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		<title>The Meaning of International Relations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[International Relations (IR) is one of the most influential fields in the world today. Everyone in the world falls under the scope of IR and is affected by it in some way. Therefore, everyone should make him or herself as aware of IR topics as possible. By becoming better educated on issues such as war, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=richmond11.wordpress.com&blog=2535874&post=13&subd=richmond11&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://richmond11.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/the-meaning-of-international-relations/</link>
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		<title>Afghanistan and International Financial Institutions (the World Bank)</title>
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            Afghanistan is considered to be, by many sources, one of the most poverty stricken countries in the world. On April 2nd 2008, the World Bank chief economist, Shanta Devarajan, for Asia stated that poor people in areas such as Afghanistan and other places are continually getting hurt economically by the increasing world food prices. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=richmond11.wordpress.com&blog=2535874&post=12&subd=richmond11&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://richmond11.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/afghanistan-and-international-financial-institutions-the-world-bank/</link>
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		<title>International Ethics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[        There are two main forms of strategies for ethical decision making in foreign policy. The first is end-based (consequentialism) and the second is rules-based (deontology). Consequentialism stresses the importance of the overall outcome of the interaction. According to this line of thinking the conclusion that is the most moral/ethical choice available should be pursued, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=richmond11.wordpress.com&blog=2535874&post=11&subd=richmond11&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://richmond11.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/international-ethics/</link>
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		<title>United States Moral Foreign Policy in Afghanistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the United States decided to invade Afghanistan in the fall of 2001, it can be argued that morality played a supporting role in the United States decision. While the main goal of the invasion was to eliminate the Taliban regime which had been supporting terrorist groups, including Al Qaeda, the invasion also served to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=richmond11.wordpress.com&blog=2535874&post=10&subd=richmond11&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://richmond11.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/united-states-moral-foreign-policy-in-afghanistan/</link>
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		<title>The State of Afghanistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[      Afghanistan is seen to be a fairly liberal state as a result of the power and influence that the United States as well as the United Nations has on it. Afghanistan can be seen as liberal as a result of the 4 main points that encompass the foundation of a liberal state. These four [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=richmond11.wordpress.com&blog=2535874&post=9&subd=richmond11&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://richmond11.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/the-state-of-afghanistan/</link>
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		<title>The International System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States is the hegemonic power in the world. Afghanistan’s lack of power left a power vacuum in the nearing regions. In order to prevent other states from competing over that power, the United States being the strongest power went into fix it. Afghanistan is an anarchic state which means that no authority exists [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=richmond11.wordpress.com&blog=2535874&post=8&subd=richmond11&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://richmond11.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-international-system/</link>
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		<title>Afghanistan and International Relation Theory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States took a realist approach when invading Afghanistan on October 7, 2001. The United States was seeking to eliminate their national security threat of terrorists acts by attacking and eliminating Al Queda, who they saw responsible for the attacks on September 11. As a result, the United States, along with Britain, used decisive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=richmond11.wordpress.com&blog=2535874&post=7&subd=richmond11&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://richmond11.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/afghanistan-and-international-relation-theory/</link>
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		<title>Topic Choice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are interested in finding out more about the Middle East. It appears that over the course of the last few decades, the Middle East has become a hotspot for international politics. However, seeing as the Middle East covers a large area, we would like to try and focus on Afghanistan and the United States&#8217; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=richmond11.wordpress.com&blog=2535874&post=6&subd=richmond11&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://richmond11.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/topic-choice/</link>
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		<title>How international relations affects our everyday lives and how we affect international relations.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[International relations affects our everday lives by influencing us through the products we buy, the ideas we value, and the well-being of our family abroad and at home. The value of the U.S. dollar is based upon economic policies the U.S. has with other nations. Therefore, if these policies are weak so is the dollar which affects [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=richmond11.wordpress.com&blog=2535874&post=5&subd=richmond11&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://richmond11.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/how-international-relations-affects-our-everyday-lives-and-how-we-affect-international-relations/</link>
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		<title>Significant Moment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If I could choose one event in my life that had a remarkable impact on me, it would be 9/11/2001. This event made such a lasting and permanent impression on me because it changed my life in a way that made me reconsider everything I had previously thought to be true. An example of this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=richmond11.wordpress.com&blog=2535874&post=4&subd=richmond11&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://richmond11.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/significant-moment-2/</link>
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