Essay On International Law

the current event that have happened in crimea have left the world watching, wondering what is going to happen next. russian forces have invaded crimea and is currently trying to annex crimea. Crimea, which has a population that is about 60 percent Russian, was transferred from Russia to Ukraine in 1954, when both states were part of the Soviet Union. Crimea is also home to 300,000 Tatars, Turkic Muslims who suffered horribly under Stalin during Soviet times. They are almost all opposed to Crimea's union with Russia, and most boycotted the referendum. Recently Ukraine’s intelligence services identified Russian intelligence forces are targeting the pivotal parts of Ukraine’s government from within Russia. additionally SBU or Security Service of Ukraine identified that the Russian Black Sea Fleet was securing the presence of Russian secret services, national interests, and control over the direction of Ukraine’s political and military

The largest nation in the world, Russia has demonstrated acts comparable to the Soviet Union. For instance, their military agreements with the Syrian national army (which believe in the oppression of citizens and the rule of a totalitarian dictator named Bashar al-Assad in the civil-war stricken Syria) have inflicted controversy in the UN Security Council. Furthermore, their invasion in Ukraine’s Crimean territory and obstinacy against the UN resulted in the Security Council and NATO sanctioning Russia for its civil

In 1944, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR, invaded the Crimean Peninsula of Ukraine. Almost instantly, nearly all of the local the Crimean Tatars, Muslim Turkic people, were brutally murdered by the Red Army. Those who were not killed, were rounded up and deported to the brutal conditions of the Siberian forest. Over 40 percent of the Turkic people died enroute. Fast forward to modern day, Reshat Ametov, a Crimean Tatar, from the Simferopol region of Crimea, disappeared in March of 2014. Ametov was last seen during a protest in the center of Simferopol, where three unidentified men, presumably Russian forces, in military-style clothing, led him away. Ametov is one of the many examples of how Crimean citizens have been forced to endure unjust hardships from Kremlin takeover of Crimea. The Kremlin has violently attacked a sovereign nation and continuously violated basic human rights. However, as Russia continuous to viciously violate nearly every human right, the rest of the world just sits as watches. Better yet, most people do not even know that Russia is murdering innocent Crimeans. Though the US has introduced a few sanctions, political and economic tools that work to force

At the same time, Russian activity along the Ukrainian border was being overlooked. There had been an increasing Russian military surge along the Eastern border. Ukrainians started to report to Kiev, ¨Russian military forces [had] been spotted in both major rebel-held cities in eastern Ukraine...” (Ukraine Claims...1). Of course, Russian government officials deny these accusations. Nevertheless, there is strong signs of Russia supporting the Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine. (Birnbaum 2).

To understand the conflict, which is being dubbed as the biggest crisis between Russia and the West since the Cold War, one must first grasp the political and historical background present in the Crimea region. While the Crimean region has a long history spanning back to 6th century B.C., only the events since medieval times is relevant to current issues, furthermore the most recent histories pose most significance. Two years ago, Russia began its annexation of Crimea, which belonged to Ukraine, after the pro-Russian president, Viktor Yanukovych, was ousted from the Ukrainian presidential office. The people of Crimea were outraged; they had voted heavily in favor of him and following his removal they thought Yanukovych had been made a victim of a coup. In response, president

Through all this the question still lingers, why are Russia and Ukraine fighting? on Tuesday, the 18th of March in the year 2014. Putin announced that Crimea was going to be annexed to the Russian Federation. (Bock, Andreas, Henneberg, Plank, 2015) With great uncertainty, and Euro Maidan protest engulfing the nation. Ukraine was vulnerable for Russia’s invasion. Russia took over Crimea both aggressively but peacefully at the same time. Putin called for a vote in Crimea, to allow for the people of the Crimea to have a fair choice in the matter. 95.7% of voters wanted to join the Russian Federation; while a mere 4% wanted to remain in the Ukraine. ("95.7% of Crimeans in referendum voted to

The invasion of the Crimea, and Donbass regions of Ukraine sent shock waves through European capitals. Protests were made, sanction were applied, and thus started a spiral of events that have brought Russia’s relations with the West to an all new low. In recent years many in the West (western democracies of Europe and North America) have been caught off guard by the actions of the Russian state. In order for the West to find a way forward that reduces conflict there must be an unbiased examination of the problem, and the actions taken by everyone involved. In doing so we will have to talk about how Russia sees NATO as a threat, how country’s see Russia as a threat. Doing this may help us gain a greater understanding of Russian actions in

In early 2014, Russia made the decision to conduct an illegal military intervention into Ukraine. It all began when there was a dispute over whether Ukraine should accept financial help from Russia or Europe, which then ascended into the ousting of the Ukrainian president and then invasion of Ukraine. More specifically, Russia began to taking over the Ukraine territory of the Crimean Peninsula through illegal use of force (Global Security, 2016). During that time, the Russian government voted to place Crimean’s into the Russian Federation, which had been rapidly accepted by the President of Russia himself, Vladimir Putin. Most of the Crimean population is ethnic Russians, although there are also the pro-Ukraine Tatar minorities that make

