John J. Mearsheimer & Stephen M. Walt - Can Saddam be contained? History says yes - publié le 28/10/2009
Text commentary - 1 pages - International relations
This text was written in November 2002 by John J. Mearsheimer, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, and Stephen M. Walt, professor of international affairs at Harvard University. It takes part in the aftermath of 9/11, and the debate over the necessity of a war in Iraq,...
Scotland and Independence
Essay - 12 pages - International relations
The issue of independence in Scotland has raised the crowd for many centuries. It has been advocated by many political movements that desire the secession of Scotland from the United Kingdom. I chose this topic as it has been hotly debated over the last few months in Scotland because of the...
The minorities in Europe under the EU and the UN protection
Essay - 7 pages - International relations
"We must do more to prevent conflicts happening at all. Most conflicts happen in [?] countries, especially those which are badly governed or where power and wealth are very unfairly distributed between ethnic or religious groups. So the best way to prevent conflict is promote political...
The American strategic culture in the international relations
Essay - 12 pages - International relations
Culture can be defined as a persistent group, through which traditions, ideas, means of thought, and attitudes are transmitted socially and more or less specifically in a community of geographically located security and historical experience which is unique. We move towards a standardization of...
Sovereignty of the State and International Regulation
Worksheets - 1 pages - International relations
Today, the situation in Georgia can be considered as a prime example of international intervention and national sovereignty, particularly with respect to the principle of defense. Is national sovereignty more important than international regulation? It is difficult to recognize that international...
The Conflict between India and Pakistan from 1947
Essay - 13 pages - International relations
Pervez Musharraf cannot be called "General President? anymore as he has quit the post as the leader of the Pakistani armies which he occupied since October 7th, 1998. By removing his double cap, he will officially become a "civil president". However his tenure does not lack in incidents and the...
What distinguishes diaspora members from simple migrants?
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
The highly motivated Chinese and Indians working hard to become prosperous in the United States or Europe, and the haggard Palestinians living in refugee camps have much in common. They are, with the Jews, Japanese, Africans, Afro-Americans, Kurds, Greeks, Gypsies and numerous other groups,...
The impact of the Beijing Olympic Games in China
Dissertation - 52 pages - International relations
In 2001, a historic decision was taken. Indeed, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed the organization of the Olympic Games (OG) in China, and entrusted it especially to the city of Beijing. The challenges were big for China, because it was an opportunity to open up to the world....
An evaluation of constructivism as an approach to international relations theory
Essay - 11 pages - International relations
Before the 1980s, the focus of the international scholarship relations was on two main debates: on the one hand, opposing the neo-realists to the neo-liberal institutionalists; and on the other rationalism to critical theory. Whereas the former is a debate in which the two mainstream theories,...
Conditions of the labor market that encourage foreign investments in Central and Eastern Europe - publié le 29/09/2009
Thesis - 9 pages - International relations
Today, a well known economic phenomenon is that the foreign investments in the Central and Eastern Europe have been flooded, since 1989. Amongst many other economic data, we could include that in 2003, 29 billions dollars were invested by foreign companies. This figure is not easy to achieve,...
« Dependent Territory » Aug 21st 2008, From the Economist print edition
Book review - 1 pages - International relations
The war in Georgia concerning the oil pipelines could be considered as a danger for Europeans countries, since Georgia is the host for some strategic pipelines. Actually, less than 3% of oil from Azerbaijan is imported to Europe via Georgia. Russia, which is the biggest supplier of oil and gas to...
The United Nations since 1945 until today
Thesis - 5 pages - International relations
Shortly after the Second World War, it appears necessary to the Allies to equip the world with an international organization able to regulate the conflicts peacefully occurring between the various States. This ambition proceeds of a long reflexion, born in 1941 with the Charter of the Atlantic....
Why Women Can't Run the World: International Politics according to Francis Fukuyama
Text commentary - 7 pages - International relations
Humans are like chimps. The social-constructionist theory was a wrong methodology to study human behaviors and the social sciences should turned towards sociobiology. So males are more aggressive than females, it is engraved in their genetic code and this is the cause of insecurity around the...
Soviet and Chinese influence in the Vietnam conflict
Thesis - 4 pages - International relations
The American invasion of Vietnam on March 8 1965 and the developments occurring in its aftermath wielded a serious impact on global geopolitical events in an era of ideological bi-polarity. Indeed, the war waged in Indochina throughout the 1960's captured the planets attention as it became...
