Politic like any other concept in the social science can be defined in various ways and also politics can be said to be universal meaning politics is very were. According to Aristotle “man is a political animal”. To him every human being belonged to a state and no man could be self-fulfilment outside the state.” […]
Russia is one of the important countries and the largest country in the world, which established worldwide power and influence in the international politics. The arguable question, in which interested a lot of knowledgeable people, is what the regime has the Russian Federation after the death of Communism and how it works. The majority of […]
In every democratic system of governance, election is the only legitimate determinant entrance to political office or leadership, and it is an important element for facilitating good governance practices and consolidation of democracy. Elections provide avenue for the electorate to express their will and sovereignty and give legitimacy to their political leaders. Election periods give […]
Mittelman (2000, p 15) states that “The manifestations of globalisation include the spatial reorganization of production, the interpenetration of industries across borders, the spread of financial markets, the diffusion of identical consumer goods to distant countries, massive transfers of population-mainly within the South as well as from the South and the East to the West,… […]
International Relations theory (IR) involves the development of theoretical frameworks and theories to assist and make easy the comprehension and explanations of events and circumstances in world politics, as well as the explanations of correlate policies and practices. Three of the theories that come from the IR are: realism, that considers self-interested states struggle continuously […]
Greenpeace is a renowned Non-Governmental Organisation founded by Dorothy Stowe, Irving Stowe, Dorothy Metcalfe, Jim Bohlen, and Bob Hunter; to fight for the environmental degradation, since 1971. According to Greenpeace Annual Report 2001, “Greenpeace is an independent campaigning organisation that uses non-aggression and mediagenic confrontation to expose global environmental issues, and to force solutions which […]
From this quote, it can be understood the importance of geography for regions, people, politics, economics, globalization and the study of International Relations. As a definition, it can be remarked that Geography is considered as the “study of spatial patterns in the human and physical worlds”. What geographers do is the examination of how human […]
According to Kenneth Waltz, the Foreign Policy of a country can be analysed by focusing on either the individual, the state or the international system. Which one of these levels of analysis do you think gives the most useful perspective from which to explain and understand a country’s foreign policy? Give reasons to support your […]
As we start touching the debate between neo-realism and neo-liberalism, the role of the hegemonic power becomes controversial. A series of questions come into my mind and arouse my curiosity, like what is hegemon? Can the translation in Chinese (霸權 ba quan) interpret the really meaning of it? Is there a division between benign hegemony […]
On January 11, 2011, a 22-year-old male in Tucson, Arizona shot through the head of an Arizona congressional representative, Gabrielle Giffords. Jared Lee Loughner was the identified shooter. During the course of his attempted assassination of Giffords, he killed six people and wounded others. Among those who have died was a nine-year old girl. As […]