INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND ECONOMY

A brief essay on the role of Taiwan in International Politics.

There are three different perspectives from which international politics can be analyzed called levels of analysis.

Examines the case of 2002 Farm Bill in light of Theodore Lowi's concept of distributive politics and Lee and Oppenheimer's study "Sizing up the Senate."

An explanation and critique of the concept of supranationalism, with a focus on organizations such as the UN, the European Union, the American Government and the crisis in Darfur.

A look at how Taiwan's identity politics has and will continue to affect, not only its internal politics during the current economic crisis, but also Cross-Straits relations.

This paper explores the potential purpose of various commandments from the Old Testament and the place that the commandments may have in the lives of both modern and ancient societies.

Why, in politics, do we throw out the common sense our parents instilled in us?

As North Korea has grown in military and economic power, other nations have found themselves in a dangerous situation. This paper explores North Korea's rise to power, future path, and what all of this means for the business and safety of the world.

Opinion on the current crisis in Darfur, the role of soft power, and political struggle.

The issue of global warming has been stirring emotions on Capitol Hill and city streets for years now. While many people, including some scientists, cite humans as the cause for the increasing average global temperatures, others believe this cannot be so.

This paper explores the data and literature against the backdrop of increasing concern for the impact of crime and violence on the economy, tourism product and social welfare of jamaica.

Discussion is presented of how special and exceptional political freedom and civil liberty really are versus the predominant historical prevalence of tyranny and political repression, suppression, and oppression.

A brief analysis of world politics and the growing importance and awareness of how the environment affects current policies.

It's odd that we would all think our government was broken, call it a democracy, and go fight wars to supposedly impose democracy on other countries, a concept that makes crystal clear how perverse our understanding of democracy is.

Energy is a source of bargaining power in the international political economy. The paper explores two states with different energy policies and gives insight on the formation and outcome of these policies.

Examination of why and how any irrational substitutes for the market economy will produce numerous and endless inefficiencies and other dis-economic failures, for any ideologized quasi- or pseudo-economics, for any nation.

College report over the basics of Thailand and its political culture.

There came diverse and deviant presentations of psychology each of which were inclined to reveal and investigate a particular aspect; from sexual to social to individual and eventually to psychic elements.

It's a stunning sight to see farmers, truck drivers and fishermen in Western Europe protesting the exorbitant price of gas internationally. America should take a close look, particularly at France, where they know how to protest and get results...

It is important to look at the absence of free trade in the MENA region because the region exhibits many qualities for a potentially successful trade bloc-a common language, cultural background, and states with differing comparative advantages.

With no luck finding precious metals, privatized naval warfare - privateering - became the norm because robbing Spanish and Portuguese ships was easiest.

International Political Economy holds promise of a better understanding of the international system. Traditional theories in politics and economics have limitations; IPE attempts to resolve these weaknesses.

This is a piece that reviews and offers criticism of Toyin Falola and Ann Genova's "The Politics of the Global Oil Industry: An Introduction"

This paper explores the fact that trade protection may help the economy of some nations and hurt others. Special emphasis is placed on the Canadian economy.

Research into past and present politics and poplicies in two of the MidEast's most important- and controversioal nations.

Review of two texts focusing on the impact of a market-controlled media system. Highlights the problems of a profit-driven system and its effects on media content and democracy.