If you ask ten people to list the issues that they consider make up the stuff of contemporary international affairs you will get ten quite different responses. A few will no doubt mention war and conflict, for example Iraq, Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden and the ‘war on terror’; some might suggest cooperation to reduce carbon emissions; others might talk to you about global development and poverty reduction; still others will stress human rights and the use of torture in the ‘national interest’.
Several other facets of international affairs are also likely to make an appearance, for example: immigration and human trafficking; international security and the Cameron-Obama ‘special relationship’; the 24/7 news, media and politics; international organisations such as the EU, UN, World Bank, GATT and the IMF; and Libya, humanitarian intervention and the revolutions in North Africa.
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