Geopolitical competition, sanctions, and changing business alignments are reshaping commercial and diplomatic activity. The exam value lies in the overlap between International Relations and the external economy: state power now affects trade, firms, and diplomacy together.
Earlier, countries and companies could often treat commerce and diplomacy as separate tracks. In the present global environment, trade, sanctions, and strategic competition are more closely linked, so business decisions increasingly reflect political risk as well as commercial gain.
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