Essays on Anarchies

The Arab – Israel conflict can be traced back to the creation of the Jewish state in the Middle East region in 1948. This led to rising tensions in the region, and upset the balance of power in the Middle East. The conflict escalated especially after the first Arab- Israel war in 1948 that saw Arab powers led by Egypt and Jordan invade the newly created Jewish state. The powers felt the United Nation partition plan of Palestine in 1947 greatly favored the Jews at the expense of the local Palestine population (Fawcett slide 14 of Fawcet chapter 3). The ...

Response Paper

International politics cannot be understood independently without involving the states and nations that come up with such agencies and organizations. The fact that international politics operate independently without outside interference or rule is an intriguing question. How can such politics affect world politics without a source of such orders? It means that some form of groupings have hidden themselves into the structure with intent to benefit from international politics while at the same time hiding such state intents. This paper will look at how anarchy and hierarchy can be used to explain and understand international politics. The big question ...

Decision-making and communication

Question 1: Explain how the ability to control agendas can be used as a decision making tool. The ability to control agendas is an important skill for managers and businesses in general. It entails establishing a tone and subject matter within a process of negotiation or discussion in order to influence other people within the discussion to respond appropriately. Being able to control the agenda is therefore regarded as a tool that can successfully be used for decision making. In order to drive decision making process within a specific direction, managers and leaders must be able to have a say in controlling the agenda ...