Essays on Embassies

Thesis: The role of U.S. military has become the primary force which opposes terrorism by capturing and/or eliminating terrorists as is exemplified by two raids that were conducted in Tripoli and Somali (Starr, Perez, & Botelho, 2013). These two instances also illustrate how the United States views itself as the one who should decide what to do with terrorists once they are captured as they took the terrorists without discussing it with the Libyan government giving the rest of the world the impression that the US believes they are superior.

Two International Incidents

The capture of Abu Anas al Libi in Tripoli (2013) ...

Introduction

According to Jones and Libicki (2013), Border and Transport Security is an important component of a nation’s security effort, which forms a critical component of the protection of citizens from terrorists and other forms of destruction. Massey (2012) holds the same opinion with the only difference being the introduction of a systems approach perspective. This way, Massey (2012) suggests that Border and Transportation Security (BTS) appears as a “series of concentric circles that from a shell-like structure in which the outer shell is comprised of all the preventive efforts operating beyond the country’s borders” (p.6). Therefore, BTS ...

Essay

Establishment of Jewish homeland in Palestine Stability of the Middle East remains questionable up to nowadays. An important part of the Middle East conflict is the struggle for the control of Jerusalem between the Jews, Christians and Muslims. In the field of International Politics, it can be considered to be a very deep-rooted conflict. It was considered, and remains to be, one of the most widely- and passionately-debated conflicts in the Middle East. ‘The Arab-Israeli conflict in the modern era is now in its 67th year (1948-2015), and is paralyzed’ (Anderson 2015). In my opinion, it can be explained ...

On March 10, 1957, Osama Bin Muhammad Bin Awad Bin Laden was born. He is better known today as Osama Bin Laden. He began his years of life living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His birth father was Muhammad Awad Bin Laden, and his birth mother was Alia Ghanem. Alia was originally from Syria when she married Osama’s father. Osama was the 17th child born to his father out of 57 kids. He was the only child of his father and his mother. Muhammad had nine other wives before Alia. His father was born a Yemeni settler who lived ...

The conversation on NPR’s show “All Things Considered” was an interview with Susan Johnson, Embassy President of the American Foreign Service Association conducted by NPR editor Tanya Ballard Brown. Johnson discussed the Design Excellence Program. This program uses government-managed architects and engineers to advise on the design aspects of buildings and workspaces for the federal government. The purpose of the Design Excellence Program is to streamline the design of new buildings and give advice to architects and engineers. Only the federal government could come up with a plan to streamline a process by creating another federal funded agency. The issue ...

Do you think the Institutions of the ‘old’ Diplomacy Have Any Contemporary Relevance?

Tracing origins of diplomacy is a difficult task and different people have different opinion on this issue. Some find diplomacy existing since time immemorial while others relate it with ancient Greece and many other believe that diplomacy emerged in Italy where embassies were established first of all. However diplomacy has evolved over a period of time and it has been changed substantially since its earliest forms. There were diplomatic institutions in the earlier times, and like earlier times these institutions exist in recent times. Some people divide diplomacy into old and new diplomacy and while doing so they forget that the ...

Extreme Islamic Terrorism.

Abstract This article is a research article about Extremist Islam Terrorism or commonly known as the Jemaah Islamiyah. The article focuses on the background of the Jemaah Islamiyah, their origin and organization and how they are involved in the global terror attacks. The article also focuses on the founders and members of the Jemaah Islamiyah and the terror attacks that they have been linked to over the years. Also, the article will include the methods that have been put in place by the terror victim countries such as the United States of America in order to stop the terror ...

Introduction The US government has adopted a unique and distinctive designs in building its embassies in various countries whereby, it ensures security get promoted (McDonnell). Prominent and experienced architects are mostly consulted and hired when it comes to such issues. The buildings stand in an isolated area and surrounded by a big compound that helps security personnel to carryout surveillance activities. Hence, a visual manifesto would be appropriate to take into consideration all factors that matter in designing of these buildings now and in the future (Hunting). A number of rules of design must be followed to ensure that the final design ...

Argo is a film that describes the rescue of a group of United States diplomats from a hostage situation in Iran. The film exclusively illustrates political crisis; however, a critique of the film reveals the political gaps that existed in the film. The film shows the great use of government power in the rescue mission but limits the use of some government arms in the rescue mission (Lapsley ‏ & Westlake 3). In the film, the Iranian activists hold a number of staff in the United States embassy hostage although some of them escape. However, the situation is expressly tough for the hostages. The director shows ...

