Essays on Democratic Republic

Korea was bisected at the end of the Second World War, as a response to the differing political climates which each half of the peninsula espoused – North Korea preferred the communism of the Soviet Union, while South Korea was more in line with the policies and politics espoused by the west, the U.S. in particular. During the early fifties, hostilities between the two halves of the country reached breaking point, and the Korean War broke out, with the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea attempting to reunify the country by conquering South Korea, and the American army attempting to ...

Introduction

The Ebola virus has existed for centuries. Like all life forms and viruses, it has been changing and adapting since the beginning of time to survive. Despite this the disease did not make itself known until the twentieth century. However, once the virus revealed itself only three major outbreaks have occurred. There were two in 1976 and one which took started in 2014 (CDC, 2015). The latest outbreak has been the longest and worst, effecting numerous countries such as, Mali, Nigeria, Liberia and Senegal in West Africa (CDC, 2015). This paper will look at the scientific aspects of the ...

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Cornell University, Country in Arial 9 Roxanne Grenier North America Abstract As of 2014, 38 million people worldwide have been driven out of their own homes by internal instabilities, armed conflict, and outbreaks of violence. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) alone accounts for 2.8 million internally displaced persons (IDPs). In response, relief-driven charitable practices have consequently created a condition of permanent impermanence, perpetuating the problem of dependency, unemployment, and instability. This forced movement of culturally and geographically heterogeneous groups evokes questions of housing stability: How does migration impact the social, economic, and political standing of the refugees? Given ...

In the last years of the 1970s, there was global concern over the discovery of a deadly virus that resulted in outbreaks of a hemorrhagic fever in West Africa (Peters & LeDuc, 1999). The high rate of death and the contagious nature of the disease was a cause of concern to the international medical community and researchers combined efforts to discover the cause, etiology, effective therapies, and methods of control of what would come to be known as the Ebola virus. Although there have been few cases reported outside West Africa, the potential for the spread of the disease prompts ...

Cinema

The art has long become an integral part of the human life. Thanks to him people can express everything they want: beginning from the intimate personal feelings and ending with the patriotic aspirations. In the modern society cinematography is the most popular kind of art, which accompanies a human being from childhood to old age. The cinema is able to entertain people or even made them interested in some phenomenon or event; sometimes the cinematography even forces people to start understanding some phenomenon or event in a different way. The cinematography and the history of mankind are connected by ...

The current Ebola outbreak has been termed as the largest outbreak in West Africa posing a threat to the public health not only locally, but also internationally. The latest outbreak began in late 2013 in Guinea and later dispersed in Liberia in March 2014. By August 14, 19 case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) have been reported in Liberal, which was 12 percent of 810 cases of the diseases reported globally (Arwady et al. 2015). In 1976, the outbreak was associated with 318 cases. However, the prevalence of the disease throughout 2014 revealed the lack of preparedness procedures and ...

What is Resource Rent?

The aspect of resource rent has been trending in the recent past and can be observed from diverse perspectives. Economically, the term rent refers to the residual value that remains after all the expenses are accounted for, and results obtained. Ideally, economic rent is often used to refer to the surplus value but when natural resources such as valuable minerals and coastal space are involved then it is known as resource rent. Historically, the process of identifying, measuring and collecting resource rent is very complicated and do not involve straightforward process (Thampapillai, D. J., Hansen & Bolat 2014). The collection ...

Feminist accused the male dominated society of the subjugation of the rights of women. The history of the human race is marred with the oppression of the female gender. The injustice perpetrated by women can be attributed to the ideologies taught in mainstream religions that women are responsible for the fall of the human race and the current evil that has salvaged the society for centuries. Nevertheless, communities and ethnicities that do not subscribe to the mainstream religions undermine women in the society. Towards the late twentieth century, feminist’s movement arose as a result of the skyrocketing of the ...

International relations

U.S. Foreign Policy during the Reagan & Bush Sr. Years There are 2 periods in foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan's administration, both associated with his presidential terms. In the first half of the 80s, Reagan pursued a rehabilitation program for US military superiority in the world, the revival of the power of military-industrial sector. Not surprisingly, the US foreign policy of the period was determined by power approaches of solving problems of international life. This was especially evident after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, martial law in Poland in 1981, as well as in connection with the ...

The Cold War was a global confrontation between the two military and political blocs led by the Soviet Union and the United States, which did not come down to an open military conflict. The concept of the "cold war" appeared in journalism in 1945-1947 and gradually stuck in the political dictionary. After the Second World War, the world was actually divided into the spheres of influence of two blocks with different social systems. The Soviet Union and the United States have sought to expand their spheres of influence. But the rough equality of forces between the blocks, and then ...

Introduction

Human rights relate to regarding people as those who hold entitlements that would protect their life, liberty and property through a series of reassuring institutional constructs. Indeed, without due regard to human rights, disorder is expected to prevail not only domestically, but also internationally. With that, the United Nations (UN) stands as the main organization that provides a covenant for all nations to recognize human rights standardized under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). To ensure that the rights of every person in the world with regard to their life, liberty and property stands as the prime mandate of the ...

