Describe the major differences in interests and perspectives of the member states of the European Union on Iraq and the US policy
Essay - 15 pages - International relations
The Iraq conflict uncovers difficulties for the member states of the European Union to find a common position in the context of the Common Foreign and Security Policy. This essay describes the major differences in the interest and perspectives of the member governments on Iraq, and the US policy....
Are forgiveness and a search for the truth a better solution to heal the minds and bodies of the victims of wars than externally imposed tribunals?
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
Even after a settlement is reached and a peace agreement is signed, this is by no means the end of the conflict. For a conflict to really end, healing the minds and the bodies of the victims of wars are necessary. Indeed it is the necessary first step to reconciliation to appear and people who...
Why has there been no reform of the UN?
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
“Reform is the purposeful act of modifying the structure, composition, decision-making procedures, working methods, funding or staffing of an institution in order to enhance its efficiency and/or effectiveness in advancing its core goals and principles.” Considering this definition, and...
The UN reform and the definition of terrorism
Essay - 10 pages - International relations
This paper has three aims. The first is to introduce the semantic and political implications of defining terrorism within the United Nations: what would a definition of terrorism in such an international organization mean? Is it even acceptable? What would such an agreement imply? The second aim...
Operation "Althea" in Bosnia and Herzegovine: the European security and Defence policy (ESDP) coming of age?
Essay - 14 pages - International relations
Can the dramatic progresses in the late years be considered as a proof that ESDP has become a 'routine politic' with run in and tested mechanisms and procedures? In other words, does 'Althea' mean that ESDP is coming of age? The objectives of this operation reveals that its aims...
Are there 'just wars'?
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
The notion of 'just war' can be considered as a moral philosophy of the War debating the legitimacy of wars and the way wars are made. The existence of just wars thus supposes that violence can be ethical. However, it has to be underlined that even for the just wars theoreticians, war is...
The balance of power
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
It was not until the beginning of the 17th century, when the science of international law took shape at the hands of Grotius and his successors, that the theory of the balance of power was formulated as a fundamental principle of diplomacy in the realist theory. According to Cobden, the first...
The European Union and organised crime
Worksheets - 8 pages - International relations
With the French and Dutch voters recent rejection of the proposed constitutional treaty for the European Union, a treaty with a number of proposals in the field of Justice and Home Affairs, has been postponed. However, both EU leaders and the general public continue to place high expectations on...
The European Union and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Worksheets - 9 pages - International relations
With the recent election of Mahmud Abbas as chairman of the Palestinian Authority and Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw Israeli troops and settlers from the Gaza strip, the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians appears to be at a crossroads, after years of severe strain on the so-called...
Iran's nuclear programme
Worksheets - 9 pages - International relations
Diplomats, from 190 signatory countries, gather in New York this week for the five-yearly review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Iran will surely be present. Although some warning signs had been issued by various intelligence services during the previous decade, concern over...
Iran's nuclear program
Essay - 9 pages - International relations
As diplomats from the 190 signatory countries gather in New York this week for the five-yearly review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Iran will surely be present in many minds. Although some warning signs had been issued by various intelligence services during the previous decade,...
Venezuelian Foreign Policy
Essay - 25 pages - International relations
Articles on the subject of Venezuelan foreign policy are abundant, and easily available. Every political action, speech, or voyage of President Chavez is diligently covered by the media. It is because of the availability of such detailed information, that I decided to study a diversity of...
Landmines in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Thesis - 5 pages - International relations
The conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina began shortly after the republic declared its independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) in March 1992 and lasted nearly four years. A cease-fire was called in September 1995. A general framework agreement (the “Dayton...
Landmines in Bosnia and Herzegovina - published: 27/12/2005
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
The conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina began shortly after the republic declared its independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) in March 1992 and lasted nearly four years. A cease-fire was called in September 1995. A general framework agreement (the "Dayton Agreement")...
How and to what extent do domestic factors affect the nature of U.S. relations with other democratic states?
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
The manifestation of the American hegemony since the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 has created a new pattern for international relations in which the United States is the ‘hyper power' everyone has to take into consideration before acting. France, once one...
The Cold War, an exception in the historical Russian-American relationship ?
Essay - 2 pages - International relations
Will the Cold War, in future be seen as an exception in the history of Russian-American relationship including the contemporary period (1992-2004) ? The Cold War lasted for nearly fifty years and has contributed to shape the whole world to the same extent that the two world wars have done, except...
