Sovereignty

After Waltz opened the door in the structural theory, other neorealists created theories to build on top of Waltz’s foundation. One in particular, John Mearsheimer, agreed with almost everything that Waltz said, except for his stance on security. In Waltz’s neorealism theory, he spoke about the security dilemma, and how that shapes a states foreign policy, and how they, in turn acts towards others. Mearsheimer offers the offensive realism theory, which is the opposite to the defensive theory…

organizations such as Red Cross. Humanitarian aid attempts to find a way around political affiliations. For humanitarian intervention, use of military force is a central feature, though it has fundamental values that support it such as justice, state sovereignty, world order and politics. Moreover, the principles that govern humanitarian intervention are just cause, proportionality, last resort, good over harm, right intention and reasonable…

The concept of citizenship and its boundaries are contested, yet its definition in the plainest form is to be a member of a political community, such as a nation-state and possess legal rights and political duties. As can be seen from its many ideals – namely republican, liberal, bound, cosmopolitan, pluralist or solidarist – citizenship has multiple sources of meaning, be they cultural, religious, ethnic or gender related. These conceptions each have their respective merits and downfalls, which…

On one hand, we have Political Realism was the predominant idea in Europe during the warring eras. It is based on Thomas Hobbes’s view of the world and that the world is in a constant state of anarchy. Each individual is responsible for his/ her being and only yourself can protect your rights because others would trample it down if you don’t. At the same time, you also need not to obey nor respect the rights of others. When applied to a much broader idea of international relations, each nation…

Thomas Hobbes Political Philosophy: The Leviathan When you hear the name Thomas Hobbes what comes to mind? Actor, teacher, or Maybe, you’ve never heard the name before. How about a 17th century philosopher with Founding work in political philosophy. He was born in 1588, in Wiltshire, England and Became a highly gifted student who soon attended Oxford. Thomas Hobbes’s first Published work was a translation of the Greek historian Thucydides completed in 1629. He was then…

Authority refers to a type of power which is seen as socially recognised, it also refers to the amount of power which someone or a group have over someone else. Legitimacy is a key concept in authority, it highlights the way in which authority is distinguished from general notions of power. Weber distinguished three different types of authority in the work that he done, the first type of authority was rational legal authority, this is dependant on laws of the state. The second type is…

In the 17th century, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were philosophers who developed beliefs about the nature of man, which influenced their political philosophies and ideas about the social contract between the people and their government. Thomas Hobbes believed that all humans were naturally wicked and selfish. He stated that without a government there would be war with every man against each other and life would be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. Meanwhile, John Locke believed that…

Long live reason and common sense! Long live the Autonomous Republic of Kunigunda (ARK)! What is wrong with the world we live in? Can you imagine a more tolerant and lavish world for everyone, irrespective of someone’s color, form or size, regardless of someone’s god, size of their package and their wishes? The Autonomous Culture Zone of the ARK shall enable all visitors of the 19th Kunigunda Festival of Young Cultures to experience exactly that! Free of prejudice, intolerance and emancipated…

Panel of Experts Interview Questions Welcome to Turtle Island the program that discusses the life of the Native Americans. Our goal is to provide enlightenment to people around the world about the Native American people of North America. Today we are privileged to have with us experts on the Sioux Indians for the Great Plains. Welcome …Would you please introduce yourself to the audience……..Thank you…..We will now begin our program with a few questions for our guests.. Buffalo – What was the…

influential constitutional theorist. A.V. Dicey in his book Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution (1885) brought out what can be argued as the two main principles of the British constitution, parliamentary sovereignty and rule of law. This principle of parliamentary sovereignty or supremacy makes parliament the supreme law making entity or legal authority in the United Kingdom. The laws made by parliament can not be overruled by the courts and all future parliaments have the…