Essays on North Korea

Cyber Defense

Background In the recent past, there has been an increasing reliance on technology to undertake numerous aspects of social, political, and economic lives in many countries across the globe. While the reliance on technology has had a positive impact on many aspects of our lives, that reliance also inherently attracts threats such as cyberterrorism. Consequently, cyber defense becomes a crucial element for nations. Cyber defense refers to the deliberate steps taken by governments to protect information that they hold to be sensitive. Cyber threats are not just a danger to the individual countries such as the U.S. that have ...

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 ...

The novel “The Orphan Master’s Son” by Adam Johnson has touched hearts of millions of readers. It is a story that provokes everyone to think deeper about the regimes that we are exposed to and the lives that we have. It is a story that reveals the effect of regime on the lives of real people. This book provides a new approach for revealing the flaws of our society and how system may have effect on the lives of people. The author chooses North Korea as a setting for his novel in order to show the reader how ...

ADMIRALTY RATINGS

Remember, there is a distinction between the rating for the source and the rating for the information. The source reliable code is another way of stating how credible the source is based on its ability to acquire the information being provided and how the source has performed historically.

The rating for information accuracy is based on the level of certainty that it is a true fact. High source reliability does not provide full confirmation. For example, an A-rated source may pass misinformation due to organizational errors or deliberate action, such as counterespionage efforts. The level of confirmation is based ...

Essay

Democracy, for all its empowering aspects, isn't still practiced by every nation on this planet. Much like the Soviet Union, which collapsed on itself in the early 90s, there are a number of states in today's world that continue to be totalitarian in nature. For those living in democratic countries, this term might not be familiar and its practices even more so even if a business might want to expand to emerging markets that are controlled by their respective governments very different from the model that the United States among other democratic countries. While the definition of democracy is ...

Introduction

Every culture since the earliest beginnings of human civilization have established dates and times every year that is of significant value inspiring celebration and traditions. Most holidays celebrated today, all over the globe, have their origins in places long ago and far away. Granted, sometimes the holidays remain unchanged through time and others, however, may evolve into very different things over the generations. There are some holidays that are shared all across the globe, in many different cultures, like Christmas. Other holidays may serve a similar purpose, but not necessarily celebrated on the same months or dates, like New ...

English

a) The NSC - 68 (National Security Council Paper Number 68) was written in 1950 and displayed the strategy, the aim of which was to win the Cold War and to resist the Soviet Union. The creators of the NCS – 68 created the guideline the main points of which were: isolation from the other countries, the beginning of war, the renewing of the negotiation with the Soviet Union, and the prompt development of the military forces, nuclear arms, economics, and politics in the free world. The creators emphasized on the last point, arguing that it will help the US ...

The New Deal create a public works innovation where many Americans found work making roads, dams, airports and housing. Economic development became the way that people identified freedom. Roosevelt felt that the government should make it possible for everyone to be economic success. The New Deal was seen by Roosevelt as an alternative to Capitalism, Fascism and Socialism. Upon entering the White House his first move was to confront the banks. The banks had invested funds in the stock market and were failing. He provided funds to the failing banks through the Emergency Banking Act. Due to what happened ...

Alienation involves isolating a certain group of people by being indifferent and discriminative. This paper focuses on an article that provides a detailed account of suffering that North Koreans underwent through the rule of Kim- Jong- il and his current predecessor Kim- Jong- un through the eyes of the Myth of Sisyphus, a compilation of essays by Albert Camus. I chose the article by Tom Phillips about a refugee who escaped the inhumanity in North Korea because refugees are some of the people who face great alienation. Also, through Yeonmi Park’s experiences, a refugee, described in this article, ...

Section one

The research below will present a discussion on Samsung as a preferred multinational company that is originally of a South Korean origin. Notably, it is comprised of several affiliated, as well as, subsidiaries businesses that are mostly united under the brand of Samsung. The company has a significant influence on the economy, politics, culture, media and the development of all other aspects of the South Korean state. Essentially, the revenues of Samsung make a huge chunk of South Korean GDP. The company as a global corporation is present in the six out of the seven continents in the entire ...

