I was studying a book on International relations and this thought just passed by. The more I thought about it, more sense seemed to wing the thought. It's a common knowledge or a perception that human action is usually guided by the past and this past also includes his/ her society's past which has left imprints in the the culture and traditions followed by the society . Try mapping human actions and the decision tree behind those actions......... it more often than not will tend to run in to a trend which he/ she may not have exclusively created for themselves. Some of the basic decisions though may seem logical but the logic behind the direction adopted or the risk taken will seem to have been influenced by some thing more then just the individual personality. I started by saying 'International Relations' and why am I talking about human decision making the influence of the past and culture ? Although these two aspects seem totally unlinked there is a great relation which exists between them. After all it is the individuals of the society who make make up nations and the governments, which deal in the international arena. In other words the imprints of the past which guide an individual will be the same set of factors which will ultimately influence the behavior of a nation in the international arena as well........

(This is all I had time to write today ...will keep on adding to this when I find more time)