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INTRODUCTION TOINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
INTRODUCTION OF THE
INTRODUCTION
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WHY IR
IR THE RELEVANCY DILEMMA
IR - IMPACTS ON OUR DAILY LIVES
CASE STUDIES
GLOBAL WARMING US LED INAVSIONIN AFGANISTAN
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GLOBAL WARMING Carbon Emissions due to industrial growth. The most pressing issue of contemporary times- UN In 1960s 2500 million metric ton today its more than
8000 million metric tons of Carbon emissions. Maldives is only 1.5 meters above the sea level. The dilemma of developing countries and developed
countries. Introduction of Kyoto Protocol in 1997. STERN review report in UK in 2006. UN launched UNEP with WORLD METRO:OGIST
ORGNIZATION.
NGOs GREEN PEACE & FRIENDS OF EARTH.
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US LED INVASION IN
AFGANISTAN IN 2001 September 11 incident
Al Quaida
Mujahedin Fighters
Cold War
Super Power War Against terrorism.
Spill over in Pakistan
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Impacts of International Relations
I. Socio-Economic aspect: Individual economy
depends upon the global economy andinternational economic competition; as well asthe rules of world trading system. Religion andCulture shape economies and Conflict.
II. Environmental aspects: Global temperatureraise and water issues pose grave threats tomankind and act as a catalyst in world politics.
III.Political aspect: war is inevitable phenomenon
in human history. Swords to nuclear missiles.
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DEFINITION
THE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICSIS CONCERNED WITH UNDERSTANDINGTHE INTERCONNECTED RELATIONSHIPSAFFECTING THE WORLD IN WHICH WE
LIVE.
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Definition International relations concerns people
and cultures throughout the world.
Although it pertains to the relationshipamong worlds governments however; itis strongly connected with other actorssuch as, IGOs, NGOs, MNCs and
individuals along with historical andgeographical influences as well as socialstructure.
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MAIN FOCUS WAR
PEACE
ECONOMY
CONFLICT
GLOBALIZATION REGIONALISM
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International Security & Strategy
International Political Economy
International Political Community
International Political Ecology
Disciplines of IR
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE
DISCIPLINE FIRST CHAIR OF IR ESTABLISHED IN
1919 IN WALES.
BETWEEN TWO WORLD WARS- COLDWAR-9/11 AND TODAY
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20th Century Highlights
1890's Expansion of colonial empires1900-10 Development of European alliance
systems
1914-1917 World War I
1929-1939 Great Depression
ca.1935 Failure of League of Nations; rise ofmilitarist governments in Germany, Japan
1939-1945 World War IItotal war
1945 Founding of United NationsNuclear weapons
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20th Century Highlights, cont.
late 1940s Beginning of Cold War1950-70 Decolonization
1962 Cuban Missile Crisisbeginning ofUS-USSR dtente
1970s Global economic instability due to OPEC, USinflation
1989-90 Collapse of communism in Europe
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