remains often obscure and arguable who are the most powerful global actors. States are frequently referred to as a politically organised system or entity that consists of a government‚ society‚ and people. Due to state sovereignty and state-centric theory‚ which compromises of a supreme and legitimate authority with the ability to control/influence behaviours of others and the ability to harness coercive military power‚ they have long remained the most powerful. While states remain incredibly powerful
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4. Nigeria’s Foreign Policy in relation to Economic Diplomacy Today’s governments are facing immense competition from other actors such as religious groups‚ private sector‚ media‚ immigrants and all other possible entities of the civil society who are demanding from the government that they do have a say in making and implementing foreign policy. Economic diplomacy which is gradually overtaking the politics oriented traditional diplomacy. With the growth of transactional economic interactions‚ the
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whatsoever to resolve own national problems nor solve the global problems. This then resulting into global north with a great market-economy becoming the only ones able to solve the global problems. According to Chomsky (2010)‚ globalization is international integration‚ however it now stand in the way of (specially)developed countries in solving global problems. The World Trade Organization (WTO) identi-fy the globalization as necessary‚ through consumerism‚ hence a united world with no barriers and
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Diplomatic recognition[edit] | This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2010) | Diplomatic recognition is an important factor in determining whether a nation is an independent state. Receiving recognition is often difficult‚ even for countries which are fully sovereign. For many decades after its becoming independent‚ even many of the closest allies of
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Multinational Corporations (MNC’s) are an integral field of study in International Political Economy (IPE) due to its economical and political powers excered in the global market. An MNC is a cooperation that has a home base along with foreign locations abroad where they practice their productivity through foreign direct investment (FDI). there is a specific relation between the home and foreign locations of the cooperation; for example most MNC’s are home based in the United States‚ Japan or Europe
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defends the territorial integrity and sovereignty‚ enhance the economic and social well-being of the people and provide trading opportunities with other countries. However the foreign policy must be flexible and must keep up with the changing international as well as national environment. The foreign policy is determined by the times in which it is conducted. During cold war period two power structures or bloc s were present- U.S.A and USSR maintaining a bipolar world order and keeping a check over
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policy tool. For clarity‚ I offer the following definitions: According to the report “Hellfire and Grey Drones: An Empirical Examination of the Effectiveness of Targeted Killing”‚ targeted killings‚ though lacking a concrete definition under international law‚ are characterized by 6 key features: 1. The act is carried out by a state actor. 2. The target of the act is an individual actor {or‚ a small group of specific individuals}. 3. The targeted individual actor is a member of a group which
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assumption about international politics. Over the last decade‚ numerous scholars‚ especially those in the neo-realist tradition‚ have posited anarchy as the single most important characteristic underlying international relations.” (1991‚ 67). This is a key piece of information when trying to understand how states react to a condition of anarchy. Firstly it shows us that scholars and states view anarchy to be a top rating factor in influencing their decisions on the international stage. Secondly it
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powers and regional powers have been fluctuating(changing) according to political weather‚ injecting a permanent feelings of uncertainty in their friendship. Thus Pakistan’s foreign policy underwent changes to exigencies of time and requirement of international situation; However Pakistan evolved some basic principles of foreign policy which are as under. 1. National Security: National Security occupies first place in the foreign policy of Pakistan since its independence Pakistan’s national security
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Great Power Politics’‚ Mearsheimer presents a theory on ‘offensive realism’‚ which is an alternative to the ‘defensive realism’ developed by Kenneth Waltz and the ‘classical realism’ of Hans Morgenthau. Offensive Realism conceptualizes the relationship of power position and national interests of great powers. Mearsheimer states that there are five assumptions reasonably represent an important aspect of the international system. Firstly‚ the international system is characterized by anarchy or ‘self-help’
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