Introduction

It seems difficult to analyze democratic transition from the standpoint of international dimension both theoretically and practically because not so much literatures that discuss about what the external environment actually is and how it might contribute to domestic change (Cavatorta 2005). However, it does not mean that international context will be ignored in the analysis process because international factors might have impacts on the transition process through their connections with domestic actors particularly in terms of distribution of power and resources, which in turn have effect on how they will act (Cavatorta 2005). One thing to remember is a ...

Potential Country Markets

The process of identifying the high potential countries where General Motor products can be marketed used a broad examination of several factors. The factors considered included country rating, business climate rating, 2015 forecasted market size, and the overall market potential evaluation index. The 2015 forecasted market size would help me select the nations that are importing GM products for further in-depth analysis in this paper. With the current reports, India would not be a safe country to target for GM products. The country is experiencing around medium, and the volatility in its economy would make slight changes that are ...

Thesis

Toni Morrison's novel, Home, is an allegory that uses post-Korean war setting to paint a picture of the never-ending human conflicts like war, racism, trauma and manhood. Despite many years as the world’s superpower, America has not yet found a solution for world conflicts. Despite fighting in Korea, where he lost his homes, Frank Money has not yet learned how to be a man, and he thinks of Lotus, where he was grown, as a place worse than any battlefield. The novel is a reflection of a struggle that never ends, no matter how someone, how a country ...

Problem

In 2008, Japan tried to re-establish diplomatic relations with North Korea. Diplomatic relations had not existed between the two countries since the Korean Peninsula. Japan promised to provide North Korea with economic and financial instruments to boost its economy while North Korea agreed to investigate the case of the abduction of Japanese citizens by the North Korean government in the 1970s and 1980s (Smith, 2013). Japan also made a commitment that in the event that North Korea fulfilled its part of the negotiated promises, it was going to lift economic sanctions that were imposed in 2006. Despite sitting at ...

In order to define ‘economic development’, I have looked into the literature on the subject to subsidize my answer. I have looked particularly into the works of Acemoglu, Laibson, & List (2016) and Rahnama-Moghadam, Samavati, & Dilts (1995). Acemoglu, Laibson, & List (2016, p. 205) indicate that the term less developed country (LDC) fosters images of backwardness, poverty, and lower levels of technological sophistication. They claim there is some truth in these images but, nonetheless, there is a broad range of countries that are correctly described as being less developed. One country has not reached the known levels of financial well-being that ...

Iran and Nuclear Power

This paper focuses on the widely debated issue on the Iran deal considering it as a policy that will define the manner in which Iran will develop its nuclear energy program. Essentially, the argument will take a serious approach thus defending a position to the effect that the Iran deal, as a matter of policy, is essentially flawed. Importantly, it will also adopt a logical approach in order to underscore the gaps which would lead to a future crisis. Indeed, as afore mentioned, the Iran deal is a badly thought idea that uses naivety to as a tool of ...

China and Russia are two significant members of the group known as the BRICs. The other members are India, Brazil and South Africa. While China seeks to use its economic influence in buying world power, Russia seeks to regain its lost political influence by challenging the United States and Western Europe. This paper seeks to examine and explore China’s use of economic incentives in the form of cheap loans to gain influence in Sub-Saharan Africa. It also examines Russia’s constant antagonism with the United States and its allies in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. The argument ...

The hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) computer networks and confidential databases in 2014 is considered the worst and most damaging corporate cyber terrorism attack in the history of the United States. The responsibility for the attacks was claimed by a vigilante group that called itself the Guardians of Peace (GoP), whose motive for the attack was to block the release of the movie ‘The Interview’ on December 25, 2014. The movie’s plot revolved around two journalists who get an assignment to interview North Korea’s controversial dictator Kim Jong Un and are subsequently ordered to assassinate Un ...

