrelated. Foreign policy builds off the past mistakes and successes this has led to a transformation from isolationism to engagement. Power can be seen as a driving force in the change in the U.S’s approach to international relations and as a main method of foreign involvement. Manifest Destiny and the Monroe Doctrine are two early examples of this shift to engagement. Acquiring possession of land and other nations puts…

Charley Du Prof. Peter Katzenstein GOVT 1817 Nov. 17 2015 Neo-Constructivism: The Propagation of Domestic Politics onto the International Stage The Cuban Missile Crisis is, for many, one single incident the Cold War in which the threat of a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union escalated the closest to the point of no return. The end of the incident during the presidency of John F. Kennedy inspired a general change in attitudes from both the American and Soviet sides that…

In international relations, ethics have become a popular topic that is subjected to debate as many theorists come to a different conclusion on how to view international morality based on their different approaches. Realism, one of the oldest conglomerate of political theories that speaks on the subject, deems that there is no place for it within the international world. This paper will thoroughly explain the reason realist believe in this position and also utilize two other theories: Morality…

Introduction This paper seeks to explain the rise of ISIS and the international response to their rise to power. The paper will begin with a short summary of the situation, followed by definitions of the key concepts, assumptions, and arguments of liberalism in relation to our case. This paper will then examine how each of this elements of liberalism helps to explain why ISIS has risen to significant power, and why the world powers have reacted the way that they have. Lastly, the paper will…

Politics refers to governmental practice and the running of a country or an area, however, it 's also about power and how it is achieved, how it is maintained and used by individuals and countries in their interactions with each other. A politics degrees covers an array of areas, from political theory, political structures, international relations and contemporary political issues. Politics was an Ancient Greek idea, and is derived from ‘politikos’ meaning ‘of, for, or relating to citizens’.…

Trade Policy: Power and International Institutions In recent years the study of international relations has experienced a shift in the way that interaction at the systemic level is analyzed. This can be partially attributed to the rise in globalization, which has since led to the creation of numerous types of non-state actors and fundamental changes in the way scholars conceptualize the state. This can be tied to the liberalization of trade policies that have encouraged the development of…