Introduction Economic growth and political stability are deeply interconnected. While uncertainty associated with an unstable political environment may reduce the pace of economic development, poor economic performance may lead to government collapse and political unrest. What is Economic Growth/Development? Economic growth is the process whereby a country’s real national income…

Introduction North Atlantic Treaty Organization (*NATO) was created in 1949 by 12 countries, including U.S., Canada & other Western European countries, to provide collective security against the former USSR In May 1955, West Germany joined NATO, which was one of the conditions agreed to as part of the end of…

Introduction Political development and political modernisation are one of the most important concepts in political science with a lot of controversy about their definitions and contents. I will try to explain them but expect some headaches. What is Political Development? I will define it as the process whereby a political…

What is a System A system is a group of elements interacting among themselves for a purpose under certain rules of the game. It has thus four features It consists of multiple parts All parts are interacting with one another; the mal-functioning of one or more affects the whole system …

What is Two-nation Theory? The Two-Nation Theory was one of the formulas to find a solution for the peaceful dissolution of the vast but crumbling British Indian Empire in the 1940s. It suggested that the Hindus and Muslims of India were two separate nations based on their respective cultural markers…

Introduction Every country’s foreign policy usually focuses on a few issues of concern, and a few countries/regions of interest. However, a global power like the USA has a global agenda and global outreach. This thread will discuss American Foreign Policy in a 1–5 analytical framework, i.e., One Goal: Global Hegemony …

Introduction Every country needs and encourages foreign investment for several reasons. …

Introduction Taiwan is a group of 22 islands, roughly 100 miles from the coast of Southeast China. It sits in the so-called “first island chain”, which includes a list of US-friendly territories that are crucial to US foreign policy. After a highly provocative visit by the Speaker of the US…

Background While there had been tensions between Russia and Ukraine since the breakup of the Soviet Union, the roots of the present crisis go back to 2014 when the pro-Russian Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych was ousted from office as a result of the pro-European Euromaidan and the Revolution of Dignity…