Night of the Living Wonks - 1 views
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The specter of an uprising of reanimated corpses also poses a significant challenge to interpreters of international relations and the theories they use to understand the world. If the dead begin to rise from the grave and attack the living, what thinking would -- or should -- guide the human response?
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For our purposes, a zombie is defined as a reanimated being occupying a human corpse, with a strong desire to eat human flesh
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Because they can spread across borders and threaten states and civilizations, these zombies should command the attention of scholars and policymakers.
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Trevor Cook: International relations theories - an introductory guide - 5 views
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Theories of international relations seek to explain what states try to achieve in the external realm and when they try to achieve it.
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Realism
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key assumptions: states are the primary actors, anarchy is the international condition, states behave rationally, states seek to keep the system in balance (against capability, threat)
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Tufts Summer Study International Relations - 0 views
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“Even though many issues are global, the number of major players [in international relations] is relatively small,” he says. “If students so choose, they can insert themselves into or around these decisionmaking circles.”
With Huge Sums in Play, FIFA Sponsors Are Reluctant to Push Reforms - NYTimes.com - 0 views
One World, Rival Theories - 2 views
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He sketched out three dominant approaches: realism, liberalism, and an updated form of idealism called "constructivism."
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Realism focuses on the shifting distribution of power among states.
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Liberalism highlights the rising number of democracies and the turbulence of democratic transitions.
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Globalization and International Relations - Saddleback Valley Schools - 0 views
Vision of Humanity - 1 views
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These Pillars are: a well functioning government, a sound business environment, an equitable distribution of resources, an acceptance of the rights of others, good relations with neighbours, free flow of information, a high level of human capital, and low levels of corruption.
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Negative peace is the absence of violence or the fear of violence; i
Joint Understanding Read by President Bush at Annapolis, November 2007 - Council on For... - 1 views
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President Abbas and Prime Minister Olmert will continue to meet on a bi-weekly basis to follow up the negotiations in order to offer all necessary assistance for their advancement.
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The parties also commit to immediately implement their respective obligations under the performance-based road map to a permanent two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian
Rational Theory of International Relations: The Logic of Competition and Cooperation | ... - 3 views
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He focuses on three sorts of factors shaping security strategies: the motives of a state, its material capabilities, and the information it has about the capacities and intentions of others. Out of these variables, he fashions a rationalist theory that deduces the circumstances under which states will seek to cooperate or compete.
The Challenges of Global Health Governance - Council on Foreign Relations - 2 views
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The outbreak of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) found countries scrambling for access to vaccines, an unseemly process that led the World Health Organization to call for a new "global framework" on equitable influenza vaccine access.
Ukraine Must Prepare to Rebuild Itself | Opinion | The Moscow Times - 7 views
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The three months of increasingly intense fighting between pro-Kiev forces and eastern separatists have unleashed both sides' worst instincts and demonstrated their high tolerance for loss of civilian life.
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These developments exclude any recovery of Ukrainian statehood, even in its dysfunctional post-Soviet form. The Ukrainian state, as it emerged after the Soviet dissolution, is finished.
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