Can it be argued that "a man from everywhere and nowhere represents the new age"?
Essay - 2 pages - International relations
The world is changing every day. There are transformations in all fields and we all sense it. Modernity could be a right word to describe the 20th century, which is characterized by a century of progress, obviousness and dualistic bipolarity in international relations. The 21st century on the...
Fact sheet: Export controls for armaments and dual-use goods - issues and responsibilities
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
Arms trade is an important economic factor. This market accounts for an estimated total of 900 billion dollars each year, throughout the world. Armaments exports display a conflict between two kinds of interest: security interests and commercial interests. They tend to have a political dimension...
Immigration in Japan
Essay - 8 pages - International relations
For several decades, Japan has been the only industrial country in the world that did not rely on immigration. Among the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries, Japan has the lowest percentage of immigrants. The Japanese government has recently launched various...
The birth of the Monroe Doctrine - An essay
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
John Quincy Adams, one of the doctrine's authors warned the United States of America (U.S) in 1821 against the temptation to spread freedom beyond national boundaries, especially in Latin America. Owing to him, America "goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher...
Can the tattered relationships between France and the USA be repaired?
Essay - 2 pages - International relations
When Benjamin Franklin came to Paris in 1776, as the ambassador of the young and helpless British colony, he asked one of the most powerful countries in the world to help the thirteen soon to become "United-States" to emancipate and get rid of the unfair tax domination of the British Empire....
Walls in the world
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
While the on-going process of Globalization refers to an increased mobility of goods, capital, technology, as well as the spread of ideas and values, walls divide neighbors all around the world. Some of them were built a long time ago, but still exist (like the Peace lines in Ireland or the DMZ...
Critically assess the major conceptual ideas of Liberals about international relations
Essay - 2 pages - International relations
In the study of international relations, two main theories have been historically opposed, leading to what today is referred to as the Neo-Neo debate. In fact, realism and liberalism, while sharing common assumptions, have a very different analytical perception of the international system and the...
Are Michael Mann Incoherent Empire's arguments still relevant four years later?
Essay - 10 pages - International relations
Michael Mann's Incoherent Empire is a revealing text which manages to address bold political accusations and provide concurrent evidence. His critique of the American empire is timely and arguably more pertinent today than it was when written, after various imperial failures have helped...
Oil in the Niger delta: geology and geopolitics
Essay - 11 pages - International relations
Niger Delta is extremely rich in terms of oil resources. Large progradation has lead to deposition of sand reservoirs and the sediment influx has lead to formation of growth faults and abundant traps. The heavy sedimentation has caused rapid subsidence and has allowed deep shales to enter the oil...
Report on "Blood Diamonds"
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
Firstly, the main subject of this report will be based in the conflicting diamonds from the African countries. Indeed, this conflict had resulted in Civil Wars in many African countries like the Civil War in Sierra Leone or Angola. This problem has increased since the ninety's and still...
Is globalization good or bad?
Essay - 10 pages - International relations
I have chosen to focus my work on the subject of Globalization in order to understand this notion better and increase my knowledge in this domain. It is very important for me to understand it well because I want work in the field of marketing and event management. According to the university of...
Essay on the US foreign policy : What are the objectives in the global war on terror and are they liable to be met?
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
In 2001, on the 11th of September, Georges W. Bush had won a controversial presidential election and was officially president of the United States since January. As explained by Dean Baker, the former governor of Texas, elected with less popular votes than his opponent was still implementing his...
Occidental intelligences facing Middle East's quest for nuclear weapons: the case of Israel Vs. the case of Iran
Essay - 10 pages - International relations
The nuclear bomb is much more than a common weapon, it can determine the balance of the powers, and it is a crucial point for understanding the international strategic relations. The nuclear bomb represents the possibility for a country to be wiped off the map. Between 1950 and 1990, it became...
India's China Policy: Should China regard India as a competitor or a partner?
Essay - 7 pages - International relations
The question of Indo-Chinese relationship is very complex. Even though they developed cooperation and friendship at the end of the colonial era, China had clashed with India right after the independence of India in 1947 and the creation of the PRC in 1949. The first proof of the tensions existing...
Military force is a blunt and ineffectual instrument of power in the international system: do you agree?
Essay - 8 pages - International relations
Since its presupposed apparition with the Thucydide's narration of the Peloponnesian war, the study of International Relations has, focused on the military force. It is an element omnipresent in the international system since the apparition of the Westphalian order, and even before the...
