What is Power in Global Politics and International Relations?
Power in politics Power is the ability to make people, states, movements, organizations, or things do what they would not otherwise have done. It is a matter of fact that…
International Relations
What is critical global geopolitics?
For overwhelming Western political analysts, journalists, scientists, etc., the disappearance of the USSR in 1990/91 was symbolized overdramatically by the physical destruction of the Berlin Wall followed by the removal/destruction…
Is Britain Fast Losing Its Independence in Foreign Policy?
Britain was the biggest imperial power for well over a century. During its heyday it used to control about a quarter of the global landmass. So vast was this empire…
Animations: A Multifaceted Pedagogical Agent in International Relations
Introduction In mainstream International Relations, there is a clear binary of hard and soft power; hard power is perceived by states to be more impactful, while soft power is more…
Human Security and its Dimensions
The concept of human security is a controversial approach by a certain group of post-Cold War 1.0 academicians (after 1990) for the purpose of redefining and at the same time…
The Concept of Just War and Outlines of the Just War Theory in IR
As a matter of historical fact, since human beings have been living in settled communities (villages, towns, cities), they have sought to protect themselves against different types of military threats…
History of Russia in International Relations in the 1990s: Between the Western Colonization and Self-Interest
History and geopolitics The extreme geopolitical importance of Russia in global politics and international relations is seen as the best from the very basic facts about Russian geography. Russian Federation…
Balkan Geopolitics: Between a Bridge and the Battlefield
The Balkans and Geopolitics The peculiar geostrategic position of the Balkan Peninsula gives us an answer to the question of why it has been throughout history both a bridge and…
On Global Security Models and Their Functionality
The fundamental aim of the text below is to deal with the concept and models of global security as one of the crucial topics of global politics studies. The question…
A Basic Academic Approach on International Systems of States and Security
We have to keep in mind that a term and notion of security usually implies a kind of sense of protection and safety from different possible harms coming from „outside“.…
War And War Crimes: A Very Short Academic Approach
After WWII, there was a growing number of significant non-state actors in international relations (IR) like the OUN or various specialist agencies connected to it. Nevertheless, two key developments stimulated…
Collective Security and the System of UN in International Relations (IR)
An idea of effective collective security is the foundation of the United Nations (UN). Fundamentally, collective security has to be a system to protect global peace and security through the…
From the History of International Relations (IR): War, National Interest, and the League of Nations
In broad terms, the national interest refers to the goals of foreign politics, objectives, or policy preferences that benefit a nation or society as a whole. That is the foreign…
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