Peace College Essays Samples For Students

The World War I with all its hostilities brought death and destruction across Europe. Millions of people died for the sacred purpose – to end all possible wars by getting involved into one massive war. In 1954, the Veterans Day received its official recognition (initially it was called Armistice Day) and became a national holiday that calls people to remember those soldiers who paid with their lives to ensure peace in the US. Without hesitation I would say that celebrating the Veterans Day is not only necessary, but also useful for the US to ensure its history and traditions being passed ...

Is The UN Security Council Fit for Purpose in The 21st Century?

- UN Security Council is undeniably an organization dealing with global peace and security. Its successes and failures in global conflict management have been subjects of international scrutiny. The council’s activities on the member states from 1946 have supposedly remained constant with more members joining. UN Security Council however experiences a myriad of hurdles including lack of proper accountability of actions to member states. Ineffectiveness of organizations within UN Security Council, for instance, the Economic and Social Council accompanied by improper implementation on financial assets stewardship contributes to its hurdles. Additionally, there are invariable claims on competition caused by ...

Globalization is otherwise known as the increased connectedness of the people living across geographical boundaries; there are two elements which are interrelated to each other including the elimination of borders so that there is an increase in the flow of goods, services, people, money and ideas; and the simultaneous changes in the policies so that the flow is facilitated (Dator). In the recent years, the globalization has shown dramatic increase. Mainly the driving forces have been the advancement in technology, the ease in mobility of capital and the decline in the transaction costs across the borders. So, globalization affects ...

In the Soldiers of conscience documentary, Ryan and Weimberg talk about soldiers at war in Iraq. The soldiers are fighting with their conscience about the morality of killing fellow human beings. They are unwilling to kill because of the mental and emotional burdens that will follow up. When the soldiers are trained about killing during war, they study to make the decision fast without considering the actual moral act of killing a human being. Later at war it becomes malevolent deciding to kill.

A military regulation (crystallization of conscience) allows the soldiers to apply for conscientious objector status. Those who ...

- Anthropology by definition is the study of human beings present and past life with an intent of deducing ways of evading problem and ensure development of the human population.
- In respect to the main objective of anthropology research done in this field ought to ensure that humane methods of conducting the same are well adhered to.
- Conflicting to what ought to be the essence of anthropological research are the presentation of inhuman experiments, one example of this is that of Guatemala that entailed using prisoners as subjects for testing the effectiveness of penicillin in ...

In 1992 there Parliamentary elections marked the end of the civil war and the beginning of Lebanon's second republic. All militias were dismantled except Hezbollah (Lebanese Resistance). Hariri, Lebanese, was in charge of forming a cabinet, he had the support of Syria and he was seen as the one that was going to bring peace to Syria and Lebanon. His plan was to rebuild the city, bring business and tourism. His cabinet was large, but there were neither Christians nor Hezbollah’s representations (p.6).
Hezbollah was worried that Hariri would restrict the movement of the resistance or bring it ...

The beach

On warm sunny day, strolling along the beach makes he felt the coarse sand scratching his bare feet. The expansive blue water dotted with fishermen’s boats and ships can be seen to vanish in the horizon. The sun warms the beach and makes everyone desire jumping into the water. Tiny crabs were scurrying everywhere. He was tempted to pick them up, and keenly look at them before letting them go. He became tired after strolling for some time, and decided to sit on the white sand.
The sea breeze blew, bringing onto the shore waves that broke ...

Terrorism is inevitably not a deprived man’s use of power. Terrorism is the illegitimate use of politically motivated violence or threat against the public or state. Although nations can justify war, they can hardly justify terrorism. According to the just war theory, war and terrorism are different. We cannot categorize terrorism as a war. Terrorism is detrimental to the society as it dislocates peace and leads to loss of innocent lives (Smit, 2005). It is a threat to national security, economic and social development.
Though the world may not be pretty, vehemence is not the answer. No religion can command a ...