Italy has undergone through a series of political and economic revolutions that have helped shape the political and economic influence of the country. The political reforms and drastic constitutional amendments have shaped the economic destiny of Italy such that its politics is conducted and run through a constitutional republic. The political structure of Italy is such that it is made up of a multi-party system. Since June 2, 1946, Italy has been declared a democratic republic after the abolishment of the monarchy form of government through the popular referendum. The constitution promulgated on 1 January 1948 was written and implemented by the Constituent ...

Establishment

Abstract America took the initiative to create the security mechanism to involve the majority of democratic countries and stabilize Europe, because the fact that the Soviet Union no longer controlled the surrounding countries increased the tensions in the region. In April 4, 1949, the countries signed a final treaty that established NATO. The USSR has strongly opposed the formation of the organization. In a response, it created its own structure to maintain its stability in the Western Europe. Not all countries became beneficial because of the creation of NATO. Some countries found themselves on the wage of the war with ...

On July 8, 2014, President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order expanding the sanctions for persons who contribute to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (“Fact Sheet”). This Executive Order is one of many issued by U.S. Presidents over the years. Although an Executive Order is not a law, per se, it is a “directive by the Presidentthat has the power of a federal law” (“Presidential”). An Executive Order differs from a law because a law begins as a bill or proposed law. Then, according to the specific instructions listed in the U.S. Constitution, the bill must pass through both ...

Abstract

Otto von Bismarck in the nineteenth century formed the only German state that three quarters of a century later, has been killed by his own unbridled audacity (Rose, 2013). Bismarck as the founder of the Reich announced that created new Germany is satisfied in its aspirations. But the successors of the first chancellor, and especially Kaiser Wilhelm II considered the Bismarck’s opinion modest and unworthy of a nation that costs more. Dissatisfied ambitions were the cause of both world wars, and that had brought to the German people nothing but misery and suffering. In 1945, the Germans were again forced ...

After the ending most widespread war in the history of mankind - the Second World War, the world entered into the New World Order. With the last shot of this war the European colonial period ended, and began new era –era of the two rival superpowers. Almost immediately after the ending of the war “Iron Curtain” has crossed the continent but not only the continent across the entire world. So let’s analyze to what consequences WWII led and how it impact on positions of all major players in the world. The first major consequence of the Second World ...

Essay

How Are the Major Rivers in Africa Vital to Its Economy? In terms of total annual runoff (4600 km3) Africa takes third place after Eurasia and South America, and by the thickness of the layer (less than 160 mm) it is inferior to all continents except Australia and Antarctica. The main watershed of the African continent passes through its most elevated eastern edge, so more than 1/3 of the runoff is in the Atlantic Ocean, only about 1/4 in the Indian Ocean, even less - in the Mediterranean Sea. About 1/3 of Africa (about 9 million km2) has ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is a country located in Central Africa. It is known to be the second largest country in Africa, with a high population and with valuable resources. Congo has large reserves of gold, gems, cobalt, copper, uranium and timber with the most valuable resource being its large reserve of diamonds (Eichstaedt 115). These natural resources have been the main cause of a variety of wars in the DRC. Due to the high population, Congo has been rated to have the highest prevalence of poverty in the world today. The history of of Congo has been one of ...

The history of Germany had a great impact on its current economic and political life. During the past century Germany was an active player in the international relations, which makes it difficult to track down all impacts and consequences of its policy in the past. In order to find out the impact of historical past we need to review its history from Bismarck’s unification of Germany. The unification of Germany was carried out by anti-democratic means on the Prussian militaristic basis. Its most important stages are: creation (after the Prussian victory in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866) of the ...

Question 1

Leopard II was the king of the Belgians who will be remembered in history for founding Congo Free State as well as the inhumane atrocities he committed to the Congolese. He was a brother to Empress Carlota of Mexico. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom together with her husband Prince Albert as well as King Fernando II of Portugal were among his cousins (Hochschild 58). He married Queen Marrie-Henriette and they together had four children; Louise Marie Amélie, Léopold Ferdinand Élie Victor Albert Marie, Stéphanie Clotilde Louise Herminie Marie Charlotte, and Clémentine Albertine Marie Lé ...

AMERICAN LEGACY OF GUILT OVER THE GENOCIDE IN RWANDA AND DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.

Genocide is a saddening word in its description. The word did not exist before the year 1944. Raphael Lemkin, a Jewish lawyer, describes it as an intended and a coordinated plan of different actions such as killing, causing serious bodily or mental harm or imposing measures intended to prevent birth within a group with the aim of destructing essential foundations of life of a national, racial or ethnical group. (Funk, T. Marcus (2010) page 1) .According to 1948 United Nations Convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of Genocide article 2; genocide is an act done with the intention of destroying in ...

INTRODUCTION

Inflation has been described by economics in various ways. A simple description of this condition is a reduction in the value of money of a country. An underlying cause of this is imbalance between the quantity of goods and services and the volume of money in circulation in an economy. Increased volume of money in circulation with respect to the goods in the economy causes inflation. Hyperinflation is considered an extreme case of inflation. Many economists only regard it hyperinflation when the rate of inflation is at least 50% per month or 1000% per annum. Most hyperinflations are caused by ...

