Approaches to Global Politics

Category: Approaches to Global Politics

May 9, 2018

Audio: How Sharp Power Threatens Soft Power

Joseph Nye discusses how nations are increasingly using ‘sharp power’ as part of their foreign policies. http://alevelpolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/pe_forw_000713_article_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts..

May 16, 2016

Lesson Keynotes: Unit 3 Approaches to Global Politics

All my class Keynote presentations for the Global unit 3 topic Approaches to Global Politics CategoriesA2 Politics Approaches to Global Politics Keynotes Multimedia Politics Unit..

January 3, 2016

Is globalisation a form of ‘Americanisation’?

Globalisation is an umbrella term for a complex series of economic, social, technological and political changes seen as increasing interdependence and interaction between people and..

December 26, 2015

Admin Editorial- Assessing strands of liberalism.

Liberalism in International Politics- Admin editorial. (The opinions expressed in this piece reflect only those of the author and not of anyone else at alevelpolitics.com)..

October 19, 2015

Why has the US not intervened in Syria – Realist Explanations

The Syrian Civil War is an ongoing civil war between the armed forces of the government, led by President Bashar al-Assad and his allies, and..

October 18, 2015

Audio: A2 Global Politics Podcast 18/10/15

Alfie (chair), Theo, Lola, Pemi and Nagina explore the Liberal International Relations theory. http://alevelpolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Liberalism_01.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android |..

October 12, 2015

51 of the largest economies are corporations? The Misleading statistic that won’t die.

In the Year 2000 a study by Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh made global headlines when it claimed that “Of the 100 largest economies in the..

October 1, 2015

Video: The Democratic Peace Theory

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September 10, 2015

Stiglitz on how to make Globalisation work

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August 17, 2015

Video: The Realist Henry Kissinger on Foreign Policy and the Art of Diplomacy (1994)

Published on 29 Jan 2014 Diplomacy is a 1994 book written by former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. It is a..

Revision Webinars

To what extent do modern and classical liberals agree over the role of the state?

Each strand of liberalism believes in the idea of a limited state which is placed there by the people it governs, an idea brought about..

Are the IMF and World Bank discredited global governance institutions?

The IMF and the World Bank are part of the Bretton Woods system. First conceived in 1944, set up following the Second World War in..

To what extent do socialists agree or disagree over equality of outcome

Equality of outcome is a concept, realisable through state policies and systems, in which all individuals have approximately the same material wealth and income. This..

Week in Westminster

13/04/2019
George Parker of the Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. How might some smaller parties fare in the Euro Elections if they take place? Plus unprecedented levels of exhaustion among MPs, and the Government White Paper on "online harms". The Editor is Marie Jessel.
BBC Radio 4
06/04/2019
Paul Waugh of HuffPost UK reviews the political week. The PM talks to Labour about the Brexit deal. Is it a good idea? What will come of it? The editor is Marie Jessel
BBC Radio 4

Radio 4 Friday News Comedy

The News Quiz 19 Apr 2019
The fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, the threat of a Measles outbreak and the Extinction Rebellion protests are among the stories covered in this week's News Quiz. Host Miles Jupp is joined by Zoe Lyons, John Robins, Hugo Rifkind & Danielle Ward for Radio 4's long-running topical quiz. Zeb Soanes reads the news. The chair's […]
BBC Radio 4
The News Quiz 12 Apr 2019
Miles Jupp and the team are back for series 99 of the long running topical panel show. And what a time it is to be a topical comedian, with Brexit finally sorted, and the political landscape wide open again, we can joke about all sorts of things. Or maybe not. The arrest of Julian Assange, […]
BBC Radio 4

The World Next Week (CFR)

TWNW Presents: The President’s Inbox on Trade and Immigration April 18, 2019
Ted Alden joins Jim Lindsay to discuss trade and immigration policy after the congressional midterms. Ted is the Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, specializing in U.S. economic competitiveness, trade, and immigration policy. (This is a rebroadcast of an episode of the President’s Inbox, another podcast produced by CFR.)
Tripoli Violence, Brexit’s Extension, and More April 11, 2019
The United Nations postpones a conference in Libya as the battle for Tripoli continues, Theresa May narrowly avoids a no-deal Brexit, and Indonesia holds a general election.