United States became one of the key factors behind the development of the peace process in the Middle East and is currently forming the basis for its continuation. United States from the very beginning of its entering the Middle East was most actively engaged in negotiating and mediation activities. Those practical steps of the Americans brought some positive results. Together with the Soviet Union, the US was at the origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict resolution in the late 60's - early 70`s of XX century. With the participation of Washington first notable successes in this area were achieved, ...

For international peace to be attained, liberal theorists of international relations posits that every state must be free from international interventions. For this to be realized, it is vital that certain principles of liberalism are common among the states, countries, or nations. International peace is fostered by freedom of the members of a society, adherence to codes of dependence on a common legislation, and adherence to law of equality. Observant of these universal liberties among members of states and among nations is perceived to bring about international peace. With mutual respect pertinent among states, it is possible for individual members of ...

A peace officer is a constitutional officer who is under an obligation to uphold the tenets of the constitution and have a high moral standing. Bluntly put, the ethical world for peace officers is quite complex. Besides the moral standing expected of them in ensuring that they are persons of character who are governed by universal ethical duties as encapsulated in the Six Pillars of Character, they are also subject to professional ethical standards that govern the profession. Since they constitute public officers of employees, they are also bound by a wide set of principles that avail an overarching set of standards ...

News organizations around the globe would always report instances of violence from households due to misunderstandings to the battlefield due to political, religious or social undertakings. In lieu of these violent conflicts, several methods have been applied to try to diffuse the tensions and introduce peace such as negotiations, armed conflict and treaties. However, while these methods can be effective at times, some companies believe that there is no need to undergo the grueling political dealings to foster peace. In order to sell both their products and advocate peace, companies use television advertisements to show that their products can ...

History

America in the Great War
The start of World War I (WWI) is most often marked by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian Black Hand anarchist. The Archduke was to have been the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In fact, the circumstances that led to the war began many years before, due to forces of nationalism, imperialism, and militarism within the countries that would become involved. Schuman (1953, p.283) explains how throughout history nationalism grew from conflicts and wars against “alien groups.” Alien groups are groups of people ‘different’ from the majority population. The key to ...

Introduction: The name of the artist is called Richard Muck and the piece of art was done in the year 1944 at Kansas. This artist tries to show the beauty and serenity of the rural areas where the plantations and the nature of farm houses are clearly sketched. The house shown in the piece of art indicates the nature of farm housing in this county. The artist tries to show the serenity of the environment in a rural setting. The nature of clothing shown in the picture depicts the rural setting of the people. The crops that resemble maize and ...

The paper seeks to explore the scope of war, trying to explain how powerful nations of the world, ironically escalate war and terrorism while claiming to cease it. The paper seeks to explain how these nations dismiss peace movements in times of war. The paper enters into murky depths to explore the justifications these nations give like stamping out terrorism, installing democracy, and eliminating fascism. These nations also claim that the y have good political wills to “get rid of world of evildoers”. This paper tries to analyse how Gene Larocque speaks to the Studs Terkel about “The Good ...

The recent events narrating the doves released by Pope Francis to commemorate praying for peace for Ukraine being attacked could mean bad omens in ancient Greeks . Bird omens were revealed to be a serious field of study for ancient Greeks due to the reason that “in the early mythology of Greece some of their gods and goddesses were believed to have been birds. Birds, therefore, were particularly sacred, and their appearances and movements were of profound significance” . Thus, doves were noted to symbolize many things in ancient times, to include the following: the divine, the Holy Spirit, “a representation of Israel, ...

Introduction

In most discussions in International Affairs, it is common for analysts to blame the cause of war on “bad” and “aggressive” states. These are typically, nations that are either totalitarian in outlook or ruled by a dictator who declares war without much sensitivity to the implications of the war on the broader group of stakeholders. Therefore, the central theme of preventing wars in the world is to create a family of nations that are democratic and this is seen by many as the only way of preventing all out wars and promoting peace in these countries. This is to create a set ...

