World Politics

International regimes typically take the form of treaties or international organizations and may be thought of as tools used by the international community to resolve global problems through...

Every day, it seems, the news announces that an executive agreement has been signed. The term has become so common that no one stops to ask, "What is an executive agreement?" It is a granted...

The European Union has experienced rapid expansion. Since 2002, the number of member countries has doubled. With this growth comes an increasing need for new immigration policies, as well as...

Irish History is full of ancient and modern disputes and resolutions; however, one of the most prominent causes of turmoil in Ireland includes its ties with and eventual independence from the...

Every year international treaties are signed in front of lights, microphones and cameras with great fanfare and much rhetoric about "improved relations" and "increased international cooperation"...

World War I was originally known as "The Great War" and was also commonly referred to as "the war to end all wars." It wasn't until the next great war, World War II--the one after the one that was...

GATT stands for General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. This agreement was first put into place in 1947 and in 1995 turned into the World Trade Organization. This change turned a treaty into an...

Millions of years ago, the Isthmus of Panama arose as the land bridge between two continents. In the millennia since, however, it has also found itself in the center of world politics. This tiny...