Power in international relations

Ethnic lobbies play a very important role in the Creation and development of American foreign policy, but some ethnic groups are consistently more successful at influencing policy than others. Various foreign relations scholars have tried to explain this phenomenon that crops up again and again in American foreign policy. Among them are Tony Smith and Alvin Tillery, Jr., who developed different but complimentary theories to explain the origin of the discrepancy and analysis of how ethnic groups…

cases, being voted into power. On January twentieth, the United States swore their right-wing administration under President Trump. An interview given days before the President outlined a view for the next four years of foreign policy through trade, immigration, and a push for stronger military and borders. The interview focus on the topics of immigration or refugees and the European Union to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to domestic and international relations importance of trade…

Is sovereignty necessarily absolute? Sovereignty is a term used to describe the uncontrolled power through which an independent state is governed (Krasner, 2001). Sovereignty also calls for the supreme political will and authority that a state has in its administration and the control of the constitution (Krasner, 2001). In other words, Sovereignty provides the states with the power to do just about anything that pleases the states without being accountable to different nations. For…

can handle their own internal and external affairs independently, that the state is fully autonomous in the exercise of power and cannot be interference by other states. Also has the right to self-defense and the right to equality in international law. In short, the "autonomous self-determination," the highest authority. The concept of sovereignty to enter the field of international law, is derived from Hugo Grotius which a book called< the Law of War and Peace>, he stands in a legal…

enjoyed a meteoric rise in global power during the early 1900’s. Despite a brief challenge from the Soviet Union from 1922-1991, they have remained the one constant power in the international system. To this day, they remain in control of the world due to the power they possess in the forms of military power, economic power, and soft power (Boyer et al. 36). While the United States currently operates in a unipolar world, one in which they are the true hegemon, power is beginning the shift…

fading power?”. Primary readings on the subject indicate that Canada was viewed as a middle power throughout the Cold War. During the founding of the United Nations, Canada played a large role as “mediator in the new international order” (Ferrari, 2006) and was elected as a middle power in 1945 after the Australian’s gave up the role. The Canadian post-war identity was one that showed strength, optimism and just practises. According to Andrew Cooper, the height of Canada’s international status…

The field of international politics is a vastly complex field that can be difficult to interpret and make sense of. There is no supreme governing power, only sovereign states. Theories can be used as a sort of lens to find patterns in the behavior of states and determine how likely cooperation is in the international system. In this essay, I will be presenting the Neorealist argument that states are self-interested actors concerned with security and survival, and the Neoliberal Institutionalist…

along with other major international actors will weigh the costs and benefits of each scenario and arrive at similar conclusions. That is to say, in this day and age of multi-lateral institutions, there is little to be gained from actual conflict. Thus emerging actors will seek a ‘balance of power’ within the current system. That, “balancing involves institutional strategies such as the formation of limited diplomatic coalitions or ententes to constrain the superior powers. It also involves…

Case Study and Case Selection The research employs case study in which the Indonesian government’s reaction to the Aceh tsunami 2004. The case study is a representative sample of how the domestic and international factors influence the Indonesian foreign policy making and a useful variation on the dimension of theoretical interest (Gerring 2001, pp. 178-181) particularly what factors explain foreign policy decision-making within countries. In similar vein, case study would be an effective tool…

argument that international cooperation is unlikely due to the constraints of anarchy, and that cooperation will only occur when two states face a common threat. I will also present the Neoliberal argument that holds international cooperation as difficult, yet likely, so long as institutions are in place to lower transaction costs. From a Neorealist perspective international cooperation is highly unlikely. Neorealists assert that there is no overarching authority in the international system.…