NGOs: Representing civil society at the WTO?
Essay - 8 pages - International relations
In 1994, the Marrakech Agreement established the World Trade Organization (WTO), one of many suprastate institutions that were created all along the 20th century. The purpose of this organization is to regulate all trade activities between its Member states, by providing “the common...
"In the last resort, states with classical military forces prevail": How does the realist theory contribute to foreign policy?
Essay - 5 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...
Why and how does CISG (United Nation Convention on the International Sales of Goods) favour exporters?
Essay - 8 pages - International relations
The CISG (United Nation Convention on the International Sales of goods) is a very useful law that facilitates transactions of goods between countries. With the increasing world trade exchanges, it seems useful to have a set of procedures that allow both parties in different countries to agree on...
The Kashmir conflict
Essay - 8 pages - International relations
When we speak about Kashmir, we think at first of this multitude of conflicts which concerns the history of this country. This territory situated in South Asia is a junction point of India, Pakistan and China. It always generated enormous desire. Without dwell upon the long lineage of dynasties...
Feminist perspectives : The contribution of ann ticker to the revision of the concept of security
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
As a searcher in international relations, Ann Tickner was firstly stroke by the law number of women working in the field. She then realised that not only were women excluded as researchers, but also as subjects of study. That was the first step of her carrier as one of the main feminist authors...
US policy towards the Taliban since the end of the cold war
Essay - 2 pages - International relations
The withdrawal of Soviet troops in 1989 did not provoke the fall of Najibullah's communist regime, but rather the beginning of Civil war between the different factions and ethnics. The US was officially not interested anymore in that part of the world and focused primarily in Europe. However, the...
How to reform the UN security council and why?
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
The Security Council is usually considered as the most important organ of the UNO. Primarily “responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security” , the Security Council has huge responsibilities and thus needs legitimacy to fulfill its mission. There has been a great...
The conflict in Darfur (2003-today): a contemporary conflict that must be analysed through various visions and aspects because of its complexity
Essay - 9 pages - International relations
The conflict that is currently occurring in Darfur is one of the gravest and of the most disastrous the United Nations Organization (UNO) has had to deal with. It's a very complex conflict to understand, because of the diversity of its causes and of its explanations. It is also, therefore, a...
The uneasy relationship between Norway and the process of European integration
Essay - 10 pages - International relations
The construction of the European Union has always experienced difficulties in triggering enthusiasm within the European nations. According to Jacques Delors, "it is difficult to fall in love with a common market". Even though the European Union (EU) is now much more than a free trade area, the...
Disaster in Darfur and the responsibilities of France
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
On 16 May 2006, resolution 1679 was unanimously adopted by the Security Council of the United Nations Organisation (UNO). It expressed its intention to consider conducting a “United Nations Operation in Darfur” and called for the deployment of “a joint African Union and United...
The United States and international religious freedom - publié le 25/01/2007
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
In 1998, the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) created both the International Religious Freedom Office in the Department of State and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Since then, a report has been produced every year within the United States, "reviewing...
The United States and international religious freedom
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
In 1998, the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) created both the International Religious Freedom Office in the Department of State and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Since this date, a report has been produced every year within the United States,...
Short-run and long-run aggregate supply - publié le 22/01/2007
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
One of the goals of economists is to try to predict the changes in the state of the UK economy. Thus they are interested in the economic growth -given by the growth of potential GDP-, the inflation and business cycle fluctuations. The Aggregate Supply - Aggregate Demand model permits to...
What were the major impacts of World War One on British society? - publié le 16/01/2007
Essay - 7 pages - International relations
One could argue that World War One did not have a huge impact on British society compared to the Second World War. However, the conflict was soon called the ‘Great War' in Britain, and it was the first time that the whole society was involved in the war effort. A new type of war had reached...
Children and conflict: Afghan children and post conflict processes
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
Historically, the processes of securing peace, reconciliation and reconstructing a country have neglected the specific needs and rights of children. However, the approach to the role of children in post conflict societies is slowly changing. To ensure the long-term peace, security and development...
Is the environment an international security issue?
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
The latter half of the 20th Century was exclusively dominated by the conflict of the Cold War. The study of world politics included topics such as nuclear war and balance of terror. The scholars had no scope for analyzing areas of international relations for other minor issues of low...
