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By Rheanne Wirkkala April 2010 Kenneth Waltz, in his important 1979 book entitled The Theory of International Politics, puts forth a theory of positional structure in the international system. He asserts that the structure of the international system, once created, is unchanging and self-reinforcing. Waltz’s ontology is as follows: Discrete units (states) interact at an initial level and [...] By Samantha R. McRoskey March 2010 Imagine this: at a distance, you see tiny bodies moving across dozens of oil rigs perched in the waters of the Santos Basin off of the São Paulo, Brazil, coastline. It is 2020, and production in Brazil’s Tupi oil field is topping out at more than 150,000 barrels per day. As you [...] By Rheanne Wirkkala January 2010 The world is not fated to live with twenty to thirty nuclear weapons states by 2030, but it will take serious international cooperation to avoid this scenario. The US and Russia will jointly have to take the lead in pursuing non-proliferation and a reduction of existing nuclear arsenals. After 1945 the US pursued the [...] By Rheanne Wirkkala January 2010 The positive aspects of globalization are not becoming more significant than the negative aspects; however, the positive aspects so far outweigh the negative ones. With that said, growing inequality and mismanagement of globalization could shift the balance in favor of the negative. Globalization, roughly defined as increased economic, social and cultural interdependence has produced [...] December 2008 By Kevin Taber As the old adage proclaims, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” Likewise, the same holds true for the modern media. What may come across as rubbish to some may be accepted as Gospel by others. Sheer propaganda and state-controlled news may parade as a free press – and even be accepted as [...] |
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