Introduction

Since the end of the Great Wars, the US hegemony has remained superior than other countries and it was clear no one would be able to challenge their dominance in the fields of politics and the economy. Many countries often seek the advice of the US in terms of their political and economic reforms and seek aid to ensure their continuous growth. When there are major conflicts, the US is considered by many countries to act immediately due to its role as a world police. Considering its role in the international arena, many believed that the US would remain ...

Geopolitics is simply the study of geographical position in relation to politics both internally and internationally. Geopolitical threats are, therefore, factors that can hinder the cordial livelihood of communities in the same geographic area and with different political agendas. This paper will focus on the various levels of threats (tickers, slow tickers and talkers) in the nations selected for discussion. It will seek to justify their levels of threats according to their past and present political issues.

Tickers

The first ticker country to consider is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). From the very beginning, North Korea started ...

The term Cold War has always been used by many to describe the relationship between the Soviet Union and America from 1945 to 1980. The Cold War started as soon as the Second World War ended. It would have been termed World War three by the free society. However, that whimsical name (Cold War) was preferred because there was no military confrontation between the two nations. Many factors led to the emergence of the Cold War, and it had many impacts. The first reason that resulted in the start of the Cold War was the idea of the Soviet ...

The continental plate in the eastern part of Asia is composed of various volcanoes and tectonic movements. Most of the volcanic rocks in this region are composed of alkali basalts with signs of continental contamination. There are various models that explain the region’s magmatic evolution. The two most common models used to explain the movements refers to the surficial processes and the other one refers to the deeper processes associated with the Pacific ocean plate. These two processes are antithetic and may hay happen subsequently. The volcanism can be traced by tomographic imaging that can be directly associated ...

The Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco), which now also includes all states in the Caribbean just turned 40 years since signature in 1967. Its importance as a model for other non-nuclear areas, is constant to peace and international securities contribution, which stood and continue placing today in the center of the political and legal interest. Its parallelism with the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) but without Latin American treaty has affected the principle of legal equality of States and has not been an expression of "unequal rights and ...

It was a beautiful sunlit morning, and our class was confined in a classroom taking a Math test our teacher gave us. There was nothing in that test that I didn't know: there were some fractions to solve, some proportions to do, and some graphs to draw. I felt quite confident, because I had studied for the test and cramming everything before the test actually did me good, as the blank with the test questions did not look so daunting to me. I quickly skimmed through all the tasks to determine the value of work I was to do, ...

The Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Treaty refers to an international treaty that its main objective is the prevention of the spread of nuclear weapons technology and nuclear weapons. This is with an aim to promotion cooperation in the use of nuclear energy in peaceful ways and to achieve nuclear disarmament. It was signed 1968, and its enforcement started in 1970. The life of the Treaty was in 1995 extended indefinitely. As of date, the Treaty has been joined by 190 parties. This includes five nuclear-weapon states (Black-Branch, & Dieter, 22). The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was established in ...

Since it has earned its independence from the English Empire, the United States of America slowly worked its way to the top of the international arena as the strongest nation in the world. It has managed to survive several major and minor conflicts and while it has found itself threatened by various groups, the United States has remained strong against these odds. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the US became the world’s only superpower and many nations adored the country and saw the US as a protector. However, in recent years, several new threats are starting ...

Intelligence Community

In the weeks and the months following the 9/11 attacks the press evokes a huge failure of intelligence. Experts and Veterans of Special Services were asked to provide explanations, and often drive the point: "You cannot imagine how this goes wrong, - said Bob Baer - , ​​a former CIA officer. The White House was saved when Flight 93 one that crashed in Pennsylvania! And that's why you pay thirty billion dollars? This has resulted in the largest series of surveys since the mid-1970s. The largest was conducted by the National Commission on the 11 September. Supported by the powerful ...

