Essays on Ahmadinejad

Rajeh Inside Iran is a captivating documentary that explores the lives of ordinary Iranians living in the populous city of Tehran. Rajeh Omaar seeks to weave the political and social in a quest to reveal Iran’s transformation. Rajeh depicts a complex picture of Iran’s society - a society that is awash with individuals who are rich but does also have massive amounts of poverty. The documentary explores all facets of Iranian life from politics, religion, history, popular culture to women’s rights issues. Omar’s friend who is a music journalist provides a glimpse into Iranian way ...

Question 1: The Rise of Japanese Democracy

Japan stands out as one of the nations that have a thriving democracy in the East Asia. Just before the end of the Second World War II, Japan was only a formative democracy just like it is the case with most Middle East countries at the moment. However, following the writing of a new constitution in the year 1947, Japan transformed into a constitutional democracy. The building of democracy in Japan has been achieved through a combination of factors. First, Japan is an ethnically heterogeneous nation which enables for accommodation of other people’s views, a key facet of democracy. The country boasts of a rich ...

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, ...

Arab spring is the series of mass street protests, revolutions and internal armed conflicts in several Arab countries, which began in late 2010 in Tunisia and continuing in some countries today. The impetus for the beginning of the protests was the self-immolation of Tunisian street fruit seller Mohamed Bouazizi on 18 December 2010. His self-immolation was the protest against the tyranny of the police, who confiscated his goods. Consequently, in Tunisia began mass protests that led to the resignation of the president of Ben Ali on 14 January 2011. The success of the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia gave impetus ...

Iran-United States Relations

Abstract This paper is on the topic of relation between the global superpower the United States of America and the Islamic republic of Iran. This paper will discuss the various events and their timeline in the history of this relation. The paper will identify the sources of conflict between these countries and the impact of these conflicts on these countries. The paper will cover events from 1953 to present and the role played by the United States in the development and changes in Iran in past 60 years. Finally, the paper will summarize the events with information in ...

Iran’s Nuclear Threat

REGIONAL STABILITY, GLOBAL SECURITY Regional Stability, Global Security: Finding a Workable Answer to Iran’s Nuclear Threat In the modern world, “rogue” states have become adept at wielding the threat of nuclear weaponry in the global political arena and wringing concessions from developed nations that have, at best, an imprecise knowledge of whether, and at what stage of development, nations like North Korea and Iran possess nuclear capability. It is a matter of intense interest among America’s intelligence and diplomatic communities to determine whether the persistently belligerent regime in Iran seeks political leverage against Israel and the United ...

Bahrain attained its independence and broke from the United Kingdom in 1971. Ever since, the small nation plays a moderating role in Arab League politics. It is also a close ally of the United States which has set up its military bases in the gulf nation.

We now analyze the impact of Obama’s re-election for the second term on the Arab countries, particularly Bahrain. A quote by a professional analyst named Ahmed el Morched sums it all: “As Bahrain citizens, we hold a keen interest in how Obama will handle our internal wrangles. Also whether he will be unbiased in his judgments ...

Media plays an important part in our lives on a daily basis, and we see and hear about it in the form of Mass Media, Participatory Media or News Media. Media has always brought people closer to each other, and it has also brought in a revolution among people when the most sensitive issues are covered by the news channels, newspapers or internet media. As reasoned by (Starobin 16) in the National Journal on Media, the article “In New Media Image is Still Everything” attention-grabbing and informative as it portrays the advantages and disadvantages of the CNN effect, shows the impact ...