M.a. In Political Science

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Pete-Rock
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Re: M.a. In Political Science

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Hey wow, congratulations bro!

I made my Master of Arts dregree in Political Sience back in 2003 and that was loads of work as well, right now I am working on my PhD (if thats the english name for it, I'm not really sure).

What did you mean by Bipolarity? His cooperation with England? Well, Jose Maria Aznar, former Spanish Prime Minister was invited just before the war in Iraq started, so they even had a short period of Tripolarity. But that was more or less for gathering some allies to present the world community and that's not your point right? You mean the cooperation with Blair, right?
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No, by bipolarity I mean the world order in which two states (the US and the USSR) were dominant powers and divided the world into two competing spheres of influence. When the Soviet Union disappeared, it became a unipolar system in which the United States alone was the most powerful state and had singular responsibility for maintaining world order. I looked at a lot of the systemic issues involved in both bipolar and unipolar systems and discussed why it is that the United States, despite maintaining a posture that fits within its traditional worldview, has received greater opposition from many of its allies than it did during the Cold War.

I think you're thinking of bilateralism, which does refer to the US-UK alliance (I do discuss that as well, as Tony Blair is a supporting character in the thesis and someone for whom I have considerable respect) and the limited cooperation during the Iraq War. Obviously Iraq has to play a major role in the thesis, but alliances and such are a more limited focal point of the writing. Hope that helps to clear it up for you.

What did you do your M.A. thesis on?
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I know exactly what you mean, sorry my english sucks, especially when it goes to explaining things which are difficult as those. I am specialized on german home policy, so I did not need that much english during my studies.

I worked on radio-commercials of political parties before elections and their influence on electors decisions (in consideration of the agenda setting thesis). I hope you understand me, english sucks again :)
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