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 African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of 54 countries in Africa. The only African state that is not a member is Morocco. The AU was established on 26 May 2001 in Addis Ababa and launched on 9 July 2002 in South Africa, with the aim of replacing the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The most important decisions of the AU are made by the Assembly of the African Union, a semi-annual meeting of the heads of state and government of its member states. The AU's secretariat, the African Union Commission, is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.(more...)
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Ban Ki-moon (Hangul: 반기문; hanja: 潘基文; born 13 June 1944) is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations after succeeding Kofi Annan in 2007. Before becoming Secretary-General, Ban was a career diplomat in South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the United Nations. He entered diplomatic service the year he graduated from university, accepting his first post in New Delhi, India. In the foreign ministry, he established a reputation for modesty and competence.
Ban was the foreign minister of South Korea from January 2004 to November 2006. In February 2006 he began to campaign for the office of Secretary-General. Ban was initially considered a long shot for the office. As foreign minister of South Korea, however, he was able to travel to all the countries on the United Nations Security Council, a maneuver that turned him into the campaign's front runner.
- ...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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The Peace Palace (Dutch: Vredespaleis) is a building situated in The Hague, Netherlands. It is often called the seat of international law because it houses the International Court of Justice (which is the principal judicial body of the United Nations), the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Hague Academy of International Law, and the extensive Peace Palace Library. In addition to hosting these institutions, the Palace is also a regular venue for special events in international policy and law.
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- 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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