To What Extent Should We
Embrace Internationalism?
By: Cheyanna and Myra
Internationalism
Principle of cooperating among nations, for to
promotion of the common good
Different Meanings to Different People
Understanding Internationalism
Hegemonic: dominating influence of one
group over another
Revolutionary: conflicts of societies are determined
by international factors and alliances, created
economic and political alliances and modern day
nation-states and war
Liberal: through greater interaction and
cooperation, nations and nation-states can
achieve common goals, especially peace and
prosperity
Motives: involved vs. uninvolved
Security
Economic stability
Self-determination
Foreign Policy
Humanitarianism
Peace
Foreign Aid
Foreign Policies
Multilateralism
-Various nations/nation-states cooperate to pursue their
interests and goal beyond their national boarders not alone,
but in cooperate and coalition with other states, opposite to
unilateralism (acting alone)
Supranationalism
-a government has no authority in an international
affair because it is a decision made by and
international organization that the country belongs
to
NATO
WTO
African Union
United Nations
Peacekeeping
The UN States that it is a way to help
countries torn by conflict, create condition for
sustainable peace
Foreign Aid
Many countries around the world, work with another to
improve the quality of life of people in developing
countries and to combat issues like poverty, human rights
violations, famine, aids and other concerns
International Laws and Treaties
-one way to control how nations treat one
another i.e. nations expected to follow rules
that set water boundaries and other issues
concerning water rights and fishing.
NATO- 26 nations, military cooperation
International Organizations
EU: European countries share resources in an
attempt to eliminate friction and build
cooperative and peaceful relationships in
Europe i.e. shared currency
International Organization of la Francophonie
-a cultural and linguistic community of
more than 175 million people who use
French daily to varying degrees,
promotes internationalism through
being world wide in 55 countries
Arctic Council: and intergovernmental organization, combines
authority of governments to address concerns of a specific
group of people who live in the arctic circle permanently , was
created to develop and Arctic environmental protection
strategy
International Organizations
African Union
-Works towards improving and
securing democracy,, human
rights, and a stable economy in
Africa by resolving African
conflicts and by creating a
common market among African
countries
World Council of Indigenous People
-Established in 1980, works to ensure fair and just
treatment and a united voice for over 370
million indigenous people worldwide
UN
-closest thing
to a world
government
-purpose to maintain peace and
security, develop friendly relations
between, cooperate in solving
international economic, social, cultural
and humanitarian problems in
promoting respect for human rights and
freedoms
-established a
variety of ways to
address global
concerns
-to be a center
for harmonizing
the actions of
nations when
attaining these
Negative Impacts of Internationalism
Poverty
Disease i.e. Pandemics
Ethnic and National
Conflicts i.e. Genocides
and Wars
Debt
Human Rights Violations
Dependency on Aid
Environmental Conflicts i.e.
differing environmental
requirements in different nations
Loss of Sovereignty
Trade Restrictions and Requirements
Positive Impacts of Internationalism
Environmental Cooperation
United Actions Against Threats
Access to International Foreign Markets
Peaceful Interaction
Between Nations
Easier International Trade i.e. NAFTA
Opportunity to Act Internationally in the
Nations Interests
Sacrificing Nationalism For
Internationalism
Should international interactions come at the expense of
looking out for one’s own nation?
In regards to economics: a globalized
community has created the
harmonization of trading rules
A nation’s self-determination
may be put aside for
internationalist reasons
Nations may have to sacrifice identity,
security, their freedom of governing
and their choice of making their own
rules for Internationalism
Sacrificing Nationalism For
Internationalism
Nations may be forced to act or do something
or may lose their sovereignty in areas because
they have signed previous agreements under
previous governments
National involved may gain Mutual Benefit i.e.
Canada and the U.S. cooperating in military
security for themselves, Canada gains defensive
capabilities, U.S. increases size of military force
with help from Canada
European Union: Some say it creates a European
culture at the expense of the cultures of the member
nations, members must accept changes to their
governance, labor laws, civil rights and economics