To what extent does realism naturalize war? - publié le 02/03/2009
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
In 1991 a US-led coalition launched, with the agreement of UN, a wide military operation against the rogue regime of Saddam Hussein that had attempted to invade Kuwait in order to take over its staggering oil resources. George Herbert Bush, at the head of the coalition that was to rescue Kuwait,...
Has the 'war on terror' influenced Latin America and its relationship with the U.S.? What are the implications of this process for the region?
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
War on Terror was launched by the George Bush administration in respond to the attacks on September 11, 2001 on the US soil. The official term used by the US military, Global war on Terrorism refers to the various military, political, and legal action taken to curb the spread of terrorism. So, to...
Why does a solution to the conflict in Darfur seem so intractable?
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
In September 2004, one year after the beginning of the civil war in Sudan, Colin Powell said it was ''genocide''. Since the beginning of the war, many associations were created in order to 'Save Darfur'. Darfur has recently been one of the most publicized wars in Africa, however, the...
Does culture need to be protected from the effects of globalization? An essay with the French example
Essay - 36 pages - International relations
Today the word « Globalization » is on everybody's lips. From the company who goes abroad because of cheaper costs to the “junky food” that we like to eat, Globalization seems to be the perfect scapegoat for every international phenomenon. Globalization seems to be THE trendy word that...
Guantanamo: consequences of a juridical black hole
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
Guantanamo: the consonance sounds sweet, but the word rimes with a much darker reality. Here is one of the burning issues Obama will have to tackle quickly in order to keep his current aura alive. Located in the South East Cuba, the Guantanamo detention camp is a perpetually polemic subject,...
USA-Canada relationship
Essay - 7 pages - International relations
Since we went to North America last year, we decided to offer you a debate about North American relations (between the USA and Canada), that is to say a perspective on the partnerships, and exchanges between the USA and Canada. We often talk about the USA, but not very often of its neighbor. It...
The United States foreign policy orientation in the Middle East after September 11 in a neorealist perspective
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
September 11, 2001 brought changes to the rules of the international system established at the end of the Cold War. The collapse of the Soviet Union allowed the United States to reign at the top of the international area. It was able to dominate the world as the only superpower in possession of...
The moral imperative of Western Civilization: White man's burden?
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
Throughout history, imperialism has been a fact of the international system. Only recently has the nomenclature changed, with military intervention, peacekeeping, and nation-building replacing the colonial era term. Whatever term is used for western intervention in the developing world, the...
Millennium development goals of the United Nations
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
In 2002, 191 United Nations member states signed the United Nations Millennium Declaration, unanimously agreeing to eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The momentum and inspiration behind this occasion was strong, heads of state were agreeing to a global dream that included a range of...
The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 have led to a complete change in American foreign policy - publié le 20/01/2009
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
When George W. Bush arrived in office as President in 2000, he was determined to limit the role of the United States in foreign affairs, although there was in his electorate a hope for a strong foreign policy. The new administration saw in the failure in Yugoslavia, “Clinton's war” ,...
The international intervention in Somalia 1992-1995 - publié le 19/01/2009
Essay - 31 pages - International relations
Somalia is traditionally a pastoral and nomadic society. Throughout the precolonial era, herders of camels, cattle and sheep lived in a world of “egalitarian anarchy” where the main preoccupation of the clan families was the well-being of the herd. The clan structure functioned...
Euroscepticism in Poland - publié le 16/01/2009
Essay - 13 pages - International relations
Since the collapse of its communist regime in 1989-1990, Poland aimed at joining the European Economic Community/European Union (EU). In 1991, the Association Agreement was signed by the country and the international organization. Poland officially applied for membership in June 1994. The...
Explain and assess this statement: "It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity" Kofi Annan - publié le 16/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
Since 1995 and the establishment of the WTO, the quick spread of new technologies, and the increasing interdependence between countries, supporters and detractors of globalization have been arguing about whether globalization actually exists and if its effects are positives or negatives for the...
Theoretical explanations of the period of peace between Japan and the USA (from 1945 onwards) - publié le 16/01/2009
Essay - 9 pages - International relations
On the 7th of December 1941, Japanese submarines and carrier-based planes attacked the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, killing 3000 military personnel, and destroying a great part of the fleet. This led to a 4-years war culminating in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a milestone in human history....
Assess hegemonic stability theory and how this relates to US foreign policy during the Clinton to G.W.Bush administrations - publié le 16/01/2009
Essay - 7 pages - International relations
In 1970 Liberalism tried to create a revolution: international relations should be thought of using the study of economic interdependence, a key concept where states are affected by decisions taken by others. Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye insisted on economic facts of the early 1970s as the...
