Global balance of power and international relations
Patterns of political and economic power closely related – Relative wealth and international
trade strength.
Geopolitical issues of HR global governance:
• Political composition
• Nature of intervention
• Reasons for necessity
• Country, government and human characteristics
• Political, socio-economic and environmental consequences
• Complexity and spatial patterns of HR issues
Contemporary geopolitical power
USA = military and political superpower
China = trade superpower
Supranational organisations (UN, EU, OPEC) have great influence.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) categorises countries as AC, EDC and LIDC
Trans-scale organisations (MNCs) considerable influence due to globalisation
Geopolitical transitions = times in which world order/power shifted. E.g. end of the Cold
War.