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    Realism is a broad paradigm in which it is a view of international politics that stresses its competitive and conflictual side. Realists often trace their intellectual roots to Thucydides classic account of Peloponnesian war in the fifth century B.C. At their core realists’ theories have a pragmatic approach to international relations describing the world as it is not as it ought to be. Realist believe that power is the currency of international politics. Great powers, the main actors in the…

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    member sits indeed on the council in a permanent manner and have a full control on all the decision making process. More than that, when it is confronted to a position that doesn’t suit its proper interests, it will simply deny it by resorting to its superpower: the veto. The 2015 Security Council (SC) report states that the veto power is constituted…

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    Us Hegemony Analysis

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    projection capacity” (Brooks, Wohlforth, 2016). In a realist view the threat of China being a super power will not come with its economic growth and rise in GDP, but instead it will threaten the unipolarity system when it begins to invest in a “superpower military capability” (Brooks, Wohlforth, 2016). The future of IR without American primacy would be insecure, unstable, and unlikely to have a benevolent hegemony like the US. Countries that bandwagon with the United States receive many…

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    1865-1945 Analysis

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    Believe it or not, The United States has not been a superpower for as long as most people may believe. Many people in today’s society think the United States has been the way we are forever. Before the late 1800s, the United States was a divided nation that was reluctant to indulge in technological development and industrialization. However, after many technical, social/cultural, and organizational changes in the United States, this soon had changed making the American government a major power.…

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    Essay On Military Presence

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    It is said that with great power comes great responsibility. The United States is the world superpower, a role model for the rest of the free world. Our democratic form of government is a goal many countries strive to emulate and model their governments after. Because of our position as the sole world superpower, weaker countries depend on us. Therefore, it is beneficial that the United States maintains our global military presence. Doing so will create positive political, economic, and moral…

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    Middle Power In Australia

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    over the Asia-Pacific, tensions and debates, over which side of the see-saw ‘Middle Power’ Australia will fall, are on going. Will it be to an economically strong China or a historically ‘loyal’ United States. The political battle between these Superpowers for supremacy, will see a scrambling of the middle powers to make supportive statements and muscular actions either for or against. The rise of China has not only had a effect on the influence of its power in the International stage, but it…

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    In accordance with the anarchic world view, self interest amongst states, and the power discrepancies that are assumed within neorealism, it has been suggested that cooperation in the field of international relations is a futile effort,. Neorealism describes a system where states are the only actors, and a constant power struggle is what guides international policy, with no state wanting to yield power to another. I will counter this view of thought with aspects Neoliberalism, an ideology in…

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    In spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India - Book Review The nation of India is one of the world’s largest democracies, a regional and upcoming world superpower that is now often compared to the mighty China. Its importance to the international community is magnanimous, but often neglected. The book In spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India is a great and illuminating work on the vast and diverse nature of India. The book is written by the British Edward Luce who among…

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    MORGENTHAU’S PERSPECTIVE Morgenthau puts national interest-defined power in the center of his analysis. One of his frequently cited thoughts: "The main signpost that helps political realism find its way through the landscape of international politics is the concept of interest defined in terms of power" (Morgenthau, 1978). According to his view, national interest and power are very closely connected. For Morgenthau, domestic politics and international affairs are separate realms that require…

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    Globalization and the Future of the United States The United States has been driven by geopolitics to drive foreign policy through most of the 20th Century. Through the last decade of the 20th Century, the world saw the close of the Cold War with the Soviet Union, and the emergence of the European Union – both forged by the United States’ involvement. They helped to create an open world economy, free trade routes and sea lanes, lenders to the world, reserve currency globally,…

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