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Government and International Relations
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Government and International Relations
Government and International Relations
International relation is the study of the relations between different states with international organizations as well as some subnational entities including interest groups, political parties, and bureaucracies. Being such a wide field, it is related to several other academic disciplines including philosophy, psychology, sociology, law, economics, history, geography, and political science. Research and writing or publications have had a great impact on international relations and the study of government. The field of international relations came into existence as a result of writings that linked different countries and economies comparing their state of affairs.
The study of international relations emerged as a result of different scholars at the onset of the Soviet Union. Journal articles, especially on the history of several countries have shaped the current studies and setting of governments. A surge of writing and research motivated by the notion that inquiry and systemic observation serve human betterment and dispel ignorance (Devetak, George & Percy 2017). The increasing popularization of international relation via research has reinforced the idea that general education should encompass any form of instruction in foreign affairs and that knowledge ought to be progressed in the best interest of the general public control and oversight of military and foreign policy.
The articles picked on international relations enables students and individuals concerned with public affairs to investigate and research the existing relationships between governments and countries. The increasing number of students majoring in international relations can be attributed to various published research showing how important the course and its knowledge is in the outside world. Different educational resources including scholarly articles and journals provide understanding on power, politics, and policies in the contemporary world. Besides, research is acknowledged for exploring forces that shape political and social dynamics in domestic and global levels. It is through writing materials that the major areas covered in government and international relations are exposed. They include globalization, foreign policy, business-government relations political processes as well as institutions.
There are several issues that are related to government and international relations. Globalization being one of them, is the process of integration and interaction among government, companies, and individuals globally. Being a complex phenomenon, globalization, is viewed as a form of capitalist expansion that entails the incorporation of national and local economies into the world and unregulated market economy. Globalization has been an issue among governments and international relations. It is cited as the primary factor affecting how people relate. It has since grown due to communication and transportation technology. With the rising global interactions, emerge better connection among countries and growth in culture, ideas, and trade. The three factors are recognized as the main drivers of government linkages and international relations. The relationship between international relation and globalization is however viewed to be mutual. International relations enhance and shape globalizations. On the other hand, globalization is cited to be among the factors that generate political instability in governments and ruin favorable inter-states relations globally due to terrorism and other ill-events that emerge from free interactions. It is hard to study or discuss about government and international relations without thoughtfully and thoroughly discussing about globalization. The demerits of globalization are what pose a problem to international relations (Jackson, Srensen & Mller 2019). The increasing globalization is forcing individuals to re-examine the comprehension about the role of states and non-state players including government organizations and multinational corporations in international political economy, human rights and developments that are linked to the challenges faced by different governments. There is also the problem of global ethics that limits international relations. As cultural, economic, and legal norms vary from one nation to the other, several ethical issues rise from them. This becomes a challenge in this topic since a normal practice may be ethical in one nation but unethical in another nation. This not only become a problem to multinational managers, but also to other stakeholders concerned with exploring inter-country relations. For instance, in an international business, the most vital ethical issues entail moral obligation of international corporations, corruption, environmental norms, human rights, and employment practices. The moral obligations set for international governments tend to affect the building of viable links between these nations. If was to investigate globalization as research topic, I would get deep into its effects on relationships between countries in the same region. In the case of global ethics, I would major on the specific ethical problems that limit intergovernmental relations.
Scholarly Journal
Questias political and government journals are the predominant source of scholarly journals for government and international relations information. Its collection examines the practices and ideologies that govern geopolitical entities and societies. It presents several case studies, critical inquiries, and interviews looking at the practical and legal consequences of governmental actions and weigh the significance of different political maneuvering. I can utilize the resources offered by Questia in researching on the problems facing government and international relations. It offers more than eighty-three thousand online books from multiple academic and commercial presses. This improves its reliability and credibility. To add on its ability to meet different research problems, Questia offers over ten million quality and citable journal, magazine, and newspapers articles (Feshbach 2017). Its reliability is enhanced by the provision of paper-writing and organizational tools that enables students to automatically generate bibliographies and footnotes that ease management of their research. Beside the journal source, Questia have a writing center that provide guidance and tools to assist students in tackling their government and international relations-related research tasks. It is sponsored by non-profit organizations since its journals mainly deals with issues of international concerns. Some of the areas covered by most of its journal resources are ethics and international affairs, global governance, geopolitical, history, and international relations. All these topics meets the studies covered in government and international relations.
Trade Magazines
There are several affairs magazines covering different areas of foreign affairs relating to government and international relations. Jadavpur magazines and Journal of International Relations is a peer-reviewed journal, magazines, book reviews, review articles, and research articles in the field and areas of study in international relations. It makes major contribution in dealing with domestic and global issues that impact on the formulation or implementation of foreign policies. The principal aim of these magazines is combining policy oriented, historical, and theoretical issues that will supplement and complement its academic contribution. It is guided by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Being a member of COPE, its publications are sponsored by its associates. I can leverage on its sources to formulate research questions about globalization as a major problem to government and international relations. These sources can be helpful since they combine policy oriented, historical, and theoretical studies in related to international relations (Chatterjee 2018). It has published several resources related to international relations and foreign affairs. Its credibility and reliability is proven by its associate with the global SAGE journals that are widely used by educational institutions.