Strayer

The international events that can be traced back in the past five years on foreign policy are; the super power U.S was to provide any humanitarian aid such food and clothing in parts of Africa such as in Somalia and Chad. In Chad, the US has recently sent out volunteer agencies such as Africare and VITA to help with the reconstruction efforts and the development of Chad. Volunteers were focused on helping the citizens understand English. In Somalia, the country has led efforts for the reconstruction of the country after the onset of the civil war. The US also ...

Part II

Question 2
Democratization has been very rampant in Africa. Democratization can be defined as a transition or change in the political regimes from non-democratic to more democratic states. The transition often involves a change from an authoritarian regime to a semi-democratic or a full democratic system. It may also involve a change from the semi-authoritarian political regime to democratic and transparent political system. In Africa different workshops and meetings were convened to discuss how the issue of the authoritarian regime could be eliminated. Some scholars described such discussion as a ‘second wave and policy of liberation in Africa’. Numerous individuals and movements fought in ...

Documentary records indicate that, over decades music has been used in varied occasions due to its therapy values. Ceremonial religious music is Christian songs that provide healing to humanity. Religious music plays a role in elevating the human spirit. Moreover, religious moral, and attributes are expressed through ceremonial music. This trend thereby provides a framework that members learn and practice.it also transcends sensual attractions to goodness.
Catholic music in a catholic context is referred to as the real religious hymn as an exalted prayer. The music displays religious feelings through expressions; it is a way through which Catholics obey Gods conviction and ...

Shirin Ebadi was born June 21, 1947 in Hamadan (western Iran) in the family of a prominent Iranian lawyer and professor of commercial law. She graduated from the Law Faculty of the University of Tehran. From 1975 to 1979 until the Islamic Revolution in Iran Shirin was the president of the city court of Tehran and she also was the first female-judge in this country. However, after the revolution, just like all other women she had to leave her post. But Ebadi did not leave the judicial system and took the position of clerk of the court. According to the ...

Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi is a visionary Islamic Persian who lived in the 13th century. His family are known as scholars and spiritual leaders. He was born in a Persian town called Wakhsh which is now part of Tajikistan. He lived his life searching for inner peace, love and purity of the soul which are the contents of almost all of his poems. Although he is an Islam by religion, his writings showed his advocacies in religious pluralism. Rumi did not write any poem suggesting the hierarchy of truths. Rather, his poems are mostly about finding peaceful life by being pure at ...

Introduction

US have been involved with more than 50 military actions in the past half century. On average, this means that they are involved in military action to other countries every year. Countries that have experienced significant fighting are Afghanistan, Vietnam and Iraq, while countries like Bosnia, Libya, Haiti and Kuwait have experienced lesser incursion. This total does not count simple military action like the airstrikes it carried out to suspects Taliban rebels in the Middle East. Throughout history, US have often deployed their army to other countries. US have been recorded as victors in both world wars, but they ...

The main objective of this paper is to answer two separate questions: What are the roles played by media in conflict resolution or exacerbating conflicts across the globe? And how the influences of the media did contributed or exacerbate the war on Iraq and ethnic violence in Kenya that took place in the year 2007 after the election. Considering researches conducted concerning the media and conflict resolution, media and peace and media a tool of information that is also presumed to be the source of power, it is possible to justify the fact that media is the most significant tool, ...

The enneagram personality in the simplest and most basic sense refers to the aspect through which human being tests his or her personality stance by inquiring on the type and style of that human being. There are nine personality styles and aspects that were raised and discussed by one renowned and established writer and scholar Elizabeth Wagele. From the face value, all the personality types are different from one person to another. They include the personality type of one being a reformer-number one, helper-number two, an achiever-number three, an individualist, a challenger, a loyalist-number four, an enthusiast-number seven, an investigator-number five and a ...

Introduction

Promoting democracy is not a new phenomenon to many countries. Developed democracies all over the world appreciate the significance of promoting democracy because of its importance in developing foreign policies. Moreover, democracy is much related to politics because it is linked to authority and legitimacy in the world of politics. Politics are linked to international conflicts by global governance and global civil society address issues. More so, the democratic level of the decision-making process within international organizations determines the relationship between democracy and politics (Ribeiro-Hoffmann). The issue of promoting democracy on the international level has not been taken seriously by ...