The United States has through its history faced threats to its peaceful existence, even before the declaration of independence was signed. Acts of terrorism within the United States present a threat to the peaceful existence of the citizens of the United States even in the present day. The worst terrorist attack on United States soil occurred in September 2001 when coordinated attacks destroyed the twin world trade centre in New York, an attempted attack on the Pentagon and another failed attack, all carried out by the Al Qaeda terrorist group by hijacking commercial airplanes. Previously, terrorist attacks were recorded during ...

The event, dubbed the Last Night of the Prom(s) 2013 was organized at the British Embassies of Kuwait under the support of the embassies and the H.M Ambassador to Kuwait; H.E. Mr. Frank Baker. The performances were done by the Al Ahmadi Music Group. The event ran from Wednesday 23rd to Friday 25th every day beginning from 7.00pm. The event featured classical music and pomp dance. The instruments used included flutes, piano, conductor, percussion, trumpet, cello, violin, oboe, French horn, trombone, viola and clarinet. During the event I listened and watched a variety of performances. The first event ...

Developments in State Immigration Laws in Canada

Introduction Canada has constantly adjusted its immigration regulations with the intention of bettering her relations with other countries. The Canadian government has targeted to minimize restrictions by considering that immigrants into the country create value for the people. The people flowing into the Canadian economy apprehend the country’s developments in the last decade to assert their position into the immigration policy makers (Hum 116). In essence, the immigration laws among the Canadian people have evolved largely over the past decade, with stricter propositions coming up for the immigrants into the country. From the immigration and refugee Act, ...

The cold war was a military and economic super showing between the Soviet Union and the western allied states to the United States. The concept of brinkmanship was used to show the extend or extreme nature in which the cold war pushed both the United States and the Soviet Union to invent deadly military weapons so as to force each other to the extremities and finally forcing them to surrender unconditionally (Gaddis, 2006). During the cold war, the eastern block and the western blocks both used tactics and intimidation as strategies to make their opposing factions back down or ...

All these movies seem to be revolving around the effects of wrong political ideologies in the society. Politicians are more concerned with their personal interests than the people they represent. These dirty politics have triggered enmity between citizens leading to civil wars. In these wars, innocent civilians are the bearers of the entire burden. They brutally kill and maim each other. There is widespread insecurity in their countries and this drives them away into refugee camps where they starve and suffer a lot. The greedy politicians blindly partner with intruders and choose to neglect the interests of their citizens. The ...

Proposed change in combating terrorism

In order to combat terrorism effectively, I propose that the Homeland Security Department introduce a new policy of information searching on the travellers into the United States of America. The new system should involve the use of joint information pulling methods that employ the use of data collected from the embassy at the visitor’s home country and incorporated into the system of the United States Homeland Department. This proposal would see to it that the information gathered at the airports on persons arriving into the United States of America is merely corroborative with the substantial work having been done ...

The war on terror has been one of the most expensive battles to burden the United State of America economy. In the most recent decades, the war has been waged against terrorist groups like the al Qaeda and the Taliban. The main challenge on the fight against the al Qaeda group is the lack of a central region of operation and use of guerilla war tactics. The group is spread in Afghanistan, Pakistan and some part of Africa. The 11th September 2001 twin tower attacks on the United State soil saw President George .W. Bush officially declare war on terror ( ...

The Guantanamo Bay detention camp also known as G-bay or GITMO is a military interrogation and detainment facility that was established in 2002. Guantanamo bay detention camps are high security detainee camps which are run by the United States army. These camps were established to hold people deemed unlawful combatants. The areas of detainment consisted of three camps which were the camp Iguana, Camp Delta which included Camp Echo and lastly there was Camp X-ray. This detention camp is located in Cuba within the Guantanamo naval base. The Bush administration ruled out that the Guantanamo detainees are not entitled to ...

William J. Clinton Administration

Abstract

In 1993, William Jefferson Clinton became the forty-second president of the United States of America. When he came into position he promised that he will end the bad trend that the country is in and that our country will no longer be in a standstill. Instead, he will start a term of rehabilitation. In 1996, Clinton again became the President of America. He believed that by answering the economic problems of the country would be the solution to America’s success. He rallied on to the problems of unemployment and concerns of health care. A lot of controversies aroused during ...