Power in international relations

all constitutive of an exceptionalist outlook, while Revolutionary China became characterised by great power entitlement and moral superiority, again argued to be constitutive of an exceptionalist outlook (Zhang 2011, 310). Zhang (2011, 310) argues that contemporary China, although continuing to evolve and adapt, has and will continue to be marked by exceptionalism in the form of great power reformism, benevolent pacifism and harmonious inclusionism. Thus it is clear that contemporary Chinese…

As the international relations scene began to quickly emerge throughout the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, two main theories came on to the world stage that would dominate the rest. The first theory, many politicians argue is the most dominate, is known as Realism (Baylis, Smith, Owens, 101). The second main theory that emerged in international relations was Liberalism. Despite their wide popularity among many states, these two theories compete head to head when it comes to each of their…

Thucydides’ narrative of the Melian Dialogue in his work, “the History of the Peloponnesian War,” delivers a primitive account of international relations between two conflicting nation states, as well as any conceivable sequences of action emerging from the aforementioned literature. Although numerous clashes between other nation states have taken place prior to the confrontation between the citizens of Milos and the Athenian empire, this quarrel provides conditions that is applicable to the…

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suffering, food and fuel supply was low, and the social order of Europe was threatened (Dunn, 777). All over Europe, sympathizers and upset citizens executed hundreds of Nazi members, and ransacked and shaved the heads of women accused of having relations with Axis soldiers (Dunn, 777). Even after the resolution of the war, there were reports of Poles killings Jews, persuading more than 200,000 Holocaust survivors to flee from Eastern Europe and never return. In some of the more heavily…

America’s foreign presence has proven to assuage international tension on many occasions; the 2006 U.S.–India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Agreement was seen as a “watershed” in U.S.–India relations – one in which Foreign Service Officers (FSO’s) actively cooperated with Indian officials to…

Lillian Mannino is a Human Resource Manager at UC San Diego Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies. Throughout her ten-year career in HR, she has experienced various changes in employee relations and data processing. As a HR manager, her objective is to maximize the strategic use of human resources. She handles recruiting and staffing, employee relations, policy development, and compensation and benefit administration. In the evolving work force, the Internet has shaped…

While the inception of modern public international law heralded a revolutionary shift in law governing relations, the accountability of States, individuals and actors who engage in unlawful international conduct has often been alibied by a horizontal system of law which is unable to enforce consent to cooperate with treaties and charters. Unlike domestic law, which embodies an enforceable judiciary, legislature and executive, International law has no agency or organisation capable of mandatorily…

sensitive issues in the contemporary society. The policy is primarily determined by the economic interests of the people. Social strata and groups who are characterized by wealth and authority, use the power of the state in order to maintain and / or strengthen their position. The desire for power is one of the strongest human instincts. It is usually accompanied with powerful emotional experiences. Political interests have a tendency to contribute to both uniting and separating the people. The…

The Cuban Missile Crisis: Focus on J F Kennedy and His Foreign Policies The Cuban Missile Crisis that occurred in 1962 was a serious confrontation between the United States of America and the Soviet Union (Len, 3). This crisis was going to mark the climax of the Cold War as the Soviet Union deployed the use of nuclear missiles to protect further attack on Cuba by the US. The president of the United States of America, John Kennedy, strongly opposed the launching of missiles in Cuba, and tried…