The first group of factors for Russian involvement in Ukraine would be categorized into the International System Level of Analysis. In the International System Level of Analysis, the state’s policies are meant to revolve around the states national interests. National interests are defined as the physical security, economic security, and political sovereignty of the state. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the newly formed Russian Federation had to come to terms that unlike its predecessor, it did not wield the power of an international powerhouse. With its economy and military might in shambles, Russia was no longer a global superpower and was reduced to a regional power. In addition, Russia had become increasingly wary of the European Union’s relations with Ukraine. Fearing the loss of a crucial regional partner, Russia would often make economic offers to entice the Ukrainian government to retain its current relations with the former. During Ukraine’s negotiations with E.U. on a trade association agreement, Russian president Vladimir Putin and Russian friendly Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych met to negotiate on Russia’s offer of to purchase

With Ukraine, it is a little more complicated. Victor Yanukovych, the Ukrainian President, was a pro-Russian sympathizer who stiffed a European Union deal and built an economic agreement with Russia instead. This action would create a huge backlash among Ukrainian citizens. In January 2014, Protest and violence rang out across Ukraine, especially in Kiev, The capital of Ukraine. Dozens would be killed by special forces. Yanukovych tried to broker a deal with the opposition but would be oust into exile across the border in Russia. Ukrainian lawmakers would remove him from power, claiming he abandoned his duty as President. One week later, on March 1, 2014, Russian paramilitary troops would pour into Crimea. The island would then hold a referendum on the future of Crimea; Return to Russia, or stay with Ukraine. An overwhelming majority went with returning to Russia. Vladimir Putin recognized

The given right of any person to legal council is part of what sets the United states of America apart from the rest of the world, However not all have access to this given right because the current legal system is broken. Not actually broken, the law is good, and has been developed for over 200 years of experience and trial and error, however the system of delivering the law, and making the law accessible and affordable is broken. Today in order to operate Law firms must try to juggle huge caseloads and charge large fees because the system that is being used is one that has not changed since the profession of law came about. How do lawyers expect to help change the world and make it a better place when it ignores what the world is

Jurisdiction is arguably the most versatile term in current international law. Frequently used in international legal instruments and yet never defined, the term can have different meanings in different contexts. Depending on the circumstances, jurisdiction may refer to the totality of the power or authority that a state has or exercises, in which case it is fully identifiable with “sovereignty,” another often-used but likewise never clearly defined term in international law. Jurisdiction is an aspect of state sovereignty. International law scholars have increasingly taken the view that the term ‘sovereignty’ means all and only those attributes which are given to a state under international law descriptive of the scope of state freedom as a legal rather than factual matter sovereignty. In this conception does not define, but is defined by the legal powers of a state within an international society of states. It does not exist prior to law, but as a set of attributes of the legal construct that is the state, existing as a consequence of law. As one scholar expressed it, sovereignty is nothing more or less than ‘the legal competence which states have in general. The power of a sovereign to affect the right of persons, whether by legislation, executive decree, or by a judgement of a court is called jurisdiction. The power of soveiregn, therefore to affect legal rights depends upon law; and upon the law must be based all sovereign jurisdiction. Through the concept of

The contrast between the views of the East Ukraine population who traditionally feels close to Russia and of the more pro-Europe leaning West Ukraine citizens, was exacerbated by recent events. After its independence, Ukraine became a new democracy but this came with a seemingly corrupt government. The 2004 parliamentary elections that brought Viktor Yanukovych into power were accused of being rigged. This election sparked the Orange Revolution which ousted Yanukovych out of power temporarily until his return in 2010. Although underlying tensions could always be felt, the real spark was then ignited in November 2013 when pro-Russian President, Yanukovych, rejected a deal for greater integration with the European Union and decided to accept a $15 billion economic package from Russia instead. That decision gave rise to antigovernment demonstrations that escalated over the following three months and eventually resulted in the eviction of Yanukovych on February 20. Putin accused the West of instigating and funding the protests which he saw as a threat to Russia’s security. In retaliation, and using the ostensible reason that he wanted to protect the Ethnic Russian inhabitants, Putin ordered Russian forces to take the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine, and soon after that, he incorporated it into Russia. He then provided arms and advisers to Russian separatists

Power and interests has always been the basis of the relationship among societies. As a result of the quest along the history for the survival and development of the organized human groups around the world, the international orders emerged to set how states relates to each other based on the amount of power that they have and the interests they share at different moments of the history. With the evolution of societies, international orders changes because of a major clash between great powers where it is necessary a zero sum situation. To explain this, the paradigms of international relations will be the main tool.

From the European colonial era to the Syrian refugees’ crisis, the motion of modern international system always moves forward with the changes of world politics. There is a number of scholars would use “Eurocentric” as a key word to define this system because of several reasons. Since Karl Haushofer (NV & Leiden, 2006) firstly wrote “Europe-centric” in German during the 1920s, the debate of this topic has been one of the most crucial projects for every scholar of international relations in these centuries. More precisely, “Eurocentric” could be explained as the centre of modern international system is in Europe or the current order of international society is given by European communities. However, there are more and more studies showed the political importance and influence from oriental world. This essay is going to discuss whether the terminology of “Eurocentric” could be a good idea t o explain the international system of international relations for modern world politics by focusing on both the historical reasons and political issues. For instance, the effects of the European colonial era to the world politics and international system. In my opinion, although “Eurocentric” was a reasonable idea of international system for a long time. With the development of goblobalization indeed changed the order of world politics such as the rise of Chinese economy. In fact, the argument that evolution of international system in international relations are Eurocentric