Social relation

The Prisoner’s Dilemma is a game used in international relations to demonstrate the potential outcomes of two states choosing to either cooperate or defect (Jervis). Neorealists analyze the game by assuming only one round is played and the two participants cannot communicate, meaning that the most beneficial outcome…

From the works of Thucydides, realism was created and has become a major paradigm in international politics. Thucydides studied the Polynesian War between Athens and Sparta, and he studied the relations between these city-states. From his many observations, he put a focus on how the balance of power is a major factor in international politics as well as the importance of the state. The state is an essential component of realism and it is the foundation for many of the central assumptions coming…

International Relation’s Home Assignments Huang Peiyang--177IB03I 1 1. What are the vulnerabilities of mutual deterrence? Mutual deterrence means the maintenance of peace between opposing sides by each having a sufficient strike capacity to deter the other from initiating armed conflict. The typical example of mutual deterrence would be the situation during the Cold War where the U.S and the Soviet Union tried to avoid a hot war throughout the world because of fearing the possible threatening…

2.1.3 Balancing and bandwagoning: Waltz’s variants Balancing and containment While Waltz argued that power maximization is not desirable, offensive-minded neorealists argued that power maximization by great powers is unavoidable. This view is best represented by Mearsheimer’s (2014) book The tragedy of Great Power Politics. Arguing for great powers’ ambition to seek regional and international hegemony, the book argues that balancing behaviors of existing great powers against rising great powers…

Arguments against the “clash of civilizations” (CoC) theory have been made by authors such as Chiozza, Henderson and Tucker. According to these authors, civilizational factors alone are insufficient in producing greater risk of conflict. Other factors such as regime-type, geographical proximity, modernization, military capabilities, Cold war blocs, and major power status affect the prospects for conflict involvement between states as well. I will focus on regime-type, geographical proximity and…

Introduction: Summary: Margaret Fuller, author of Woman in the Nineteenth Century argues that humanity will only become suited for the beauty of the world and heaven when “freedom for Woman as much as for Man shall be acknowledged as a right, not yielded as a concession”. The essay begins to show a claim, counter-claim, and refutation format and through this, Fuller argues that women should be equal. Fuller begins her essay with explaining how deeply embedded this idea that women are inferior…

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(Shelley & Calveley, 2007). Bacon reveals how employers in cooperation with their political allies strategize to distort the legal system to block the formation of workers’ unions. The employers use apparatus such as amendments to National Labour Relations Act, law firms, such as littler in this case, which specialized in manipulating legal provisions related to labour to favour the employers. They utilized professional specialists to design authentic fights against employees supporting the…

The PR principle is to represent the client and to influence the public opinion, “ moving the public to action”. ( Hopkins, 2016, p.175) PR may represent many legal categories, such as traditional media, commercial speech, and many others. The principles of a healthy economy are the basis of the US functioning. Consequently, 'corporate entities” ( Hopkins, 2016) benefits from the same rights as the physical persons, and are similarly protected under the First Amendment rights, as each…

The film, The Fog of War, is about a life experience of Robert McNamara who is a former Secretary of Defense, President of Ford Motor Company , and President of World Bank. McNamara reflects back on his life and shares 11 lessons he had learned as he lived and served during one of the most dark times of human history. He aims to show McNamara describes the event of Cuban Missile Crisis to demonstrate how opposing nations can come to an agreement without resorting to a war that could…