1. Since 1949, when the Chinese Communist Party won the Chinese Civil War, China has undergone many social and economic changes, for both ideological and practical reasons. When the communist party came to power, China had just ended a civil war, which had widespread negative effects on the economy of China. This lead to a phase of recovery which lasted a few short years. Also, the goals of the ruling government had changed; in order to be a communist nation, China would have to rapidly industrialize. This caused the institution of several five-year plans, the first of which began ...

Sony is an electronics and entertainment large size organization based out of Japan. There have been two major hacks against Sony. The first one was in 2011where an unknown user hacked the play station network accounts and accessed all the user IDs and passwords. This was a very big risk for the users as there was a threat of access to other personal information like credit cards, email and physical address, telephone numbers etc. Second was according to a published work by Biddle, (2014), there is a very famous and big hacking ‘tragedy’ with this company. In the year ...

Conflict amidst nations is a historical issue. Almost each and every country around the world has undergone either internal or external conflict. Some of the conflicts have been the most useful platforms for reconciliations. Meaningful reconciliatory talks have led to magnificent developments in the countries that had huge war problems. Equally, there are some other countries that have continued to stay behind because of the never ending wars. The consequences are deaths, tensions and poor cross boarder relations. The paper will take an in-depth study of the North and South Korean wars. The Korean wars are primarily the political, ...

With the gradual advancement in technology and the Internet, the need to automate most processes in a company is becoming more of a necessity than an option. The benefits of automation are ever increasing and helping the companies to save on extra expenses. However, its adoption lead to the increase in cyber crimes and attacks, where hackers steal information from companies and dump them on the internet or sell it. Due to the nature of these attacks, no one has an idea of when or who will be targeting them. Hence, large and mid-sized companies invest heavily on securing ...

Watching the videos says so much about North Korea that not many people are aware about. The mainstream media seems to characterize the country as an isolated state where the way of life is highly controlled by the government. However, the videos showed another side of a country that is suffering internally because of its apparent isolation from the rest of the world. Before, I have known North Korea as a socialist States where the head of the government assumes absolute power over the entire country. However, the video titled Secret State of North Korea showed a more profound ...

Family, Society, Individuality, and Friendship

The Confucian society had a different view of Friendship. Friendship was considered unique in the societal context as it was not perceived as a family or state bond. Friendship was mainly considered voluntary as it was not forced upon an individual. Several arguments were brought forth against a bond that included assertions on its hierarchical nature and in the preservation of one’s morality. According to Kutcher (2000) the primary aim of friendship was thus considered to be one that was mainly based on the provision of services to others. Confucianism mainly deals with the ideal character of individuality ...

Intercultural awareness can be difficult for some, and after interviewing some of the foreign students on the WSU campus, it is clear it is a hurdle we must overcome here, as well. Some students feel ignored, as if American society ignores them, only caring about its own culture. I found stereotypes were often placed on an international student’s shoulders as an invisible burden and, even when they attempted to educate the individual on the realities of their country and culture, it was brushed off. The issue is not the reality of the world, but the openness of American ...

Capitalism and socialism are to some degree restricting schools of thought in financial matters. The focal contentions in the socialism versus capitalism verbal confrontation are about financial fairness and the part of government. Socialists accept monetary imbalance is awful for society, and the legislature is in charge of lessening it by means of projects that advantage poor people (e.g., free government funded training, free or sponsored medicinal services, standardized savings for the elderly, higher assessments on the rich). Then again, entrepreneurs trust that the legislature does not utilize monetary assets as productively as private undertakings do, and hence society ...

1. The country with the highest fertility rate is India which stands at 2.45bpw, followed by Indonesia at 2.18bpw. The country with the lowest fertility rate is South Korea at 1.2bpw. The fertility rate of the US is 1.87bpw, which is almost the same rate with Australia and China. With regards to women’s labor force participation, the country with the highest percentage is North Korea at 72%, followed by Thailand at 64%. The country with the lowest women’s labor force participation is India at 24%. For the US, the participation of women in the labor force is ...

