MA in Liberal Studies International Studies

Globalization has become a common term. Yet, the world is without a world government. The paradox of the globalizing world without a world government creates innumerable problems in international relations. An unregulated globalizing economy has led to economic collapses for example, while a lack of common policy has led to disastrous changes in climate. The absence of the world government is making effective solutions hard to come by because such solutions will require many national governments to cooperate more than they have ever done in the past. The responsibilities to handle and resolve crises still rest largely with national governments, while efforts are under way to allow inter-governmental, non-governmental, and corporate organizations to handle some of these issues. Because these issues are so timely and important, they have captured the attention of many academic scholars, resulting in a large body of literature about international studies across social science disciplines.