The United States is often referred to as a “democracy,” but this is not a strictly true statement. In reality, the United States is a democratic republic that operates under federalist principles; though these two ideas may seem to be the same, in reality they are quite different. In a democracy, every individual has a vote on every issue, but in a democratic republic, individuals vote on representatives who then vote on the issues in their stead (Sutton 18). Because America is a compilation of states that make up one unified government, it can be referred to as a federalist nation (“Separation of Powers and Checks and ...

1.0 Introduction According to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), the Republic of Congo is referred to as an importation country as far as Polio is concerned. As a matter of fact, Congo is categorized by the same organization, GPEI, as being in the “wild polio virus importation belt.” This belt refers to a strip of countries which stretch from the Western part of Africa, through Central Africa all the way to the horn of Africa, which has been re-infected with the polio virus. Other countries in this importation belt include Liberia, Mali, Kenya, Uganda and Niger among other. In ...

International Security

Debatably, the most potent lesson that all nations learnt from the first and second world wars, is the fact that sustaining war is one of the most expensive forms of public spending. War can drain the economic strength of a country to an extent that a country can shift from a first class economy to a middle income economy. Historians have always had to look at war as a detrimental social phenomenon that has negative impacts on the economic development of the state h, as well as the country building process. Contrary to this assumption, war has positive aspects as well. In the contexts ...

Description of the project:

The project involves a two-month tour to the East African market, which is aimed at creating brand awareness for AGCO products. In particular, the tour is aimed at raising awareness for Massey Ferguson tractors and combine harvesters, which will lead to increased sale of the products in the region. The tour will be undertaken by 10 marketing personnel who will visit the countries where agriculture is widely practiced including Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In addition, the team will try to understand the problems the farmers in the region are facing in the ...

Essay Questions

Essay questions Question 1 The French Indochina War was begun in 1946 and lasted until 1954. There were several parties involved in the war including: the French Forces, who were also supported by the emperor of the Vietnamese National Army, and Viet Minh, their opponents. The fighting took place in Northern Vietnam however it spilled into the entire country and the neighboring Indochina protectorates belonging to France such as Cambodia and Laos. The war started mainly because of the reoccupation of the area by the French after the Second World War. They decided to launch a rebellion against ...

The rapid global population increase is feeding the issue of hunger in third world and developing countries. The effects of uncontrolled population particularly in counties where food supply is less than sufficient, hunger emerges as an alarming sign of poverty. This situation is evident in countries such as Bangladesh where poverty is everywhere. Mohammad Yunus (1999), founder of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh tells story of a woman named Ammajan Amina whose life experiences depict a life in poverty.

Amina is widow and mother of six children. Four of her children died either of hunger or disease. The fact that their family's ...

History of America

America was discovered in 1492 by the Spanish. Since then Americans have faced many difficulties. America arose to a position, at which it is today, by a lot of hard work and determination of most of its leaders. American history is enriched with a series of events taking place at different times. In the late 1700s to the mid 1800s its leaders such as Jefferson, Madison, Adams, and so on worked towards developing America and making it a better state. Following are some of the events which took place during this time period.

Federalists were against Jefferson. As quoted by Jefferson, “I own ...

In research, one of the biggest challenges remains reporting incidences of rape and domestic violence. These two issues remain widely under reported hence the statistics available only point to thousands of other undocumented cases. The women often fail to report the cases due to fear instilled by the assailant, lack of access to legal counsel and shame as result of domestic violence and rape. According to estimates, 30% of women are at the risk of being abused globally. The effects of violence and rape last a long time. The emotional and psychological trauma has been known to lead to suicide, ...

One of the most known carvings in Africa are the Yombe carvings where by a mother was curved holding a child. This type of art was very common among the Yombe people. These carvings were very common during the 18th century. The carvings have remained attractive to date. They can be found in museums found in democratic republic of Congo (Sotheby, 56). The carvings were done by the Yombe people who are Africans who lived in the democratic republic of Congo. These people used wood to do their artistic activities. These carvings were usually of the size of 26 cm in ...

Abstract International Criminal Court commonly referred as the ICC is a permanent tribunal that prosecutes people for crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crimes of aggression (although though currently it does not have powers to prosecute or exercise any jurisdiction over crimes of aggression.) Since 1945, the courts creation has been constituted by the most significant international law reform. The International Criminal Court was found by the Rome Statute and it is therefore mandated to prosecute crimes that were committed after that date. This paper observes and explains and critiques the benefits of the International Criminal Court. ...

Introduction:

The Voss Foundation is a public charity 501(c) (3) based in the New York City. Its major goal is providing clean drinking water to African communities. The Voss Foundation was formed by the directors of Voss Water in 2008, as a non-profit foundation. Voss Chief Executive Officer Knut Brundtland together with his wife Cecile Brundtland formed the organization after taking a trip to Africa where and as a result, faced the magnitude of water crisis. After returning to their home country Norway, they went to Voss headquarters in New York and launched the process of the foundation. The Headquarters of the Voss ...