Rapprochement and cooperation between China and the United States: The revolutionary breakthrough which changed the balance of power forever
Thesis - 7 pages - International relations
The establishment of relations between the United States of America and the People's Republic of China (China) was in every sense a watershed in the history of foreign policy, and permanently altered the international system. U. S. President Richard M. Nixon's trip to China in February 1972 was...
Global terrorism
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
"They want to live, we want to die" Osama bin Laden observed very meaningfully. "Our war will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated", G.W. Bush answered. After 9/11 the concept of management of war has seen great radical changes. The usual...
The issues regarding Sino-Japanese relations: from economic interdependence to geopolitical tensions
Essay - 11 pages - International relations
In the current political context, China and Japan are vying for Asian leadership. Furthermore, Sino-Japanese relations are beset by various geopolitical tensions, and all the issues of that confrontation are about influence and control. A paradoxical situation follows from this. How may one...
The Darfurian conflict
Essay - 1 pages - International relations
The Darfurian conflict is much talked about nowadays. In the newspapers one can read that if no agreement is reached by Darfur peacekeepers by Jan. 1st, the United Nations will deploy a "hybrid" force at that location. Darfur is located in Sudan, close to the Chad border. On one hand, there are...
Should or should not Japan revise Article 9 of its Constitution?
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution was added during the occupation after World War II, after the defeat of the Axis alliance (Germany, Italy and Japan) by the Allies (mainly composed by British Empire, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and United States of America) in 1946. The source of...
The Kashmir conflict - publié le 18/06/2009
Essay - 16 pages - International relations
India and Pakistan form a complex and conflicting couple. They are often presented as enemy brothers because they arose from the partition of the British empire of India. The India-Pakistan rivalry remains one of the most enduring and unresolved conflicts of our time. The triangular war between...
What Will B. Obama Mean for Globalization?
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
On November 4th, 2008, Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States. He beat Senator McCain by 6.9 percentage points. For many individuals (Americans and foreigners), the outcome of this election has been regarded as a turning point for America, not only because Obama is the...
New military technologies and the future of warfare
Dissertation - 24 pages - International relations
New military technologies are primarily a question of power, before the technological issue. It is important to see that in this case, the only actors studied are the State and the Departments of the State (Defence, research and development). It is for this reason that the main sources of...
The greatest Threat to World Safety Today Is Disease
Worksheets - 1 pages - International relations
Regularly the general news reminds us that a pandemic could befall us at anytime. There is no time and stage at which we could be attacked by a pandemic. This biohazard such as the swine flu is one such case which points us to the entry of new illnesses which spread panic, turmoil and anxiety...
Modern Maritime Piracy: Stakes and Prospects of a Transnational Organized Crime
Essay - 14 pages - International relations
Piracy is not a new phenomenon. Quite the reverse, it is as old as sea navigation and especially maritime trade. As early as in the Antiquity, the Roman Empire organized military campaigns to destroy pirate ships that were starving the Empire despite the fact that piracy was considered an...
Is "realpolitik" a requisite paradigm in foreign affairs?
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
I want to launch a call to all those in the world who believe in the values of tolerance, of liberty and of democracy, to all the martyred women in the world to say to them that the pride, the duty of our country will be at their sides, that they can count on France'. Quoting this extract of...
The United Nations Development Programme and the case of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Essay - 9 pages - International relations
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) was created on January the 1, 1966, by the resolution 1029 of the General Assembly of the United Nations, which combined the Expanded Program of Technical Assistance and the United Nations Special Fund. This Program, headquartered in New-York City,...
Is the United States of America an Empire in Decline?
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
While the international history was predominantly centered on Europe (Greek Empire, Roman Empire, French Empire, British Empire, etc.), the continent lost its place of leader at the beginning of the 20th century, "shattered by its long crisis" by 1945. It was surpassed by the two superpowers: the...
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...
The foreign policy of Théophile Delcassé and the construction of a French alliance network - publié le 17/05/2009
Thesis - 7 pages - International relations
In the beginning of the 20th century, France appeared to be a great and a powerful nation in Europe. She had two main preoccupations concerning her foreign policy: on one hand France wanted to reinforce and expand her colonial Empire; on the other hand she had the will to maintain and strengthen...
"In the last resort, states with classical military forces prevail": How does the realist theory contribute to foreign policy? - publié le 17/05/2009
Thesis - 6 pages - International relations
The theory is mainly a tool for the study of International Relations. It allows for the building of a conceptual framework upon which the events of world politics are analyzed. Theory provides with models that help unravel the mechanisms at work in the international system. Each theory is like a...
