International Relations
Marshall and Gani surmise that
Academia is “considered too esoteric and abstract to have any realworld
application” this is hardly true, the public policies we see are firmly grounded
in the academic “research” that is done.
“Internaional Relations has the ability to provide ‘the vocabulary and conceptual framework to ask hard questions of those who think that changing the world is easy’” but “nearly two decades on from this laudable statement, the capacity for ‘asking hard questions’ has nevertheless been limited by the parochial West-centric disposition of a discipline that calls itself ‘international’”
Note that notions and work on policy is seen as Western oriented. Therefore those efforts are in vain. If an approach that promises change is installed, it does not meet the bill. Presently the leadership of the US believes throwing money at “perceived problems” is the best plan. This has not worked in the past, and will not work this time around. Someone’s pocket will be lined for sure, though. This is the real West-centric approach. We live in a culture of death, not a culture of life. We cannot have change until we make changes on our selves. We live in a culture that sees money as the answer to every problem. One cannot serve money and accomplish anything.
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