The treaty of Paris was signed in 1783. Benjamin Franklin had insisted on the recognition of American independence by the British Empire. He had also refused to consider a peace separate from France, which was America’s great ally. The insistence was because he had rejected informal peace overtures for a settlement by the Great Britain, which would have provided a settlement for the thirteen states with some measure of autonomy. The cause for the recognition of the independence of America was due to the war between the Great Britain and America, which had lasted almost seven years. The Great Britain had, ...

Courage

Winston Churchill in one of his eloquent speech once declared it that; courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Nelson Mandela went ahead to share his thoughts that; courageous people don’t fear forgiving for the sake of peace. A lot of scholars have stated quite inspiring and captivating quotes about courage (Broder 3). So, how ready are you to stand up and speak even in front of most feared men? How ready are you to sit down and listen to that insignificant person in ...

Conflict and war have over millennia, shaped human civilization. While armed conflict has a role in ensuring peace and stability, its power to achieve this purpose has been heavily undermined by the proliferation of military technology/weapons (Lyons 74). It is, therefore, imperative to re-invent the role of war in the modern world if the world has to move away from the ever-growing costs of war. It has become an inescapable and inalienable part of the human condition. War, which describes organized and lasting armed conflict by state and non-state parties, characterized by extreme destruction of property, violence and death. While ...

Mediation is word used in a broad spectrum. It is often said for a person who mediates; peace of mind is necessary. However, the mediation and peacemaking is interrelated to one another. When we say that the mediation is necessary for resolving interrelated problems worldwide or even personally, we limit our observation to the fact that satisfaction and peace is an utmost factor that comes as a result of the mediation. Mediation can be between family members, between colleagues working together and on broader perspective between countries on diplomatic levels. The role of mediator is acknowledged worldwide as disputes from the small ...

His Holiness, the fourteenth Dalai Lama is the head of the Tibetan Buddhism, a spiritual leader that is revered worldwide, and the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile. Born on July 6, 1935, to a peasant family, the Dalai Lama was identified at the age of two, based on the agreement of the Tibetan custom. He was recognized as the “reincarnation of his predecessor, the thirteenth Dalai Lama” (Varela, n.d). In general, the Dalai Lamas represents the materializations “of the Buddha of Compassion, who choose to reincarnate for the purpose of relieving suffering” (Valera, n.d.). As the winner of the Nobel Prize ...

There seems to be a consensus among scientist in regards to liberal democracies and the peace they seem to bring to the world. Many would say that this liberal peace is just a transitory state of things, and the perpetual peace is just an idealist fantasy. Others would hold that there have been liberal countries that go to war with each other, or that have a warlike attitude towards illiberal countries, casting doubt about their peacefulness. International Relations Professor Michael Doyle finds that the problem resides on how liberalism is conceived in the first place. This work will first find a definition of ...

Prince of Peace

The term prince of Peace came about in the Old Testament in prophet Isaiah’s prophecy about the coming Messiah (Isaiah 9:6). Jesus is depicted by Isaiah as the giver of inner peace to all who will embrace and believe Him. In the New Testament, Jesus’ qualities as the Prince of Peace are seen throughout his ministry.
My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful (John 14; 27, NRSV).
Jesus’ main purpose for coming to earth was to ...

Locke, like Hobbes, considers the individual as the basic element and treats the state as a result of the social contract between individuals, concluded in order to stop natural condition. The teaching about the natural state does not act as a theory about the appearance of the state, about how it really occurred, but it is a theory that explains what the state is, and thus legitimizes the state. However, Locke has a more moderate version of the notion of the individual and the state than Hobbes.
Hobbes thought that since people have the same rights and seek to implement them, between ...

