Essays on Militarization

The American criminal justice system is made of the courts, policing agencies, and the prisons. Each of this plays a significant role in implementing the American law. While each of them has varying roles and responsibilities, they are intertwined as such that the action of one is bound to affect the others directly or indirectly. This essay will evaluate the trends in the policing agencies. There are various types of policing agencies within the American jurisdiction. The most prominent are the federal law enforcement agencies (Balko 15). These agencies include the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S Customs and ...

The US-China diplomatic relations have been strained for long periods. However, the critical issue affecting the two countries is the South China Sea dispute. According to analysis of commentaries from various authors both from the Chinese front and from the U.S front, this is the only dispute between the two countries with the potential of making militarization of dispute between the two powers inevitable. Several reasons have been advanced by commentators on this issue of South China Sea dispute. From the Chinese perspective, it has been an issue for the United States in an area where it is not ...

The past few years the issue of police brutality and the relationship between the police and the communities they are meant to serve have become a major issue here in the United States. This issue has been raised by a series of escalating events in which many unarmed African American men and women have been killed by police with apparently very little cause. One of the most shocking cases and the one that has created the most conversation occurred in Ferguson, Missouri and it surrounded the death and subsequent protests of teenager Michael Brown. The events in Ferguson nearly ...

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The US Constitution allows Congress the power to deploy the ‘militia’ with the objective of “executing the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions.” In addition, it ensures that the states are protected against aggression to overthrow the “republican government” and, upon the request of the state government, against civil disturbances. These constitutional tenets are seen in the 1807 Insurrection Act prior to and after the adoption of 1878 Posse Comitatus Act. The latter bans the deliberate engagement of any component of the Army or the Air Force unless allowed by the ambit of Congress ...

There are different points of view on the reasons to begin the Second World War. On this work there will be considered two points, one of them was described by John A. Vasques. The other book to consider was Why Nations Fight by Richard Ned Lebow. According to Vasques, World Wars occur rarely, and their reasons are curious. There are classical reasons for war, for example, territorial conflicts. On the other hand, Lebow insisted in the idea of national significance. This may be delivered through the mass aggression or war But in fact, there were a lot of participants ...

Since the end of the Second World War political processes in the Middle East – and military processes ensued by them as well – have been given a significant boost that led to the creation of a very complicated array of problem that has not been solved up until now. In this paper I will try to summarize the political and security issues that have been going on in the Middle East ever since the establishment of the State of Israel in order to understand and to provide a clear conclusion about what was the impact of the creation of namely ...

Prager, in his article, delves into the ideas of poverty and how it relates to crime in the economy. He starts off by describing several scenarios of his ideas of what poverty entails by describing his paternal grandparents who were immigrants living in such a small apartment such that none of the children ever had their own rooms. He further explains that most of the American population that are considered poor by societal standards own essential items such as a refrigerator, a stove, a television, and even a fridge. They are, therefore, able to provide for their material things ...

The world wars of the XX century put the world civilization on the brink of death, they were an ordeal for mankind, of humanist values, developed throughout its preceding history. At the same time, they were a reflection of fundamental changes that have taken a place in the world, one of the terrible consequences of the process of civilization. Both World War I and World War II had similar causes. Their true causes ars rooted in the complicated contradictions among member countries. The rise of the global crisis of civilization as a result of industrial progress should be mentioned ...

Illegal drugs are being misused by many people around the globe. Some of this illegal drugs have medicinal value but has addicting characteristics. This is the reason why they are being widely prohibited. In the United States is making a lot of movement to stop the usage and distribution of these substance. The declaration of War on Drugs was more than forty years ago by President Richard Nixon. However, there are many conflicts that weakens the War on Drugs movement of the United States (US). Military, US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and other US government departments are doing ways to ...

