Canadian policy at the crossroads: Protecting Canada's independence in the age of globalization
Case study - 8 pages - International relations
The foreign relations of Canada are by nature, very much centered upon its southern neighbor, the United States. This is true for both trade and foreign policy considerations. In addition, Canadian governments have also had active relations with many other nations. These relationships have...
Building strong civil societies in Eastern Europe after the fall of communism: Poland, Romania, and the importance of pre-existing social roots
Case study - 6 pages - International relations
Throughout Eastern Europe, embryonic civil societies have demonstrated in various ways but with the same result their crucial role in the advent of democracy in the early 1990s : within a few years, Eastern European communist governments were forced to cede power and undertake democratic reforms...
Building strong civil societies in Eastern Europe after the fall of communism: Poland, Romania, and the importance of pre-existing social roots - publié le 21/09/2012
Case study - 6 pages - International relations
Throughout Eastern Europe, embryonic civil societies have demonstrated in various ways but with the same result their crucial role in the advent of democracy in the early 1990s : within a few years, Eastern European communist governments were forced to cede power and undertake democratic reforms...
The incorporation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict within the Arab-Israeli wars
Case study - 8 pages - International relations
From the onset, Arab states surrounding Israel - Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon - were concerned with the emergence of a non-Arab state adjacent to their borders, and it is this preoccupation, more than a genuine sense of solidarity with Palestinians, that explains Arab involvement in what...
International relations analysis: Germany and France during the Euro crisis resolution
Case study - 9 pages - International relations
Germany and France relations during the Euro crisis implied some disagreements. It started when the European Union decided to manage the global economic crisis at the European stage. It decided to especially manage the case of Greece which is the symbol of the beginning of the Euro zone debt...
Impact of economic liberalization on the flow of private foreign investment
Case study - 15 pages - International relations
The impact of Economic liberalization on the flow of private foreign investment can have different impacts on specific regions. One common perspective is that economic liberation on the one hand can be beneficial for the developed countries but on the other hand it can actually harm the domestic...
Foreign governments and the Arab spring: Case study, France
Case study - 15 pages - International relations
While citizens all over the Arab world struggled in order to topple their oppressive regimes, foreign governments remained somewhat skeptical on which side to intervene on. This hesitation can be extracted from both the case of Tunisia and in Egypt in which most foreign governments at the...
How do the World Trade Organisation agreements impact upon the laws and legal systems of the WTO member states?
Case study - 21 pages - International relations
Article XVI § 4 of the Marrakech Agreement has put an end to the “grandfather clause” which, under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), allowed the Member States to invoke a previously existing domestic law to escape their GATT obligations. It provides that: “Each...
Modernization and Globalization in Bangladesh: A Case Study
Essay - 8 pages - International relations
Many hailed the 2004 opening of Bashundhara City, a world-class shopping mall located in Bangladesh's capital city of Dhaka, as yet another indicator of the country's consistently expanding economy. This was the first Western-style mall to open in the country and accordingly it has created quite...
Britain and France in Mandatory Palestine and Lebanon: Power, Division, and the Nation
Essay - 13 pages - International relations
Most scholars of the Middle East agree that many conflicts present in the Middle East today can be attributed to the borders drawn by Western powers during the crucial Mandate period beginning in 1919 and continuing through the outbreak of World War I. The cases of Palestine/Israel and Lebanon...
Emmeline Lott: An Adventure into the Harems of Egypt
Essay - 17 pages - International relations
Throughout the 1800s, European academic was interested in the unfamiliar lands of the Middle East. various Egyptologists and Orientalist scholars brought lengthy descriptions of Eastern culture, history, and customs back to the Western world. The testament of Emmeline Lott, perhaps only an...
What do we mean by the Value of a Statistical Life (VOSL)? What valuation techniques exist to estimate the VOSL? Is it defensible that studies have estimated lower VOSL's in developing countries than in developed countries?
Case study - 4 pages - International relations
In this essay I will outline what is meant by the Value of a Statistical Life (VOSL) and explain four valuation techniques used to estimate the VOSL, noting possible problems in each. I will then explain the arguments for and against the motion: ‘Is it defensible that studies have estimated...
Congress bills and how the process of legislating bills work in the US Congress
Case study - 2 pages - International relations
This paper will discuss Congress bills and how the process of legislating bills work in the US Congress. To do so, it will look at a very recent bill presented in the Congress, discuss the issues surrounding the bill, its presentation and submission in the American congress and any future of...
The India-US relationship through the prism of the regional security complex theory: To what extent have regional security issues led to dramatic improvements in the US-Indian relations?
Case study - 23 pages - International relations
In 2003, the professors in International Relations Barry Buzan, at the London School of economics, and Ole Waever from the University of Copenhagen, published a book exploring a new field in Theory of International Relations: Regions and Powers- The Structure of International Security. This work...