“The Orphan Master’s Son” is by Adam Johnson. It centers on the idea of identity, how it is defined, and who gets to define it for someone. The novel examines the Orwellian life in the Republic of Korea and the influence of media on the setting, especially the western media. Themes of loss and love, incarceration, and freedom, propaganda, lies and truth, North Korean State power and technological surveillance are also covered. It follows the life of Jun Do, an orphan, who surrenders to the oppression from the government of North Korea which is cruel and impetuous. Jun ...

The stand-off between the North Korea and the US about nuclear weapon development has been ongoing for long. Several issues surround the persistent threats by North Korea and its sudden interest in the development of nuclear weapons. Many parties have attempted to negotiate the end of the nuclear weapon and sale of ballistic arsenals (Forge 81-104). The efforts to denuclearize the world have been full of frustrations marred with the uncertain stalemate. At some points, there have been signs of progress, but all seem to be in vain after certain periods. It is important for the world powers to ...

Thesis

Many individuals argue that the nuclear weapons developed during the nuclear age are critical. They base the weapon’s importance on the fact that they can be used in deterring war between countries that are in conflict. However, critics argue that this is not the case. The Korean War is a proof that some of the assumptions of the nuclear age were wrong. 1. The View that only nuclear weapons could be used to deter war and bring justice to conflicting countries A. The Soviet leader called Joseph Sterling supported the North Korean army in 1950 for them to ...

In International Relationship

In International Relationship China has a number of territorial disputes currently going on with its neighboring states. One of the most significant of those is a dispute with India over Aksai Chin. Aksai Chin is a territory of approximately 38.000 sq. km., which is located on the Tibetan Plateau, namely in its northwestern region. It lies directly to the south of the western part of the Kunlun mountain range. Aksai Chin is a barren plateau that was part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir (Richards 2015). However, as of now, it has been administered by the ...

The Korean War began as a conflict between North and South Korea. The United States became involved in the war to assist South Korea. The boundaries of the war has been termed South to the Naktong..North to the Yalu. This is the area used to describe the boundaries of the Korean War where American troops fought. U.S. troops’ first battle in Korea occurred in the Naktong Bulge. A significant move made by American and U.N. troops in Korean occurred in the Inchon port. The Inchon landing was a terrible risk for the UN allies because Inchon port was behind ...

THESIS: An analysis of recent cases in which the United States used military action in international incidents reveals the concept of “policeman of the world” as the government imposed principles that place their foreign operations within the boundaries of law and order. Thus said, while countering the Al-Shabaab’s antics with an air strike against its leaders, the United States responded to North Korea’s nuclear tests with sanctions as a means to regulate the country’s weapons program.

The recent international military activities approved by the United States government echo similar strategies employed at the global capacity.

Associated Press of The Guardian report military actions against the Al-Shabaab militia in Somalia and imposed sanctions against North Korea’ ...

Answer to these questions

It is clear that Japan needs to expand its role through the SDF so as to counter potential threats from other nations like North Korea and China. Both of these countries are constantly developing nuclear and military weapons programs. In the beginning of 2015, China staged the largest military parade to celebrate 70 years since the World War II in which Japan was defeated. Additionally, Beijing has long standing territorial disputes with many of its Asian neighbors in the seas located in the South and East China. North Korea has also been constantly threatening the United States and its ...

Japan’s parliament recently reinterpreted its constitution. This reinterpretation passed into law a security bill which allows Japan’s military to aid its allies in overseas combat. This is a major shift in Japan’s security after seven decades of pacifism. Presently, the Japanese military are permitted by the constitution to engage in overseas combat while aiding its allies under siege (Easley et al, 56). This new law has provoked an array of reactions from its northeast Asian neighbours. For instance, China viewed Japan’s newly acquired military stance as potentially hazardous. This is because it ignites the fear ...

