International Relations Essays

Neorealist and Constructivist Views of Anarchy
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Introduction: What do you understand by an “anarchic system of states”? How do neorealists (Grieco) and constructivists (Wendt) differ in their understandings of anarchy? Anarchy is often seen as ...

Climate Change – Averting Catastrophic Environmental Degradation Through Global Governance and Decentralisation
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Introduction: The Supra-Statist and Sub-Statist Approach Introduction Climate change issues have gained increasing interest in recent decades, as many scholarly debates have tried to reach a ...

Is Cyber War Between the U.S. and Russia Possible?
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Introduction: How Technology is Changing the Dynamic Introduction Throughout most of the 20th century and into the 21st, there has been a level of tension between the U.S. and Russia. Followi...

Is Realism Still a Valid Tradition in International Relations?
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Introduction: The realist tradition has been the dominant theory in the international relations for more than half a century. The end of the Cold War had led to the suppositon that realism was no longer a tren...

The USA's Relationship with the Dominican Republic
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Introduction: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first inaugural speech on March 4, 1933 introduced his plans for a new peaceful America. Roosevelt mainly focused on improving relations between the United...

Evaluation of Joseph Nye’s Thoughts on Soft Power
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Introduction: Soft power has generally been accepted as a concept by academics and politicians all over the world as a tool of diplomacy ever since it was introduced in 1990 by Joseph Nye. Great Britain in May...

Mexico's Relationship with the US
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Introduction: Civic Engagement Research Project The United States’ diplomatic ties shared with its allies are a crucial aspect of the overall health of our country. Healthy relations with allied cou...

International Relations in Bridge of Spies
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Introduction: America was involved in the Cold War from 1961-1973. This was America’s longest involvement in a war. Bridge of Spies follows the life of James “Jim” B. Donovan, an insurance litigation spe...

The Transition from Isolationism to Intervention in America
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Introduction:   Due to the gruesome experience & aftermath of WWI, approximately 90% of Americans supported isolationism regarding U.S. involvement in another war (United States Holoca...

The Relationship Between Politics and War
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Introduction: Introduction The relation between war and politics always been entwined in human history and many political scientists and foreign policy makers view war as an instrument of politics. Ev...

Foreign Relations Between the United States and Venezuela: 1890-1950
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Introduction: Venezuela and the United States have been known to associate with one another regarding foreign affairs. Within foreign relations, these two nations have seen individuals make choices for them an...

How Persuasive is Mary Kaldor’s Account for New Wars?
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Introduction: Focusing on the severity of the wars and the number of civilians killed, new war theorists point to a dynamic shift in the nature of war which is different from the old wars. In her account, Kald...

Comparative Foreign Policy in Iraq and North Korea
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Introduction:  The events leading up to the Persian Gulf War were crucial to the beginning of the war. After the war between Iraq and Iran Saddam Hussein greatly in debt. In relation to the 4 P’s of for...

Is NATO at Risk of Dissolving?
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Introduction: Is NATO –North Atlantic Treaty Organization at risk of dissolving? The North Atlantic Treaty Organization –NATO, was created in 1949 with the mission of insulating and protecting Eur...

Effects of Sovereign Immunity in Africans States
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Introduction: ABSTRACT This projects aims to analyse the effects of sovereign immunity in Africans States. The concept of sovereign immunity has been abused and violated drastically especially in most...

The Pursuit of Relative Gains in Regard to Climate Change
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Introduction: International Relations is a large field of study that has over time sparked several great debates concerning the actions of states, the presence of anarchy, and the meaning of power. Within the ...

Water Crisis between India and Pakistan
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The Future of China-Russia Relations: Alliance, Enemy or Partnership
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Introduction: China and Russia, two neighboring countries share a long border and many historical heritages, their relation is a considerable force to form a new world order. As their total GDP accounted for o...

Are Realist and Liberal International Relations Theories Mutually Exclusive?
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Introduction: To attempt to answer the question of this essay I will give an account of the perspectives of prominent realist thinkers and of their analyses and predictions of how states relate to each other i...

Data Analysis and Evaluation in International Relations
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Introduction: Data Analysis and Evaluation in International Relations Research Proposal Methodological Literature Review The fundamental question of my study is whether the Turk...

Application of Realism Theory to Climate Change
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Introduction:  International relations is a perpetual puzzle in which it is impossible to have certainty regarding the events that will occur within it. However, to help predict what will happen within in...

The UN Dealing with Conflict Post-Cold War Era
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Introduction: Analyse the Strengths and Weaknesses of the International System (The UN) In Dealing with Conflicts since the End of the Cold War Introduction Since the end of the Cold War, int...

Theories on Causes of Wars
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Introduction: What causes wars? What causes wars? One could say that there is no solid answer to the question at hand as there are so many different types of wars, and different causes for each. For a...

Effect of Gender Studies on Understanding International Relations
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Introduction: “Gender makes the world go round” according to Cynthia Enloe (1989). While illustrating your views on Enloe’s statement, explain the extent to which gender studies have changed our underst...

Impact of the Munich Hostage Crisis on Israel-Palestine Relations
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Introduction: To What Extent Did the Munich Hostage Crisis Lead to increasing tensions between Israel and Palestine?     Table of Contents ...