Essays on Domestic Affairs

Britain’s integration with the European Union has not been pleasant over the past few decades. In fact, its unwillingness to join the European Economic Community (EEC), currently known as the European Union until 1973 explains a lot about its political and economic position. For starters, Britain had the largest economy in Europe after the second world war its overall living standards were high. Additionally, there was little unemployment in the region and this situation eliminated the need to join the EEC due to its economic stability. According to Gowland and Arthur (186), the United Kingdom’s early industrialization ...

Abstract

While power is a secular affair these days, ethics and moral with their connection to religion seem related to what refers to activities associated with the governance of people and territories. Of course, neither of the two provides a comprehensive view of the complex notion of politics, yet both complement the concept with precious meaning. Thus, moral adds an important dimension revealing domestic politics as a set of activities prioritizing social welfare. Furthermore, the perception of governance through the prism of virtuous leaders, as done by ethics scholars, such as al-Farabi, allows people to perceive politics as a unique ...

1. Introduction National interests and sovereignty play very important role in the international relations. The paper will present the arguments for and against that humanitarian intervention as “national interest”, it will examine if it violates the concept of the state sovereignty and which international organization theory supports which arguments. Those arguments will be presented based on the Rwanda case. The research questions for the paper are: should state forfeit sovereignty if they fail to stop engaging in human rights abuses; who has the right to intervene; are organizations that indorse intervention able to carry out the mission; and does ...

The main arguments that the President of the United States has turned into an imperial presidency include the understanding that while staff numbers continue increasing, most people take up appointments. This is especially with reference to those individuals with personal loyalty to people at office of president and not eligible to the approval or control from external sources outside. A comprehensive scope of drastic advisory bodies emerged around presidency while most of them complemented the lead cabinet functions with cabinet facing a decline in its level of influence. Vivid examples of this include Office of Management, Budget, and National Security ...

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The concept of ‘Power’ in Political Science Power, most simplistically defined is the ability of an individual to influence others or act in a given situation so as to influence or control or even manipulate the situation for a specific purpose. Power and its usage is something that has evolved as long as the human history itself. There is political power, power of position, power of an authority, all having different meanings and relevance to different situations. Power has been discussed and was a subject of literature right from the times of Socrates till now. ...

The military has been traditionally painted by the media as the source of protection against state to state aggression. However, the changing notions of security have caused the military in many countries to be used to deal with domestic sources of insecurity. This would include dealing with the individual. This paper seeks to sensitize its readers the changing securitization of the state and therefore the role of the military. This paper does this by looking and how the tradition notions created by the media regarding the military has been challenged by the changing notions of security. Some of the ...

I. Introduction: Statement of Claim

The American public has for a long time rested in the shadow of the belief that the United States is a super power. Many citizens of the United States are not concerned with what happens beyond the borders of the United States. I have personally come across Americans who think that Africa is a country. This shows how ignorant some Americans are regarding international affairs. A New York Times/CBS News national poll conducted in 2010 showed that about 60% of Americans were concerned with domestic affairs like unemployment. Only about 3% of the sampled population was concerned ...

China on Oil

Nowadays, the headlines now indicated that there is a rising power in Asia that can rival the United States in terms of political, military, and economic power, this country is China. News organizations see this rising power as the one who would ultimately dominate the world economy and state of affairs in the international arena. However, despite its growing international influence and power, China is still resolving several problems it had acquired from before they opened up its doors to the public. The major problem the Chinese had to face is their current deficiency in oil, a major energy source in ...