Understanding international political relationships can be quite difficult to understand especially for the public given the various factors that may be involved in the process. Issues such as political or economic agenda, costs and benefits for both parties and the future implications of such alliance often causes confusion in understanding such relationships. Several studies have already tried to determine as to why states are pushed to various political relationships. One of these studies is the Marxist approach, highlighting that international political relationships are determined by the underlying global capitalist economy. However, with the availability of other studies pointing out Continue reading...