Essays on International Politics

The topic that summarises the supremacy and significance of realism in the field of international relations in the method in which the contemporary nation-state cooperates with an international organisation, principally inter-governmental bodies. Throughout the Cold War, zero-sum game politics govern the worldwide arena, with collaboration…

Realism’s roots can be found in various works through history from authors such as Thucydides, Machiavelli, Hobbes or Morgenthau. The latest with his book entitled Politics among Nations has been considered as the foundation of realism. It is not until WWI and the following crisis…

   Realism vs liberalism constructivism Marxism and feminism are 5 main theories in international relations that have defined global governance. Through history we have seen these theories be used within states in the international system. Each theory has different belief systems on how they view…

In History it can be seen that communities resisted the western ideologies. Many countries rejected the spread of western beliefs . However it did spread to several countries across the globe. These countries loved the ideology of Communism. Countries like Russia, China, Vietnam and Cuba…

This is an anthology in the area of understanding the attitude and nature of foreign policies of a particular civilizational country, China. It is an example of scholarly works for understanding nation like China who is very frequent in extracting values from its tradition and…

Almost everyone has travelled to a foreign place, met unfamiliar people, and foreign culture. But, the different ways in which people will cope in those places differ. Some find life more comfortable, amazing, and better than the places they left. Over the years, people from…

Weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) authorizes the possibility to wipe out tons of civilians, sabotage the environment and majorly impact the lives of forthcoming generations. Although Germany has the ability to produce weapons of mass destruction , it has restrained its usage since the world…

Introduction In 1949 a new military alliance was finalised bringing together 12 nations for mutual defence. However, now in the 21st century, the world has changed and it is time to re-evaluate NATO’s relevance. President Trump has already questioned the commitment of other countries to…

The United States of America is considered as one the most diverse countries in the whole world, in terms of racial diversity, culture diversity and sexuality diversity. Diversity is one of America’s best assets; diversity of intelligence, skills, talents, and identity of the residents that…

Wallander bases her ideas around the liberal institutionalist framework. Although on the surface, it may appear in this article that she has a mixture of realist ideology, due to the idea that NATO would not survive without the US, and also constructivist framework, due to…

Firstly, Mohan Malik (1999) has a less favourable view on how China has shaped nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament globally. He argues that China primary objective for its Asian policy as to weaken its biggest threat, being India by arming countries around India with nuclear weaponry,…

Pacifism is a spectrum of views centered around the notion of anti-violence, whether this is absolute pacifism to relative pacifism. This raises a series of moral questions of “what-if” scenarios in which violence may be a last resort, or a deterrent, in other words, in…

During World War 2, oil had a vital role in modern warfare and economic and political life, but it was realized that the US self-sufficiency in oil1soon could come to an end. This convinced private and public1decision-makers that the United States “must have extraterritorial petroleum…

During the period 7-19 November 2016 in Marrakech, the world chiefs assembled to draft an activity plan for the Paris Climate Agreement for the 22nd Annual Climate Change Conference, called COP22. A board of specialists from Egypt and Germany met a week ago at the…

Noam Chomsky is an erudite scholar who has rendered enormous support in the field of linguistics, philosophy, history, and cognitive science with his groundbreaking innovations which include the theory of transformational generative grammar. Besides his contributions in academia, he is also a prominent author and…