Turkish membership to the European Union: what stakes? - publié le 08/05/2012
Case study - 4 pages - International relations
In the aftermath of the enlargement of the EU and the adoption of the Lisbon treaty, Turkey's adhesion to the European Union is a question which has often arisen since the formal accession negotiations began in 2005. Turkey first applied for associate membership of the European Economic Community...
Turkish membership to the European Union: what stakes?
Case study - 4 pages - International relations
In the aftermath of the enlargement of the EU and the adoption of the Lisbon treaty, Turkey's adhesion to the European Union is a question which has often arisen since the formal accession negotiations began in 2005. Turkey first applied for associate membership of the European Economic Community...
Is the USA a force for good in the world?
Case study - 2 pages - International relations
The 29th January 2012, the former American president, Georges W. Bush, during the annual State of the Union Address, talked about what he called the “Axis of evil”, to describe countries which, according to him, were dangerous because of the help that they bring to terrorism and the...
The persistence of the National Front in French politics: It's impact beyond the 2002 presidential elections
Case study - 12 pages - International relations
Spring 2002, after living through the empowerment of the far right party FPPO led by Jorg Haider in Austria, the European community sees the first important action of the extremist right wing in a big European country, France. It is on the 21st of April that Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the...
The persistence of the National Front in French politics: It's impact beyond the 2002 presidential elections - publié le 20/04/2012
Case study - 12 pages - International relations
Spring 2002, after living through the empowerment of the far right party FPPO led by Jorg Haider in Austria, the European community sees the first important action of the extremist right wing in a big European country, France. It is on the 21st of April that Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the...
The relations between France and NATO
Case study - 8 pages - International relations
France is one of the founding members of the Atlantic Alliance, whose creation is materialized in the signing in Washington, April 4, 1949 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Defence (NATO) that it instituted. The alliance thus formed is to ensure American military protection to the...
Is the US still the world's only superpower or is the US no longer so significant in world affairs?
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
A superpower has been defined as “a country that has the capacity to project dominating power and influence anywhere in the world and so may plausibly attain the status of global hegemony. The basic components of superpower stature may be measured along the four axes of power: military,...
Fight against drug trafficking
Essay - 12 pages - International relations
Drug trafficking in Mexico is a very serious problem since it has economical, social and political consequences. In recent years, it has increased exponentially; violence and insecurity have reached unacceptable levels. As previously mentioned, this problem has important implications and...
Finland during the Second World War
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
On December 6, 1917, Finland benefited from the disorder caused by the Bolshevik Revolution to declare its independence. Finland attached great importance to this independence and attempted to defend it from the vagaries of the Second World War. At the beginning of the war, Finland was a...
Considering the social and economic context of Brasil, its internal characteristics and its external presence, what should be the priority of the federal governement during the next years ?
Essay - 2 pages - International relations
Among its priorities, should be to well distribute the value created by the country to the population. It is the condition (and definition) of development. This means in other words raising the people's standard of living with social actions, to end up with inequalities that are among the hugest...
The process of state and nation-building in Germany
Internship report - 12 pages - International relations
According to Waly and Denly, 'judged purely by its success in creating a nation-state, German history has to be deemed a failure until the nineteenth century'. Even though historians still argue over the beginning of Germany's history, some of them emphasize the importance of the...
The French economic diplomacy towards China
Internship report - 7 pages - International relations
Bilateral trade between France and China has developed dramatically over the last twenty years. From about €10 billion in 1995, trade volume increased to more than €40 billion today. The annual growth rates of these exchanges- apart from 2009, marked by the global crisis- have reached...
Affirmative action in the US
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
Introduction: In the United States, affirmative action refers to policies intended to redress the effect of past and current discrimination on gender, race or ethnicity. These policies have consisted in granting preferences to women and minorities in areas of employment, education and business....
International Humanitarian Law
Internship report - 22 pages - International relations
Critically analyse the prohibition against the use of mercenaries in Article 47 of API. - Would the Brigade of Gurkhas or the French Foreign Legion be considered as mercenaries under this definition ? - Evaluate the extent to which the UN Convention on Mercenaries develops the law in this area....
Should European Union develop its own deterrent?
Dissertation - 7 pages - International relations
During the Cold War, deterrence was at the core of international foreign policy having a bilateral symmetry. With the end of the Cold War the realm of nuclear issues has undergone a substantial change and with emerging security challenges and an asymmetry of international actors. Even if...
NATO and the EU: Promoting Europe's energy security
Dissertation - 5 pages - International relations
Energy security has been defined “as guaranteeing the physical availability of energy products at objective and reasonable and/or affordable prices over the short and long term”. According to the European Commission energy security is mainly about economy: “Energy supply security...
