Top 8 International Relations Trends 2020
Whether you're a political junkie or an entrepreneur, keeping your eye on international affairs is a key component to making good decisions. Staying informed about the direction the global political and economic winds are blowing can help you to avoid blunders and...
How Technology Affects International Relations
The core trend behind international technology is connectivity. The simplicities of transferring, creating and receiving data are what establish our new international grounds. Global citizens, for the first time, have direct access to one another. This type of...
A Brief Look at UNICEF
The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was created in 1946 to provide assistance to women and children in developing nations following World War II. UNICEF was permanently integrated into the UN seven years later. Here's a brief look at...
How the Oil Market Affects Foreign Relations
Over the last century, it has been no secret that competition over oil supplies has largely determined the political relationship between some of the world's biggest powers. Accounting for up to 3% of the entire global economy, the oil market is currently one of the...
A Brief Look at Brexit
Over the past few years, “Brexit” has become a buzzword. Brexit is a combination of British and exit, hence Brexit. Essentially, it means that the United Kingdom (UK) wants to leave the European Union (EU). The EU is massive, containing 28 countries in...
A Brief History of the United Nations
With its headquarters in New York, the United Nations (U.N.) is an international organization made up of 193 member states. The U.N. was formed on October 24, 1945. After World War II, representatives of 50 nations came together to draw up the charter for what was to...
A Brief Look at Geoeconomics
Although the term has been around since the early 1990s, geoeconomics as a concept is only now seeming to gain traction in mainstream news coverage as geopolitical relationships are increasingly intertwined with economic strategies such as sanctions, tariffs, foreign...
Top International Relations Trends in 2019
We’re living in an increasingly connected world. Geopolitical relations are at the corner of everything, and things are starting to heat up in 2019. There are a lot of opportunities to seize upon this year, and there are a lot of trends that threaten advancement. It’s...
Understanding the Scope of International Relations
With a global economy and spreading conflict across the globe, international relations is an essential concept that should be considered and addressed in all governmental proceedings. International relations accounts for a broad range of programs, events, and...
The Continued Rise of World Hunger
World hunger, at one point, was a global crisis that we had worked towards decreasing for several years. Unfortunately, in the last few years, we have seen a steady increase in global hunger, which studies have shown is directly correlated to climate change and war....