Organization
One of the organizations that everyone can attest to the credibility of its information on international relations is the French Institution for International Relations. It researches and debates in several contemporary issues. The organization has different units with unique functions. The research unit, for instance, pursue scientific research, publishes papers, undertakes bespoke studies, and offer consulting services on government and international relations for private, public, global and national clients. The publications are done by its stakeholder who include researchers, associate researchers, and research directors. The employees of French Institution for International Relations cover wide-ranging issues, regional areas, and can offer multidisciplinary expertise in matters political affairs and international relations. This is what makes the organization relevant in the field of government and international relations (Desmoulins 2017). It is credible and outstand among other organizations since it focuses on a broad range of areas that are imperative to different nations. They include globalization and international balance of power; defense and security; sport and international relations; humanitarian and development as well as energy and environment. Some of the regions that it covers include Asia, the Mediterranean region, Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, Russia CIS, United States, and Europe. It organizes events and meetings annually with audience from the highlighted regions. These events are meant to launch publications and provide comprehensive overview of global shifts.
Scholarly Research Database
One of the widely used database is the Digital National Security Archive (DNSA). It has some of the most detailed set of published government documents available especially for political science and international relation students. The sources currently include forty-four collections made up of more than one hundred and four thousand precisely indexed documents with several pages (Saleem, & MuhammedTaher 2019). The databases documents are credible since they are compiled by top experts and scholars and comprehensively covers the most critical political events, policies, nations, and the United States policy decisions that were made after World War II via the 21st century. All these documents provide unmatched access to a wide range of international strategies relevant to the contemporary areas covered in the field of government and international relations. It is located on the campus of the George Washington University and is the largest repository of published US documents. It is funded through its open government partnership.
References
Chatterjee, D. (2018). Globalization and the Politics of Photographic Representation: Essentializing the Moments of Agony.Jadavpur Journal of International Relations,22(2), 167-188.
Desmoulins, L. (2017). French public policy research institutes and their political impact as another illustration of the French exception. InThink tanks and civil societies(pp. 139-168). Routledge.
Devetak, R., George, J., & Percy, S. (Eds.). (2017).An introduction to international relations. Cambridge University Press.
Feshbach, S. (2017). Response to J. Michael Waller’s” Weaponizing Ridicule”.Military Review,97(6), 122.
Jackson, R., Srensen, G., & Mller, J. (2019).Introduction to international relations: theories and approaches. Oxford University Press, USA.
Saleem, S. M., & MuhammedTaher, A. J. (2019). US Political Options towards the Arabian Gulf after the British Withdrawal from It in 1968.Journal of Duhok University,21(2), 386-397. Reflective/Metacognitive Annotations #1 Discipline Awareness Project
Note: As this is the first of these Reflective Writing papers we are completing, I wanted to set up some guidelines which will apply to all three we will do this term. First, these responses should be thoughtful, detailed, and original (do not borrow language from your essays, unless explicitly asked to do so). Writing broadly, forgoing detail, doing the minimum or not responding to the questions, will result in a grade deduction.
While the major essays themselves ask you to execute and apply skills learned in the classroom, these reflective writing assignments ask you to think about HOW and WHY you executed and applied those skills the way you did. These writings focus on your thinking and writing (and researching) processes in an attempt to help you understand how and why you succeed when you succeed, so that you can build on it, and how and why you struggle, when you struggle, so you can learn from it.
One thing to remember is that metacognition and reflective writing is not just something we do after an assignment, but, with practice, it can be a process which informs our writing, pre- and post-draft. Additionally, this may seem to you at first glance to be a kind of writing you, the student, might do to please me, the teacher, but I assure that is not my or our goal. In fact, its best for you to think of yourselves, rather than myself, as your audience here. These writings are an opportunity to stop, take stock, and consider your own writing process and growth. Thinking your way through (and understanding) how you think, write, research, will help you develop the all-important transfer of skills from inside of the classroom to beyond it.
1. Take a moment to consider and discuss your writing process from the time you received the prompt for Essay #1 to the time you sat down to complete it. Find the location in the paper where you feel your planning, brainstorming, or other pre-draft writing strategies are most apparent.
Please detail any pre-draft strategies (outlining, sketching, etc.) you employed and discuss why you took those particular steps in preparing your draft. This is also an appropriate space in which to discuss what your intentions were (what you were trying to achieve in this part of the paper/process) and where you think you succeeded and where you feel you came up short (and perhaps why you think that is)? [200 words].
2. In this essay, you were asked to complete some tasks/respond to some questions which had either no specific singular path/no specific answer or were given no specific text/source in which to search for the answer/guidance. For example, you were asked to determine the role of writing and research in your discipline as it differs from other fields, or for another example, you were asked to create criteria for what makes a valuable, credible source in your field. Find a place in your paper where you showed independent research and problem solving and compose a response to the following:
What steps (intellectually and physically) did you take to answer these questions? Discuss how you employed independent inquiry and curiosity to help you properly respond to those demands of the essay prompt [200-250 words].
3. Identify and discuss what you consider to be your best, most effective (in responding to the prompt) paragraph in Essay #1. Now, using your knowledge of rhetorical analysis, discuss what rhetorical moves (writerly decisions/choices made) you employed in composing that paragraph. Note: This is a discussion on your writing/composition, rather than just your research or the sources you found. Pay attention to things like structure, organization, word choice, etc. You must discuss how you made decisions regarding your utilization of at least two of the following: Tone/Voice, Writing to Audience, Context, Medium, Goal [200-300 words].