Deadly Force in Criminal Justice

Ever since 9/11, America has been tough with extremists and terrorists within her borders and also outside. The complexity is weeding out terrorists within the country has made the job of security agencies even harder. Since its inception, the Department of Homeland Security has steadily increased its budget, says Bullock et al (2009). The government is forced to spend much more on arming the police and other security agencies within the country against possible terrorist attacks. While in the past the emphasis of the law enforcers was to act against criminals when there was an attack on its soil, ...

Abstract

Introduction In 1989, President Bush presented a speech in a national television that outlined a comprehensive anti-drug program both in domestic and international dimensions . The refined strategy, associated by its objectives has reached the Congress in 1990 that reduced the amount of marijuana, heroin, cocaine, and other drugs that are dangerous to people as estimated by 15 percent in 2 years and by 60 percent in 10 years, respectively that entered in the United States. However, the United States has experienced the fluctuation that concerned how people viewed drugs and its drug policies. The situation of drugs in the social and ...

Fascism and communism are two ideologies that presented the idea of reaching utopia. While fascism is on the extreme left and communism is on the extreme right, both ideologies believe that it is through the destruction of the world that a new order will be born from. Both ideologies do not see the good in the existence of the bourgeoisie and have endeavored to extinguish it. Lastly, communism and fascism are one in their goal of recruiting members that will compose and work with them in achieving their vision of the new utopia. Fascism had its seed firmly planted ...

What is Machiavelli’s View of Political Power? Is the Prince an Immoral Text?

Indeed, the Prince is a seminal treatise on governance and the concept of the nation state. In the treatise, Machiavelli provides an illuminating conception of the state and governance. In his composed and combative approach, Machiavelli offers a viewpoint that essentially departs in a radical manner from what at that time was the typical conception in the mindset of the societies in question. The brief of this paper shall be to briefly examine Machiavelli’s view of political power and by extension assess whether the Prince is an immoral text. While the former task requires a discussion, the latter may as well be ...

Throughout the semester, I have learned about the security, and security is one of the most important issues in the world. Many people think security means safety and peace as same as I thought, and I thought security is like a password. Nowadays, many people have a password to protect their information in the world. When we use the internet and bank service, they always require a password, and many people have different passwords each other because of protecting personal information. Of course, it is one of the security issues, but security divided by three parts. According to the “Global Politics,” security ...

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This paper is on the risks faced by illegal immigrants in their attempts of crossing border. We will uncover through trend who are the most common offenders in illegal immigration. Reasons why immigrants attempt to cross the border and how new reforms will affect life of those who have been deported.

Article: How Immigration Reform Will Put Migrants' Lives at Risk (Olsen & Gaffney).

For past 2 decades, border between Mexico and United States has become home for migrant death crisis. In this time, close to 6,000 immigrants have lost their life in attempt to enter United States with many more missing and never to be seen or heard from again. ...

The media is an essential part of the society. It informs the public on numerous issues including politics, the economy, social welfare, sports, the weather, and culture among others things. In a democratic society, it is not only desirable to have a free and independent media, but it is also significant that the media should maintain high standards of integrity in their reporting. This is because the information given out is consumed by the public without significant evaluation. Most people believe in what they read on newspapers, what they watch on television or hear from the radio. Increased technological advancements have ...

Police militarization in the United States was ignited by the fight against narcotics and terror alongside laws and streams of funding appurtenant thereto. In particular, the response of the State security machinery towards the September 2011 terrorist attacks further catalyzed and implanted militarization among the police. Homeland security immediately emerged as a key directive by the government causing a change in the level and nature of relationship as between different government agencies. There was a fundamental shift in the way these agencies related to one another as well as towards the public. Some of the effects of the shift to this ...

The Militarization of U.S. Policy after 9/11 and Its Effects on National Security Americans will live to remember September 11, 2009. The events that took place left a scar in the lives of many individuals who lost loved ones. The bombings revealed how vulnerable the United States was to attacks. This prompted the government to impose measures that would assist in enhancing security in the country. George Bush hinted this in a speech he gave. He said that the country concluded to face every threat posed by any source meant to bring sudden suffering and terror to America. He also ...