Liberty has a different meaning to different people. Some people may not even know liberty even exists because of the society they live in which is very oppressive towards certain ideas. Liberty to some people is the freedom from controlling government, the ability to decide one’s destiny, to be able to speak or write their thoughts, to not be confined based on one’s appearance, and to be free from foreign rule. While there is no real official rule about what liberty truly is, I had the opportunity to interview people from various backgrounds about what liberty is ...

Red Dawn is a movie directed by Bradley, Dan and written by Carl Ellsworth, Jeremy Passmore, Kevin Reynolds, and John Milius that was released in 2012. It is important to note that the film released in 2012 is a remake of a similarly titled film released in 1984. This movie feature prominent actors in its cast including Josh Peck (Matt), Chris Hemsworth (Jed), Josh Hutcherson (Robert), Isabel Lucas (Erica), Brett Cullen (Tom), Connor Cruise (Daryl), and Adrianne Palicki (Toni). In summary, this War film portrays an American City waking up to an invasion by Koreans seen through the paratroopers ...

War historians consider it appropriate to refer to the Korean War as the ‘Unknown War’ or ‘Forgotten War’. This in essence due to that fact that up until the collapse of the USSR and subsequent declassification of Soviet documents on the war, the events leading to the conflict were largely shrouded in mystery. On the 25th of June, 1950, the North Korean military attacked South Korea and as such, varying motivations for the war led many countries to support either the North or South. This may shed more light as to the underlying causes of the war and more ...

Security is one of the major aspects in every company. It is crucial for all types of organizations, and especially for those who possess copyright items, to have a serious protection system that will help them to avoid unwanted interventions into their systems and the steal and further release of confidential data. We can observe the necessity of careful check and intensive protection on the example of Sony Pictures, which one of Fortune Magazine contributors called ‘the hack of the century’. In addition, it is claimed that Sony studious could have predicted the hack and could have secured their ...

This brief essay examines ethical considerations surrounding two military and politically-charged events, one in 1960 and the other in 1968. Ethical guidelines help military personnel find practical and professional ways to face moral challenges and dilemmas “to enable and motivate them to act professionally in the discharge of their professional obligations” (Cook & Syse, 2010, p. 119). The U-2 incident occurred as the U.S. was gathering data on Soviet missile sites. President Eisenhower affirmed the value and continued use of U-2 flights for important reconnaissance data needed to negotiate with the Russians who were withholding vital weapons information. With the ...

Question No. 1 [200 words]

North Korea crossed the 38th Parallel – an imaginary line separating North Korea from South Korea - on June 25, 1950. In September 1950, UN forces composed of three military forces from Japan and one from the US positioned in the port of Pusan to repel the advancing North Korean People’s Army. The UN forces under General McArthur successfully invaded Inchon on September 15 and retook Seoul in two weeks. The US forces or EUSAK under Commander Walker, which lacked men and weapons, succeeded in forcing the NKPA from withdrawing from the 38th Parallel after it was joined by ...

International Relations of the Pacific Rim

Question 1 While the realism theory represents a spectrum of opinions or ideas which tend to circulate around four central pillars of political groups. That is egoism, international anarchy and power politics the liberal approach on the other seems to focus on a broader picture in terms of issues concerning enlightenment. It seeks to find a long lasting peace and cooperation in the international platform. Constructivist theory states that both political and social aspects are historically and politically linked. These theories are of the opinion that the situation in the pacific is inevitable from the human consequence but rather it is a ...

Laura Ling was the main speaker at the event and she gave a comprehensive account for her experiences in North Korea where she was detained for more than 40 days together with a colleague, Euna Lee. Ling is an American journalist who specializes in human rights investigative journalism and some of her reports cover aspects such slave labor, drug trade, internet censorship, women rights amongst others.

Ling recalled her visit to North Eastern China, a home for many North Koreans who had freed their homeland because of hunger and other desperate conditions. Most of those fleeing were women. Some got married ...

