Introduction to International Politics (INTS1700)

Examines Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 through the three main theoretical perspectives: realism, liberalism, and constructivism. The paper aims to show how the characteristics and main tenets of each theoretical perspective relate to the decision to annex Crimea, specifically the events that led to that decision.

Identifies the seven categories of human security and provides a definition/description for each: economic, food, health, environmental, personal, community, and political. This document also explains human security issues and migration from the three main theoretical perspectives (realism, liberalism, constructivism). Describes noncommunicable diseases and identifies examples. Defines refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and economic migrants.

Explains the basic concepts of human rights, the historical evolution of human rights, the roles that IGOs and NGOs play in human rights, the increase of women's rights as human rights, and Responsibility to Protect (R2P). Defines first-generation rights, second-generation rights, third-generation rights, and Responsibility to Protect.

Identifies each part of the United Nations: Security Council, General Assembly, Secretariat, Economic and Social Council, and International Court of Justice. Describes characteristics of each part, including: the permanent and nonpermanent members of the Security Council, the abilities of each body, and the general areas (i.e. peace, security, etc) each body deals with.

Describes economic statecraft, use of force, and the models of foreign policy decision making: bureaucratic/organizational, pluralist, rational, and constructivist. Defines positive sanctions, negative sanctions, smart sanctions, compellence, deterrence, globalization, transnational movements, ethnonational movements, transnational crime, and fragile states.

Explains traditional peacekeeping and complex peacekeeping

Describes the characteristics of intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations (IGOs and NGOs), how each operates at the international and state levels, and compares how the three major theoretical perspectives (liberalism, realism, constructivism) view IGOs and NGOs.