The FAC is powerless compared to other committees; although most recommendations are taken on, many are weak and unsubstantial.
Realists maintain that international law cannot radically alter the behaviour of states; it cannot satisfy the unyielding thirst for power. This paper will begin by examining the realist view of neutrality in international law, after which it will provide two alternative viewpoints.
America is a not ‘neocon nation’, but rather an idealist nation in a realist world: the US does pursue the extension of liberal capitalist democracy, but this idealistic goal must be reconciled with the realities of international politics.
Any government, even a violently repressive authoritarian one, can be legitimate given that its people believe it to be so.
Whilst the developmental state approach contributed to economic growth in South Korea, it cannot provide a model that can be applied elsewhere.
Nationalism, as a concept, ultimately fails to facilitate order and justice in international society because of its inherently volatile and unpredictable nature.
Although the participatory approach is essential to development in its aims, its application through the PRSP initiative needs reworking.
Generalizations are not helpful in determining the causes and implications of state failure in particular cases, as the situation is Somalia demonstrates.
India is a classic plural society and a massive federal polity. It proves a good case in studying the effect of federalism on ethnically diverse societies.
The original aims of the European project have long since evolved in to a much wider reaching and blurred set of aims that affect the lives of the regular European on a day to day basis
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