United States National Security Council

Question: Does globalization diminish the role of the modern-nation state in favour of international institutions? Word Count: 1,855 Globalization may be conceived as the increasing interconnectedness of the world, creating an ever shrinking global community. Innovative technologies allow people to communicate and materials to be transported at never-before-seen speeds, with ever-decreasing costs. Hence, globalization should naturally limit state 's power; it reduces state revenues, while giving more power to international institutions. These institutions stand as more capable and comprehensive political organizations; creating international norms. However, nation states are the key players in the two-level game of balancing domestic and international pressures, they are best positioned to represent domestic views on the international stage. States, unlike international…

Structural realists say struggles between states are not the result of the human nature but the result of the political system of the international politics. Because no states trust each other, they must build their own military organizations and institutions to defend themselves. This leads to some conflicts and wars between states because nobody trusts each other. Neoliberalism says that society ought to be formed by the free market. It is said that with neoliberalism, what works in the…

Judge?: The United States, the International Criminal Court, and the Global Enforcement of Human Rights,” author Jamie Mayerfield breaks down international crime by discussing topics such as: the United States dispute with the International Criminal Court (ICC) on a proper model to achieve human rights enforcement to the various controversies that have stemmed from the International Criminal Court. The International Criminal Court was ratified by sixty countries in 2002, and therefore was…

Introduction The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has often been condemned for its method of handling humanitarian issues. The UNSC has been criticized for being “indisputably out of date and for being able to effectively address humanitarian issues by not intervene in time to prevent crimes against humanity.” Such occurrence was the Rwandan crisis where millions of people were massacred between the years of 1990 and 1994. Following the Nuremberg trial, the Rwandan Genocide transpired…

Self Interest in International Courts and Tribunals International justice and law is a tool used by powerful states directed against smaller states. I would go even further and argue that international bodies, when controlled by powerful states, is a tool meant to intervene specifically in conflicts where those same powerful states could benefit. International tribunals, specifically the ICC, have motives that make the pursuit of justice desirable. Through the lens of a realism, I see the ICC…

World order is defined as the activities and relationships between the world’s states and other significant non-state global actors that occur within a legal, political and economic framework, and thus implies a requisite level of international peace and stability. The success of global cooperation is evident through East Timor, in comparison to other interventions such as Syria and Rwanda through legal and non-legal measures. The effectiveness of the United Nation’s legal response and non-legal…

The United Nations Charter (UN Charter) and Declaration of Human Rights are similar in their ideals; yet, fall into conflict in how issues should be addressed. While the documents do have similar ideals it is important to note the documents were designed for two very different purposes; the UN Charter was designed to bring the United Nations (UN) into existence and the Declaration of Human Rights was designed to set up what rights everyone is entitled to. This fundamental difference between the…

As President Obama stated in the June 2011 National Strategy for Counterterrorism, the United States, "continues to face a significant threat from al-Qa 'ida, its affiliates, and its adherents." And while the death of Usama Bin Laden substantively affected the strategic and operational capability of the terrorist organization, al-Qa 'ida 's pervasive reach and insidious spiritual influence into East Africa continues to pose a significant security threat to the both the United States and…

tension between state sovereignty and international intervention in pursuit of human rights protection has been contested. Over three centuries later, and the United Nations Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine has codified human rights protection in a global political commitment of the highest order. Following the international acceptance of the R2P, many who support state protection contest the legitimacy of the doctrine, and question its encroachment on state sovereignty. Conversely,…

management rank and file. As Bayuk location 387 (2012) points out, on-going communication and cooperation between the public and the private sectors will lead to a more resilient national cyber standing. As it stands today, data on cyber breaches and vulnerabilities are kept confidential and locked away. Not realizing how vulnerable various sectors are keeps managers in the dark about the threats facing their enterprise. Bayuk further emphasizes the need for closer collaboration…