Portal:International relations
International relations are relationships between countries, including the roles of States, inter-governmental organizations (IGOs), international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and multinational corporations (MNCs). International relations are both an academic and public policy field, and can be either positive or normative, as international relations seek to analyze as well as to formulate the foreign policy of particular States. The study of international relations is often considered a branch of political science (especially after 1988 UNESCO nomenclature), but an important sector of academia prefer to treat it as an interdisciplinary field of study. Aspects of international relations have been studied for thousands of years, since the time of Thucydides, but international relations became a separate and definable discipline in the early 20th century.
Apart from political science, international relations draw upon such diverse fields as economics, history, international law, philosophy, geography, social work, sociology, anthropology, criminology, psychology, gender studies, and cultural studies / culturology. International relations involve a diverse range of issues, including, but not limited to: globalization, state sovereignty, international security, ecological sustainability, nuclear proliferation, nationalism, economic development, global finance, terrorism, organized crime, human security, foreign interventionism, human rights. Template:/box-footer
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The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was coined. The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe, excluding the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia. Today, it is widely regarded as a failed act of appeasement toward Germany. The agreement was signed in the early hours of 30 September 1938 (but dated 29 September). The purpose of the conference was to discuss the future of the Sudetenland in the face of ethnic demands made by Adolf Hitler. The agreement was signed by Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Italy. Sudetenland was of immense strategic importance to Czechoslovakia, as most of its border defenses were situated there, and many of its banks[citation needed] and heavy industries were located there as well. (more...)
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Kofi Annan (born 8 April 1938) is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1 January 1997 to 1 January 2007, serving two five-year terms. Annan was the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001.
On 13 December 1996, Annan was recommended by the United Nations Security Council to be Secretary-General, and was confirmed four days later by vote of the General Assembly. Annan took the oath of office without delay, starting his first term as Secretary-General on 1 January 1997. Annan replaced outgoing Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt, becoming the first person from a black African nation to serve as Secretary-General.
- ...that Austria (pictured) had been divided and occupied by the Allied Forces from 1945 until 1955?
- ...that the Peace of Westphalia formally ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648 and created a basis for national self-determination that continues to this day?
- ...that Finland fought side by side with Nazi Germany in the Continuation War and then against it in the Lapland War?
- ...that Russia and Japan have been unable to sign a peace treaty after World War II and as of 2015 matters remain unresolved?
- ...that after the Chinese Civil War combat ended between the Communist Party of China and the Kuomintang Party of China, no armistice or peace treaty was signed and there is much debate about whether the Civil War has legally ended?
- ...that in the Russo-Japanese War the complete victory of the Japanese military surprised world observers and transformed the balance of power in East Asia?
- ...that the Cuban Missile Crisis played out on television worldwide and was the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war?
- ...that after the summit of the Munich Agreement the then British prime minister Neville Chamberlain returned to Great Britain and declared that it would mean "peace for our time" only to be followed by the Second World War?
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| United Nations Flags in the Palace of Nations |
| The Palace of Nations (French: Palais des Nations) in Geneva, Switzerland, was built between 1929 and 1936 to serve as the headquarters of the League of Nations. It has served as the home of the United Nations Office at Geneva since 1946 when the Secretary-General of the United Nations signed a Headquarters Agreement with the Swiss authorities, although Switzerland did not become a member of the UN until 2002. In 2012 alone, the Palace of Nations hosted more than 10,000 intergovernmental meetings. |
- May 19:Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza returns to power after an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt during the 2015 Burundian unrest.
- May 18: Saudi Arabia-led airstrikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen resume after a five-day ceasefire.
- May 17:The Islamic State reportedly seizes control of the Iraqi city of Ramadi after the retreat of government forces.
- May 16: An Egyptian court sentences deposed President Mohamed Morsi to death for his part in the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.
- May 14:*U.S. President Barack Obama meets with the Gulf Cooperation Council at the White House with a proposed nuclear deal with Iran top of the agenda.
- May 14:Malaysia turns away two boats with more than 800 Rohingya and Bangladesh migrants abandoned at sea by human traffickers.
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