Them? Critiquing the view of Britain as a ‘Good International Citizen’ ** Introduction ** In wake of the globally ignored, and ultimately nullified ‘yes’ vote to self-determination in Iraqi-Kurdistan, this article seeks to scrutinise the pragmatic approach in which Britain conducts foreign affairs. More specifically, I will challenge the consistency of the British diplomatic establishment adhering to ‘Good International Citizenship’ on the world stage. The role of the nation in international relations
Kant: “Moral Duty” Kant describes the moral dilemma of telling a lie. Kant applies that the meaning behind the false claim is what determines its morality or whether it shall be accepted. The morality of the act relies upon whether it is “clever” and self-benefitting act or whether it is a matter of duty to make the false promise. (Kant, p. 431) He claims that one commits the act of lying in order to free themselves from a their current situations of disadvantageousness; however, it is important
The concept of environment is as old as the nature itself. The concept of environment has been defined as that outer physical and biological system in which man and other organisms live as a whole. With the advancement of the society and civilization there was progress in all the fields. This growth of the civilization brought with it rapid increase in population and crowded cities which contributed to poor sanitation and other environmental problems. Broadly speaking environment means and include
Trouble with Africa: Why Foreign Aid Isn’t Working. Africa Today 56(2): 97-101 Aidoo expands on Jon Glennie’s scope of the discussion regarding aid implementation in Africa. He takes into account other prevalent work and analyzes the debate as a whole. The issue, on which people readily take sides, he contends is often too simplistically portrayed, often leading to poor solutions, typically in the form of more aid. Aidoo’s critique of Glennie, who embraces aid reduction policies, calls Glennie’s stance
INTRODUCTION We are in the 21st Century which adage certain methodical and ground-breaking innovations in the field of literature, science, technology and other interconnected fields. In fact this process of progress which the society witnessed in the later part of the 20th century, after much hard struggles for freedom and in the period of independence, we trailed side by side with the developed and developing countries and had left a smudge for ourselves. We have contributed meaningfully to the
subject to more deferential appellate scrutiny. In contrast, in most developed jurisdictions, international arbitral awards are subject to only very limited judicial review (ordinarily only on issues of jurisdiction, procedural unfairness, or public policy), not extending to the merits of the arbitral tribunal’s decision .Party autonomy with regard to arbitral procedures and selection of
Gulf contains (which includes a large part of Iraq’s coast) and the need to control future oil supplies was the overall determining factor on going to Iraq. There was also a need to stay allied with the US (which has been deeply ingrained in UK foreign policy since the Suez Crisis of 1956) and help secure US and in turn UK military presence in the middle east. Methodology Primarily, it would be imperative to establish the history of this conflict and exactly how it got to the point of war not only
can the American population understand anything, much less why a multitude of things make other cultures angry? Unfortunately, ignorance is where isolationism rests. Our foreign policy shows quite clearly that non-intervention is 'out'. Not when non-intervention would cost us easy access to foreign resources, specifically foreign oil. The middle east has been dominated by war
establishment, free movement of services, and free movement of capital. Whereas Articles 28 to 30 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) provide for the establishment of an EU common external tariff and the elimination of customs duties, Articles 34 and 35 of the TFEU (with exceptions under Article 36) go further, and prohibit quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect. Taken together, Articles 28 to 32 and 34 to 36 serve to ensure the free movement of goods within
During my current position as a Teaching Associate (and Affiliated Lecturer) I wrote and delivered the core second-year course of eight lectures, and facilitated eight MPhil seminars, in Economic Anthropology. I also wrote and delivered two lectures concerning the anthropology of welfare and social protection, supervised over forty students for the papers SAN1, SAN2, S5 and SAN8, and supervised an undergraduate dissertation. My effectiveness as a lecturer is attested by a quantitative evaluation