Progress Assignment: Ziwei’s Article

Progress Assignment Name of the Student Institutional Affiliation 1. Ziwei’s Article The Ziwei article was all about the integration and collision of Confucianism of China as well as Western International Law in the 19th Century. It gives an analysis of how the International Law clashed and at the end of the day replaced the Confucian world view, as well as eschewing sovereign equality and traditional hierarchical. Confucianism was based on the idea of the Celestial Empire and personified in the Tributary System (Ziwei, 2015). The view of the Chinese could not go hand in hand with the equal global association asserted among European nations. The International Law got on board on an energetic crash with Chinese traditional Confucianism. The government of the Qing had no alternative but to find the middle ground with the powers of European countries after being endangered by the forces of those powers. The opium war (1839-1842) made China learn more about international relations. In addition, the war forced a route for International Law. 2. Ideas of Steinberg In the article of Steinberg, the main idea of the influence that non-governmental organizations have on political issues. Steinberg examines how the involvement of NGO's in political conflicts of Israel have affected foreign policy and the security of the nation. NGO's use the idea of "soft power" to exert pressure on human rights as well as humanitarian aid disputes (Steinberg, 2016). The perception of moral as well as normative goals, being non-partisan in political issues and the untainted economic objectives help them to increase their influence level. However, with time, the NGOs have shifted their focus on civil conflicts. As a r...