The causes of resurgence of Islamism
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
Ever since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 in New York, Islam has been perceived as the major international threat of our times. The subject is broadly under research and investigation, in universities as well as in the media. These investigation centers often provide a biased vision of the...
The causes of resurgence of Islamism - publié le 15/01/2007
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11 in 2001, Islamism is perceived as the major international threat of our time. The subject is broadly under studies, in universities as well as in the media, which often provide a biased vision of the phenomenon. Islamism can be defined by the use of the sacred...
Is the environment an international security issue? - publié le 15/01/2007
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
The last half of the 20th Century has been exclusively dominated by the Cold war conflict. There was little space in the analysis of the scholars in International relations for other minor issues of “low politics”, while the questions of the nuclear war and balance of terror dominated...
What impact might Canberra and Washington's close relationship have on Australia's future?
Essay - 16 pages - International relations
The world has witnessed rampant changes at a faster pace ever since the end of the Cold War. The beginning of the 21st century illustrates and highlights this idea of quick changes. Thus, changes in terms of increased terrorism, the new American foreign policy and the rise of China are few...
What explains the disintegration of Yugoslavia?
Essay - 8 pages - International relations
The Second Yugoslavia created in 1943, under the name of Democratic Federation of Yugoslavia, was a federal state consisting of six republics -Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia- and two autonomous provinces - Kosovo and Vojvodina. It became the Federal...
Was the NATO bombardment of Serbia legitimate?
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
After the disintegration of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Kosovar Albanians became targets of the Serb policy of "ethnic cleansing". UN requested both parties to the conflict to stop hostilities and to return to negotiations. However, peace negotiations between the Federal...
What explains the disintegration of Yugoslavia? - publié le 20/12/2006
Essay - 8 pages - International relations
The Second Yugoslavia created in 1943, under the name of Democratic Federation of Yugoslavia, was a federal state consisting of six republics -Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia- and two autonomous provinces - Kosovo and Vojvodina. It became the Federal...
Psychological approaches to International Politics. The case of Cyprus - publié le 14/12/2006
Essay - 11 pages - International relations
Located at a strategic position in the eastern Mediterranean sea, Cyprus, in the course of its history has frequently switched hands among powers which maintained an interest in the region. The list of its successive rulers includes the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Phoenicians, the Byzantines, the...
Psychological approaches to International Politics. The case of Cyprus
Essay - 11 pages - International relations
Located at a strategic position in the eastern Mediterranean sea, Cyprus, in the course of its history has frequently switched hands in-between powers which maintained an interest in the region. The list of its successive rulers includes the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Phoenicians, the Byzantines,...
Decision Making: Will the US Attack Iran?
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
Iran has always been a major concern in United States foreign policy. With almost seventy million inhabitants, three times the population of Iraq, the former Persia is a key actor in the Middle East. The diplomatic relations between America and Iran have fluctuated according to regime changes....
Importance and limits of the influence of ethnic lobbies on US Foreign Policy: The case of the Armenian-Americans' impact on US relations with Azerbaijan
Essay - 15 pages - International relations
The US is a nation of immigrants and the diversity of the constituencies is represented in the functioning of its political institutions. Indeed, not only is it considered legitimate for the interest groups to interfere with the decision making process, but the foreign policy does not constitute...
The Trans-Afghan pipeline project: History, stakes and perspectives
Essay - 12 pages - International relations
World competition around the natural resources of Central Asia and the Caspian is not new, but the collapse of the Soviet empire has revived it. This region, believed to possess huge oil and gas reserves, is also a point of contact of different civilizations and an arena for several competing...
The Fog of War: Lessons One and Two
Essay - 7 pages - International relations
Through the process of critical oral history, Robert McNamara has re-evaluated his experience as the Secretary of Defense under the Kennedy and Johnson presidencies. Filmmaker Errol Morris shaped his documentary The Fog of War around eleven lessons from the life of McNamara. The first two...
The Fog of War: Lessons One and Two - publié le 29/11/2006
Essay - 7 pages - International relations
Through the process of critical oral history, Robert McNamara has re-evaluated his experience as the Secretary of Defense under the Kennedy and Johnson presidencies. Filmmaker Errol Morris shaped his documentary The Fog of War around eleven lessons from the life of McNamara. The first two...