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The constitution of the U.S. is largely influenced by several concepts and even principles that are normally enclosed in the Iroquois Confederacy kind of governance, which is found in the Native American mythology (Drake, 2001). It is evident that Mahawk Indians concepts form the basis of United States governmental system in terms of the U.S. constitution. Many commentators believe that the governing as well as operation of the U.S. is copied from the Iroquois Confederacy form of power system. This implies that the Native Indians or Mahawk Indians played a very significant role in formulating a constitution, which would be used ...

Cross-cultural communication is the ability to pass information amongst people from different cultures in order to develop and maintain relationships. Peace Child by Don Richardson is an unforgettable story about how Don and his wife Carol shared the gospel in New Guinea with the Sawi people. The autobiography was a key which unlocked the existing value systems which had been there for many generations.
According to Richardson (2005), in an attempt to influence another culture, some ethical issues must be considered. For example, moral relativism influences how values and attitudes within a culture. The Sawi held different philosophical positions from ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Thursday that a new agreement between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah is "killing peace," even as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry voiced hope that talks could be salvaged. The Israeli leader spoke with Fox News shortly after the Israeli government cut off Mideast peace talks. The Israelis halted negotiations over the announcement that terror group Hamas and Fatah would seek reconciliation. In an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier, Netanyahu stated that peace talks are "essentially buried" if Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas forges ahead with the agreement. "It's a blow to Israel; ...

In 1968, the famous civil rights activist leader, Martin Luther King was assassinated. His heath brought much attention to the realities African Americans were facing in the United States during the 1960s. Robert Kennedy’s speech on Luther’s assassination contributed to 1968 being a unique year in world history, as he conveying one of the supreme speeches in history. Based on the assassination and the speech that Kennedy gave, one can clearly see that a man has the capacity to influence multitudes in doing the right thing through the power of words. Furthermore, whatever an individual stands for, there is ...

It is a documentary filmed by Mohammad Alatar, a Palestinian born in Jordan and lives in America. The iron wall was produced in correlation of Palestinian Agriculture Relief Committee and Palestinians for Peace and Democracy. The title is taken from a strategy of the early Zionist proposed ideologue, for dealing with the native Palestinians. It directs towards the settlement-colonies propagated by the Israel in the West Bank and points them as a key challenge to the peace. Israel is being colonizing on Palestinian land against their desires, from last 50 years, and the purpose is only to capture the land. It shows that ...

The United Nations is an international organization created as replacement for League of Nations on the 24th of October 1945 after the Second World to prevent similar conflicts in the world. Found by 51 countries, The United Nations today includes 193 Member States. Concurrently, organization serves multiple purposes in the modern world: keep piece on the planet; develop friendly relations among nations; help them work together to improve the lives of the poor, conquer hunger, disease, illiteracy, and to encourage respect for each other’s rights and freedoms; be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations in order to ...

- Assess the success and shortcomings of the Oslo process from the Israeli point of view?
According to the accord, Israel recognized PLO as the only legitimate representative of the people of Palestine. Israel did not, however. commit to the principle that Palestinians had right to statehood. For most Israelis, they supported and ensured the peace process succeeded, not because they were motivated by Palestinian rights but because they wanted to protect their identity as a democratic Jewish state. Israel also started recognizing the PLO legitimacy and started actualizing the steps of withdrawing from the Gaza region. The peace ...

John F. Kennedy’s assassination, in 1963, is perhaps the most investigated murder of the last decades. Some also believe it is the most investigated assassination in the world history, given that a lot of ink has been spent, and various technological tools have been applied with tremendous zeal and scrutiny, so to analyze and study the events that had finally led to Kennedy’s murder. Interestingly, Kennedy was the first man to have been elected president of the United States at the young age of 43, and his presidency has definitely left a valuable legacy. He was a very well-liked president, ...

Essay

International Organizations
1) One of the most influential political theories for a long time was realism. Its focus has traditionally remained the problem of power, war and peace. International politics is characterized by anarchy and a constant struggle for existence and protection of the interests. The condition of a peaceful coexistence between states is to maintain a balance of power.
Liberals believe it possible to build a world order without wars, inequality and tyranny. They focus on study of the conditions of peace and justice in world politics. Despite the fact that wars are inevitable, contradictions between states must be overcome through ...

