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...
NAFTA-Unaccomplished promises
Case study - 7 pages - Theories and economic notions
“Real wages in Mexico are lower today than when NAFTA was approved and have not kept pace with productivity gains.”-This is the official view of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about the successes of NAFTA on its 10th anniversary in 2004. NAFTA or the North American Free...
The Ultimate Weapon is No Weapon: Human Security and the New Rules of War and Peace by Shannon D. Beebe and Mary Kaldor
Book review - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Shannon Beebe and Mary Kaldor argue in their book that we need to focus on human security to fix contemporary conflicts. They explain there is a security gap that needs to be filled; they now believe, after years of experience that if we would implement basic necessities in most developing...
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...
Economic overview: Smooth lending for emerging market "Flight" when Eurozone crashed deep in the sea of an economic crisis.
Financial analysis - 4 pages - International economy
Economic forecast for the end of the year shows an important profit repatriation, dividend payments, and service balance deficit while there is a trade surplus (See on the chart). Such figures are determinant of the sales deficit of 2.7%. Besides, capital account registers a massive growth of FDI...
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,...
Theories and strategies of European Integration- "The role given to national parliaments in the Lisbon Treaty: a path towards enhanced legitimacy of the EU?"
Essay - 7 pages - European union
In 1994, the British Prime Minister John Major asserted that “the European Parliament sees itself as the future democratic focus of the Union. But this is a flawed ambition, because the European Union is an association of States, deriving its basic democratic legitimacy through National...
Has the power of the Commission declined since the 1990s?
Essay - 9 pages - European union
The Commission is composed of 27 commissioners, one per Member State, referred to as “the College of Commissioners”. The Commission is led by a President, proposed by the European council- according to the outcome of the European elections- and elected by the European Parliament (EP)....
How the World Trade Organization (WTO) manages international business law?
Essay - 21 pages - Foreign markets
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is a commercial organization that plans to liberalize trade worldwide. This organization was started on 1st January, 1995, just after the Marrakech Agreement. It replaced the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The GATT was signed in 1947 and was a...
European labor markets: Characteristics and operation (including the role of trade unions and long term unemployment); impact of European integration and migration
Essay - 7 pages - Economic politics
The labor market is truly a special market because labor is not like any goods. Labor market involves particular regulations and arrangements because what is sold is people's time and skills. Besides the economic goal of performance there is also a social requirement to fulfill. This is why labor...
Should the brokerage work done by TDs be regarded more as a cause or a consequence of the weakness of the Dail vis-a-vis government, or are the two not related to each other?"
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
Ireland was once qualified ‘a periphery dominated centre' (Garvin, 1981), or put differently, a political system in which the government is monopolized by local interests rather than national ones. For example, Irish Teachta De'las (TDs) spend most of their time protecting the interests of...
To what extent are national ministers constrained by bureaucracy?
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
The chairman of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee, John McGuinness stated in a recent newspaper said that, “actually protected by status, knowledge and powerful unions, [senior public servants] had no difficulty keeping under control those few ministers who wanted to make a difference, as...
Book review: Integrating Islam, political and religious challenges in contemporary France, J. Laurence and J. Vaisse
Book review - 5 pages - Political science
The book is divided in three parts : the first one raises the question of how it is to be Muslim in France. The second part comes to the history of muslims citizens' integration. Finally, the third part focuses on political issues linked with Islam. The authors start by reminding that Islam...
Treaty of alliance and mutual assistance between his majesty with respect to that of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the President of the French Republic, signed at Dunkirk, on 4 March 1947
Essay - 13 pages - Political science
In March 1947, an historic alliance treaty was sealed between Britain and France. Indeed, it conveyed for the former a dramatic shift in its traditionally cautious and reserved foreign policy towards continental Europe in general and France in particular. The Entente Cordiale of 1904 had already...
National welfare-states and Europeanization
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
Nowadays every major industrialized state has established some form of welfare state, although the precise design differs considerably amongst countries. However, the basic idea common to all forms is that the state redistributes some of the resources of the market economy in order to achieve...
The origins of Hezbollah
Essay - 10 pages - Political science
In this essay I will be focusing on the formation of Hezbollah, and will begin this exploration starting in 1943 until 1982. I would like to answer the question: Was Hezbollah created for Iranian interests? Iran's contemporary involvement in Hezbollah is sometimes referred to as interchangeable...
The consequences of 9/11 on USA
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
September 11, 2001 will be remembered as a day that made history, not just in the U.S. but around the world. However it is true that the direct consequences of the attack are more visible in the countries directly involved; so among others the United States. These consequences are different in...
The European Central Bank
Essay - 18 pages - International economy
After World War Two, the European countries decided to be closer in order to stop war and settle the peace in all of Europe. It was the beginning of what would become the European Union as we know it today. Some important dates to remember: • 1957: Treaty of Rome • 1982: Treaty of...
The impact and the economic consequences of the one-child family policy on the age structure of China's population - published: 12/03/2012
Essay - 10 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The world population is increasing at a rapid rate and aging fast in developed areas, soon the planet won't be able to satisfy needs of all humans living on it, however China did find a way to slow down the speed of population increase: The One Child Policy. It is a policy that some people...
The impact and the economic consequences of the one-child family policy on the age structure of China's population
Essay - 10 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The world population is increasing at a rapid rate and aging fast in developed areas, soon the planet won't be able to satisfy needs of all humans living on it, however China did find a way to slow down the speed of population increase: The One Child Policy. It is a policy that some people...
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...
International Trade: How has NAFTA affected the economies of these countries?
Essay - 12 pages - International economy
World trade is ruled by a lot of free trade agreements. These agreements permit countries to trade more easily and without barriers or protectionisms. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is one such example. This is a trilateral free trade deal between USA, Canada and Mexico. NAFTA was...
Essay on human rights
Thesis - 10 pages - Social, moral & civic education
"Imagine that you are creating a fabric of human destiny with the object of making men happy in the end [...], but that it was essential and inevitable to torture to death only one tiny creature [...], would you consent to be the architect on those conditions?". There, Fyodor Dostoevsky asked...
South Africa - An investment-friendly economy - published: 26/02/2012
Thesis - 7 pages - Economy general
This paper is devoted to one of the most advanced, broad-based and productive economy in Africa. This paper is about trying to understand how the Republic of South Africa became "one of the most advanced and productive economies" in Africa. We will pay attention to foreign direct investment and...
South Africa - An investment-friendly economy
Case study - 7 pages - Economy general
This paper is devoted to one of the most advanced, broad-based and productive economy in Africa. This paper is about trying to understand how the Republic of South Africa became "one of the most advanced and productive economies" in Africa. We will pay attention to foreign direct investment 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...
Dictatorship and democracy- an essay
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
In December 2010 began what is called "Jasmine Revolution" in Tunisia. The term 'Jasmine' is much criticized in the press and is not unanimous: in fact, the term "Jasmine" was used when Ben Ali took power and the term evokes sweetness, this contrasts with the destruction and pillage the...
Internal communication strategies of Nicolas Sarkozy - publié le 23/02/2012
Essay - 2 pages - Political science
We musn't forget that Nicolas Sakozy used to be a lawyer, a field where the pleadings are decisive, even if he was specialisied in French business law. He knows a lot about Management and gets the spirit of jurists. Sarkozy's political career began at the age of 22, so he now knows a lot...
