Power in international relations

Joseph Lemoine Professor Farrell Intro. to International Politics 10-9-2014 Memorandum: Realism, Constructivism, and Russian Aggression Overview: In recent months, Russia has invaded Ukraine and annexed the Crimean Peninsula. There are a variety of reasons as to why Russia took such bold actions in Ukraine, but the situation can best be interpreted through use the use of realism and constructivism. Although each of these theories will lead to different explanations and policy changes, it is…

i). The NSS prescribes long-standing alliances, coalitions, and the international community as the principle means of sustaining National Security. Specifically, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the East Asia Summit (EAS) are used to promote, “regional support for international economic norms that are vital to maintaining it as an engine for global economic growth” (NSS, pg. 24). Concerning China, these events, and…

of the United Nations. The United Nations was an organization created in 1945, composed by various countries around the world. Its initial purpose was to maintain international security and foster social co-operation. Joining the United Nations was a defining moment in Canadian history because it enabled Canada to reform international interactions by supporting the UN, develop a more asserted identity, and to establish Canada’s reputation to the world. Essentially, the United Nations allowed…

United States has both a great deal of power and plenty of responsibility. The United States is recognized all throughout the world as its superpower and it has legitimacy to back it up. Even if we were in a decline from being the global hegemony, no other country comes close to our GDP. Many suggest that China is the next hegemony and that they will be the next authority, but no one can really tell by just using raw data alone. As we discussed the debate of what power really looks like and…

In the twentieth century it has been argued that on the international stage, states were the dominant actors. Donelan in the late 1970s writes that “‘State’ is central to sovereignty, war, intervention and the rest of the old list” which suggests that states were very important, fundamental even to international society. Some such as Lacher suggest that “globalisation… [is] deeply implicated in (though not solely responsible for) the undermining of the state’s previously sovereign place in…

The field of International Development and Foreign Relations is an interesting and complex area in the study of politics and public policy. In this paper, I will discuss three very different but intertwined organizations. Walmart, the Center of Global Development, and the United States Agency on International Development are not commonly associated, however they all play a major role in global policy. This paper is going to show how each organization is interrelated in the field of global…

might directly affected. b. Relation to State- In relation to state sovereignty place a central role because an independent nation like the United States for example is governed by the American people who control their own affairs. The American people adopted their own constitution and it was through then that the U.S government was created. They elect the people who they want as their representatives and the U.S makes its own laws. c. Relation to global governance- In relation to governance…

Brotherhood of Kings Analysis Amanda Podany’s Brotherhood of Kings provides a look at international relations in the near east during much of the third and second millennia BCE and how these interactions shaped the development of the area. In this analysis of Podany’s work an overview of Brotherhood of Kings, including its purpose, how it is structured, the major themes of the piece, the sources used within it, as well as the main points Podany draws, will be given. From there the influence of…

Various schools of international system theorists like Waltz and Wendt agreed that the international system is anarchic, meaning that there is no dominant authority, all states are considered sovereign and in juridical terms equal and non-existent or weak institutions. Yet, they disagree about what the definition of anarchy is, what constitutes anarchy, what about anarchy causes states to act in certain ways and if anarchy can even be overcome in a meaningful way. On the other hand, Kang and…

Final Paper Soft Power is a tremendous way of attaining success in world politics if one can use it in an intelligent manner. Japan as an example used it in a very commendable and impressive way since then up to now making it one of the best ever used such approach in diplomacy. Supporting instances as well as the recently talked about Japan hosting on the 2020 Olympics shall be discussed. Japan’s changeover from being a negative imperialist state into a peace loving one thru Soft Power Japan…