For all regular Christian, the Eucharistic done on Sundays is the most important, even when homilies are made every day, according to the religion, God spent six days to create the world and in the seventh day he rested, therefore,Sunday is the day designated for all Christians to go to church. Last Sunday as a Christian myself I went to church and in this essay I will guide you through the experience.
At first moment when you enter the church, it is a colonial construction, decorated with flowers in the entrance and candles in the inside, wooden banks nicely ...

Where are we right now, what are the concepts of modern feminism and what contribution it makes to public opinion today? Can one actually identify this concept on the modern social, political and economic arenas? The fact is that the priorities changed along with the changing picture of the society. It is no longer about women fighting for their rights and freedom of consciousness through persistence, but about women fighting for human beings and their peace. The portrait of modern feminism agent has transformed from the focus on “self” to the concept of “better us”.
There is no ...

Cultural experience can be defined in several ways. Some people hold that cultural experience is a way to interact with other individuals with diverse backgrounds, and experiencing things unfathomable in relation to one’s own life. Some view it as an opportunity to strengthen world relations, promoting the idea of peace and togetherness. In addition, some view cultural experience as an intentional effort to understand people of all races and circumstances, thus nurturing the culture of peace and understanding.
The idea of where I should go visit for my cultural experience was a hard thing to come by. I thought ...

Introduction

Ethnic violence has been one of the greatest single factors that have contributed to human rights degradation, leading to massive loss of lives and people becoming displaced amongst others. Some of the common known ethnic violence of the current times includes the Rwandan genocide, the aftermath of Kenyan elections in 2007, Sudan ethnic clashes amongst others. Nevertheless, when these ethnic violence starts, resolving them to come to peaceful agreement always become challenging. One writer observed, ‘Peacemaking is a risky business’. Indeed in every conflict, be it ethnic or a civil war, peacekeeping mission always come to the challenge of meeting groups ...

The proliferation of democratic-Islamic regimes in the Middle East cannot lead to peace. In view of its basic definition, it will theoretically proof that it does bring peace but in the reason sense, democracy can be defined as a set of rule that is set aside for the numerous to bull the less numerous in the society. In the case of Middle East nations, egalitarian actions cannot stop war in Middle East but instead increases the tension within the religions and nations (Kamrava & Mehran, p89)
Democracy symbolizes rationalization and marginalization process of the weak group in the Middle East, ...

The history of the October Socialist Revolution belongs to the themes that have attracted the most attention of both foreign and Russian historiography, because its victory radically changed the position of all classes and strata of the Russian population as well as the party system, which had a great impact on world’s development in the 20th century. The Bolsheviks became the ruling party that spearheaded the creation of a new political and social system. On October 26th 1917 the Bolsheviks passed the Decree on Peace and Land. Following the Decree the Soviet government adopted other laws: the introduction of workers' ...

Individuals need common or collective power to keep them in awe and to direct their action to the common benefit. To erect that one common power, then we have to give all our strengths to one man or an assembly and reduce all our wills to one will which is spearheaded by the man or assembly which we collectively erect to be our representative in bringing our interest easily than when we act as individual. The erection of such a common power will have unlimited right and can access privileges that an individual or a group of non-united individual cannot acquire. ...

Obtaining peace within oneself means having the necessary spiritual and mental awareness and understanding to be able to cope with stress and conflict. To attain mental and spiritual understanding people find themselves constantly seeking stability in terms of good health, love, security, safety and happiness. It is noteworthy that attaining peace is relative given that every person has own understanding of peace. From the onset, it is however important to note that peace is an indispensable need that every person must struggle to obtain the same way people strive to acquire the three basic human needs namely food, shelter, ...