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN POLICE WORK

When the American colonies developed their first police forces, they looked to English departments for policies and practices (Grimes, 2013, pp. 138-139). However, the members of those early police forces would not be able to recognize many of the concerns of today’s police, as a significant portion of today’s crimes are modern developments. The new crimes faced by modern police forces have resulted in both negative and positive changes in the way police work is now done, as compared to before the development of these types of crime. Some of the factors that have had these kinds of ...

A fight erupted between the United States of America and the Soviet Union over superiority though it was no physical. Each of the countries was afraid of each other for a physical way to be initiated. Before the Second World War, the Soviet Union enjoyed the superiority advantages but, “by the end of the war, the United States had emerged as a global superpower. Wartime mobilization made the economy the strongest in the world, buttressed by the military clout of the nation’s nuclear monopoly” (pg 674). The Soviet Union experienced the contrary, “The German offensive against the soviet Union killed ...

Introduction

Throughout the life of a human being on earth, there is an interaction between each individual and the environment. Each one of us during his lifetime leaves a mark on the globe. There is a variety of ways of how human beings can interact with the Earth. These ways may be of a positive or a negative effect depending on their overall outcome (Paul et al 2011). Therefore, Human footprint can be defined as the measure of human impact on the environment.

How Human Footprint Affects the World Ecology

Following social and economic development, human beings end up consuming very large numbers of a wide range of natural resources from the Ecological ...

Introduction

The militarization of the American foreign policy has is a great challenge to the future national security and political goodwill of the U.S. Most of the U.S. international affairs budget is being shifted to the military. This is the same case to the operational power of the U.S. foreign policy. Former generals have been appointed to major cabinet foreign policy posts. The military’s role in delivering of the foreign policy might be hefty for the military leading to an imbalance. It would result to too much reliance on the defense forces. The bias of the foreign policy on the ...

- Introduction The 9/11 terrorist attacks by the al-Qaida on American soil brought out the weakness of the Government’s fight against terrorism and resulted in a shift, in the major paradigm shift in the counterterrorism tactics and policies. Initially America had played a very passive role in the war against terrorism because the government never thought that terrorism would affect America (Adams, Nordhaus and Shellenberger). In other words, America, being a super power, felt indisposed and safe from any terrorism. “In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush declared a global war on terror and initiated a series of ...

Introduction

The budget deficit and the amount of public debt is an important indicator of an economy. This area of concern has traditionally received much attention. The budget process involves the balancing of public revenues and expenditures. Budget imbalance means quantitative disparity between income and expenditure budget. The excess of expenditure over budget revenues is called the “budget deficit.” The unbalanced budget could lead to the emergence of a surplus, ie excess of income over the expenditure. However, in practice, almost all countries now, there is significant scope for excess government expenditure over income. The result is a rapid increase in budget ...

The cold war referred to the progressive state of military and political tension between the western World spear headed by America and its NATO allies and the Communist world led by Soviet Union and its allies. The cold war so named because it never featured any direct military action. However, they both threatened each other with nuclear attack and both fully participated in proxy wars through supporting the so called allied nations.

The origins of the cold war began with uncertainty and mistrust between the West and the Eastern blocks countries in Europe. The objective of the Russians was ...

Why was the New Economic Policy introduced?

The early 20th century was a time of tumult for Russia. Tsar Nicholas attempted to expand the Russian Empire and ended up fighting the Japanese in the east, resistance in Finland, and internal rebellion. When the Russian Navy was soundly defeated in the war against Japan, the internal protest and rebellion escalated. On a Bloody Sunday in January of 1905, the Imperial Guard fired demonstrators lead by the priest Georgi Gapon launched revolution of 1905. In May the first Soviet, or council was formed in a textile strike in Ivanove-Voznesenk and the sailors on the battleship Potemkin defected to Romania. Matters calmed ...