Domestic Politics and American Foreign Policy: American & European political culture, an unsolvable misunderstanding?
Essay - 7 pages - International relations
The end of the cold war with the collapse of the Soviet Union enabled the emergence of the United States as a hegemonic power. At this time Realist Theories in International Relations predicted that a counterbalancing coalition should soon be organized. The European Union appeared as the most...
Is multilateralism still viable today ?
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
After WWII, various multilateral organizations have been promoted by the US and implemented through many international organizations such as the UN, the GATT and the IMF. Overtime, multilateral co-operation dramatically developed in different forms (Summits, Conferences, etc...). However, critics...
Is multilateralism still viable today? - published: 22/08/2005
Thesis - 5 pages - International relations
After WWII, various multilateral organizations have been promoted by the US and implemented through many international organizations such as the UN, the GATT and the IMF. Overtime, multilateral co-operation dramatically developed in different forms (Summits, Conferences, etc...). However, critics...
A research proposal for the Masters Thesis; Environment and Trade in the Word Trade Organisation
Essay - 9 pages - International relations
The global environmental issues include climate change, ozone depletion, marine dumping, deforestation, and biodiversity. However the objective of my thesis is not to provide a detailed scientific treatment of the nature of the major environmental challenges facing the world, but rather to...
Why has CAP reform proved so difficult to agree and implement ?
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
The CAP was created in the hope of modernizing and controlling the market and sector of agriculture. It was in fact the first policy developed at the European level and it rapidly became a symbol for the European integration. Nevertheless, the desire of reforming was still alive...
Does Realism still provide a convincing analysis of international relationships ?
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
Realism arose as a theory after World War II because of the perceived failure of a world guided by Liberal Internationalist principles. The tension fraught era of the Cold War were ideal conditions for the stark, suspicious pragmaticism espoused by the likes of E.H. Carr and Hans J. Morgenthau....
The "Civilising Mission" was the most detrimental aspect of French colonial policy in the Middle-East
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
After the First World War, France became one of the main colonising powers in the Middle East, along with Britain. In the study of colonial policies, there is general consensus among historians that while Britain had more economic and strategic interests in the region, the French were more...
Does Realism still provide a convincing analysis of international relationships ? - published: 28/01/2005
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
Realism arose as a theory after World War II because of the perceived failure of a world guided by Liberal Internationalist principles. The tension fraught era of the Cold War were ideal conditions for the stark, suspicious pragmaticism espoused by the likes of E.H. Carr and Hans J. Morgenthau....
Western Countries versus Themselves, The division of the Occidental World
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
Spring 2003 evokes in everyone's mind the occidental division on the Iraqi issue between Russia, Europe and the United-States. It has paralysed the United Nations, founded in San Francisco (the 26th June 1945) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, founded in Washington in 1949....
What is human security? - published: 19/10/2004
Worksheets - 6 pages - International relations
The end of Cold War brought new global challenges to the security field. The arousal of new forms of conflict, such as internal wars and terrorism made it important to rethink civilian protection as the centre of this new perspective of security. Threats to security are no longer restricted to...
What is human security?
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
The end of Cold War brought new global challenges to the security field. The arousal of new forms of conflict, such as internal wars and terrorism made it important to rethink civilian protection as the centre of this new perspective of security. Threats to security are no longer restricted to...
The State, War, and the State of War by Kalevi J. Holsti (1996)
Book review - 7 pages - International relations
The State, War and the State of War has been published in 1996. Its author, Kalevi J. Holsti is a professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. This book is based on his previous study: Peace and War: armed conflicts and International Order 1648-1989. The work was...
The Power of the Big Three
Essay - 10 pages - International relations
"Big Three? is a word that came into being in February 2004 as the French President Mr. Chirac, the British Prime Minister Mr. Blair and the German Chancellor Mr. Schröder met in Berlin. The alliance between Germany France and the UK may seem obvious to a reader. However these countries have...
Terrorism and internalisation of conflicts : how to explain the rise of terrorism ?
Essay - 7 pages - International relations
Terrorism can be divided in several types among which two have always prevailed: state terrorism and dissident terrorism. The first one also called as ?terror from above' or ?state-sponsored terrorism' is the political violence used by the state. It is the most organized and potentially...