Factors that Cause a State to fail with respect to Sudan

Various reasons are attributed to the fall of states and nations. These reasons range from the failure to control or rather the inability to of states to take charge of the processes within a given territory. The failure of states involves the interrelationships between patterns of authority, political control and institution building. Nations fail due to consumption by internal violence and the ceased delivering of political goods to their inhabitants. The failure of state involves the government’s lack of credibility and the nature of the country becomes illegitimate and questionable to the citizens. The major reasons that contribute to ...

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The specter of Civil Wars has plagued mankind throughout history. Though most of these conflicts have eventually ended, there has been no tried and true negotiation blueprint to the effective ending to a Civil War. By examining Civil Wars fought between 1940 and 1998, Barbara Walter and the team of Carline Hartzell, and Matthew Hoddie attempted to begin to develop such a framework. In so doing, they examined the factors in Modern civil war peace agreements that led to lasting peace.
Walters begins her observations by noting that only about 1/3 of peace agreements attempted lead to lasting peace. (Walter, ...

I am a Buddhist and this is the first time when I am going to visit a church, and experience its facility, people, culture and several other aspects. The church, I decided to visit is a catholic church which is very near to my place. While entering into the church, I realized its difference from our temples. It was entirely different in terms of building, furniture, sitting arrangement, pictures of gods and dressing style of people. But one thing I found similar in my temple and church is peace and relaxing environment; an environment in which one gets attached with the god.
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Introduction

The term peace studies generally refers to the curricula, which teach peace concepts, means of bringing peace, or means to change the violent behaviors to the use of the nonaggressive methods of solving social and personal problems. Peace studies essentially aims for critical analysis of warfare, political violence, and armed conflict as deeply rooted phenomena, which affect the day-to-day lives of millions of individuals around the continent. Peace studies actually involve a dynamic relationship between practice and theory, and between peace education, peace activism, and peace research. For that reason, this essay focuses on a number of criticisms that peace studies ...

The Greek myth poetic period was a time when the Greek empire sought to expand itself by conquering all the surrounding lands. In this period the Greeks perceived themselves as superior to all other races similar to the Nazi of Germany in the 1940s who declared their blood pure and superior. In this period the Greeks perceived themselves as visitors in a foreign land who would then conquer the land and make it their own. In this period the ideal heroic citizen was perceived as one who sacrificed everything for king and country, going out to war and seeing his fellow ...

Many often consider the United States the world’s superpower, the only nation that remains dominant in almost all sectors of the international arena – from politics to social development. The US is also seen as the only country to possess a military capability that can truncate any potential power that threatens world peace. However, the US did not hold this role and prominence in the international community before the Second World War as the US had remained under isolation after the First World War. The US had been leery to join the war efforts due to their experiences in the ...

1. Introduction
War or military interventions need to be the last option as it could affect peace, security and stability of the world. But it does not mean that human rights violations at regional or international levels need to be ignored or tolerated by the world. World nations or international organizations need to intervene if internal issues appear to considerably trouble the human rights situation in the region as it might result in repercussions at international levels. So in the case of Syria, there is need to develop a strategic solution to the crisis that is affecting millions of ...

The tenets of Confucianism derive themselves from the teachings of Confucius, a Chinese philosopher who lived in the 5th century BCE. It is a very humanist perspective and philosophy, treasuring the mastery of the self above all else. Confucianism is extremely practical; it does not focus on the tenets of gods or goddesses, but rather an emphasis on the family and the worldly things that are important in this world. According to Confucius, it is necessary to master your own actions and understand the way your spirit and mind work, so that you may be in full control over your actions. ...

Speech Analysis: Peace in our Time

“Peace in our Time” is a famous speech delivered by the prime minister of the United Kingdom, Neville Chamberlain, on the 30th of September, 1938. The announcement, which was read to the public from the steps of 10 Downing Street, was meant to address several key issues related to the Anglo-German Declaration and the Munich Agreement. The actual title of the speech happens to be the phrase “peace for our time” which is commonly misquoted as “peace in our time”. The latter speech was developed from the variation of a 7th century hymn found in The Book of Common Prayer – “Give ...