Inter-Korean engagement

In 2000, there was a dramatic summit between Korean countries which gave rise to Sunshine policy with the hopes of gaining cooperation and reconciliation with North Korea for the eventual achievement of reunifying the Korean peninsula. Following this summit, South Korea gave aid to the North and made concession with them but got no more than political gains in the domestic boundaries. In 2010, the diplomatic stage was set to resume again in the talks while protesting the motivations, precedents, and legacy of the policy in South Korea. This policy is the most crucial and sustained effort in engaging North ...

Abstract

The presidency of George.W. Bush has been one of the most criticized and controversial of all American presidencies. Although he is known widely for his misadventures in the war against terror, Bush enacted some important domestic and international policies that has had wide reaching impacts on the foreign policy and the economy of the country. An assessment of his policies on war, education, healthcare, immigration and humanitarian efforts portray of picture of a president who took tough decisions during difficult times. Some of his decisions were criticized heavily and led to a dip in his popularity ratings and some are still ...

US Defense Secretary, Chuck Hagel gave a statement on the rising tensions between United States and North Korea in which he clearly and vividly ‘acknowledged ‘ the threat that North Korea posed to US. In a brief and direct statement to a Pentagon News Conference in Washington, Hagel accepted that the North Korea’s provocative and belligerent tone had ratcheted up the tensions in Korean Peninsula, referring to the standoff between the two Korean countries i.e. North Korea and South Korea. He denied US’s role in aggravating the tensions and contributing to the standoff and that flying stealth bombers to the region ...

The objective of this essay will be the test scenario of Iran testing a nuclear device in 2021. This essay will be based on the United States’ strategy of applying instruments of power in an integrated manner in order to effective address the increasing security challenged that is posed by the Iranian nuclear test. The essay will answer the questions by applying one of the international relations models in order to establish recommendations and justification.

BACKGROUND

Iran has been developing a nuclear program since the Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was in power in the late 1970s.The Iranian nuclear test and the capacity ...

Is Globalization a Peace Producer?

Globalization is defined as upspring of a global society in which political, cultural, economic, and environmental circumstances in one part of the globe have particular significance for people in other parts of the world. (Globalization; Salzman, 2008). The globalization refers to rapidly growing connections between nations, economies, and societies (Barbieri and Schneider, 1999:387). Several literatures or studies have evaluated globalization in the context of international politics and social security to ascertain whether it is a peace producer or not (Blanton and Apodaca, 2007).Of course, most of the literatures have different views on the subject matter. This paper examines globalization in ...

This candid 2005 documentary deals with the suicidal journeys of North Korean defectors who flew to China’s borders. They assailed an "underground railroad" called the Seoul Train and in the process, documented a gripping story in the North Korean refugees’ fight for their lives and their freedom. The heroes in the documentary wanted to get out of North Korea, which they considered as the “world's largest prison camp." After they successful entry into the Chinese border, then would then be hunted by the avid Chinese police authorities. They would face near fatal consequences once they have ...

The paper of Chuck Huff, fellow of the Psychology Department, St. Olaf College, entitled “Unintentional Power in the Design of Computer Systems” discusses on the problems that occur in the design of a computer system which results to harm, destruction or even instability. As the title says, the design glitch was done unintentional or simply, the author doesn’t know about it in the first place. His paper was a wake-up call to everybody in both software and hardware developers to be very careful in the design aspect of their modules. This is to help trim down the events that ...

Question 1: Rivalries

Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping were all leaders in the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Prior to 1949 everyone generally followed Mao’s lead in setting policy. But Liu and Deng began to resist Mao’s ideas and power following the establishment of the People’s Republic of China. Whereas Mao believed that the CCP and government should remain focused on revolutionary agitation, public mobilization, collectivization and leadership appeal to advance the country; Liu and Deng believed that the country’s focus should be less on the personality of the leaders and revolution and ...