Introduction The problem of actors is one of the central‚ and at the same time one of the most controversial in the study of international politics and relations. Indeed‚ one of the main criteria of international relations is the presence of regular interactions between the social communities geographically separated by political boundaries. In international relations‚ actors are those whose activity goes beyond one state and‚ therefore‚ participate in cross-border relations
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Outline 1. What is oil 2. Petroleum industry 3. Domestic and industrial usage of oil 4. Middle eastern oil 5. OPEC 6. Role of Saudi Arabia‚ Venezuela 7. US consumption of oil - 1/4th of total oil 8. War for oil - Iraq War‚ War on terror 9. Oil as a weapon by Arabs‚ Arab Israeli Conflict‚ Central America 10. Political Greed 11. Pipeline diplomacey Baku-Tiblisi-Ceyhan 12. The politics of oil nationalization 13. New alternatives ethnol
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LLC ISSN: 1465-0045 print / 1557-3028 online DOI: 10.1080/14650040701783243 The Great Power ‘Great Game’ between India and China: ‘The Logic of Geography’ Geopolitics Geopolitics‚ 1557-3028 1465-0045 Vol. 13‚ No. 1‚ Dec 2008: pp. 0–0 -FGEO David Scott India and China ‘The Logic of Geography’ DAVID SCOTT Downloaded By: [Ministerio De Defensa] At: 12:11 4 October 2010 Department of Politics and History‚ Brunel University‚ London‚ UK The simultaneous rise of China and now
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NEW OIL ESSAY Water is a resource lots of people take for granted. When water starts to become more scarce throughout time‚ who should take control over it? Public companies? Or Private? I believe the answer to this dilemma is that public companies should mostly take control of the water system but still work with private companies to benefit the water supply the most. They should mostly control the water supply because I think that private companies won’t be able to handle the water resources properly
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relationships State Centric realism Actors as states in the stage that is the world. States are the only important actors. Mixed actor system- What characteristics define an actor‚ what allows us to say that particular group is an actor‚ while another is not‚ what makes an actor significant? Traditional view on international relations‚ which does rely on states‚ and then offer challenges and other viewpoints. 1. HJ Morgenthau‚ his most famous book is politics amongst nations- established many
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the impact of non-state actors on world politics. With these elements drawn into the picture‚ it is quite evident that globalization has gradually morphed non-state actors into a game-changing catalyst for outcomes in the realm of international politics. There is no denying that transnational actors — from Transnational Companies (TNCs) to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) — have left their mark on world politics to the effect that we cannot
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and external affairs was born. For most of its existence the discipline of International Relations was normally presumed to treat the relations between states‚ the latter viewed as cohesive social actors driven by their desire for power and prestige. International organizations and other non-state actors were allowed an influence of their own in certain areas‚ but the state remained in ultimate control. Now IR scholars argue that there has been a transition in the system of sovereignty from the free
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The State is the Most Important Actor in World Politics Introduction In the modern tumultuous world of politics‚ nation states were and still are very crucial players. Whether they are the most important actors or not is the pivotal point of this essay. The point has been discussed with reference to two paradigms of international relations theories namely realism and liberalism. There are several strands of these two theories but arguments have been
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Transnational Actors and International Organizations in Global Politics By Peter Willetts From J. B. Baylis and S. Smith (eds.)‚ The Globalisation of World Politics‚ (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press‚ second edition‚ 2001)‚ pp. 356-383. This copy does not contain the various boxes and diagrams that are in the book. Please note that this document is set for A4 paper‚ so US users should change the File-PageSetUp-PaperSize to Letter before printing. • Introduction • Problems with the
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The New Politics of Consumption Why Americans want so much more than they need. Juliet Schor I n contemporary American culture‚ consuming is as authentic as it gets. Advertisements‚ getting a bargain‚ garage sales‚ and credit cards are firmly entrenched pillars of our way of life. We shop on our lunch hours‚ patronize outlet malls on vacation‚ and satisfy our latest desires with a late-night click of the mouse. Yet for all its popularity‚ the shopping mania provokes considerable dis-ease: many
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