Globalization and International Relations

The concept of globalization has challenged the study of International

Relations from every aspect of the International Relations theory.

Globalization has undermined everything philosophers have contributed

to the theory of international relations. Unlike International

Relations, globalization doesn’t focus on the types of actors, because

that’s not important in globalizations systems. In this paper, I will

reveal how states shifted from an international relations system into

a system of globalization.; furthermore I will analyze globalization

from five different aspects, and reveal the negative and positive

contributions of globalization to the international community.

In the global community of today, international states are becoming

more and more globalize. As the world becomes more modernized,

communications has linked the world as if it is one big state. The

International Relations theory says that the global community consist

of many states and few actors, however globalization makes it so that

global community feels more like one state and many actors. These two

controversial theories can be argue because many see globalization as

a myth, even though there is proof around us that lets us know that

globalization is much so taking place in our everyday life. The

shifting of the states from an international system was not anything

planned but the world just began to come together in term of ideas,

communications, trade and other areas. The international Relations

theory separates the actors by the realist, liberalist and actors.

Through globalization the global world has become in synch with one

another and states are linking together to make this world work.

Economically, globalization has been greatly encouraged since the

Second World War, with the introduction of free trade agreements such

as GATT. Technologically, the Information Technology revolution has

resulted in massive improvements in communication, through faxes,

email, and the internet. These improvements have resulted in the world

becoming a smaller place as world-wide interaction is both quick and

easy. Culturally, there has been a spreading of globalization through

the media of films, television and music.