Essays on Peace Agreement

- Introduction

- The Vietnam War is known by many names. The most prominent of these is “The American War. It is the longest war that was ever fought by the Unites States of America on foreign soil. It spanned from November 1955 to April 1975; just over 17 years. The Vietnam War was overseen by four American Presidents; Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. The roots of the Vietnam War date all the way back to pre-World War II era. This paper answers crucial questions on the origin, execution, result and aftermath of the ...

Human Security Spring 2014

(Name of country) – Country report 4 – Freedom from fear

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Sudan existed in ancient times and was known under the name Kush. The present name Sudan comes from the Aramaic language “Bilaad-el-sud” and means “Country of the blacks”. Christianity was accepted and spread through the northern part of the country. Later, about 700 AD, many Arabs invaded Sudan and spread Islam as a religion. The second Islamic wave in 1820 initiated inhumanity and cruelty in the country. The Sudanese people were turned into slaves by the Arabs who called them “Black gold”. Finally troops were sent by Egypt and Great Britain ...

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The collapse of the Soviet Union between 1989 and 1991 meant that the countries that were formerly under its rule and control were now free. However, many of these countries that were formerly under the rule of the Soviet Union encountered great difficulties in reclaiming their national and independent identities. One of the countries that faced great difficulty was Yugoslavia. First the integrity of this country was hugely questioned. The nation functioned as an unstable assemblage of people of various ethnic groups. These include Croats, Serbs, and Bosnian Muslims. The country eventually split into various competing factions. Serbia and ...

The United Nation can be equated with peace and security, although its objectives are wider and entail promotion of human rights, social and economic development as well as self-determination. Nonetheless, the United Nation is the main collective security institution. The United Nation has a world-wide membership and various competences in security, peace as well as matching powers which entail the capability to make decisions on non-forcible measures as well as authorize various military actions that range from consensual pacification to full scale fighting. The United Nation has an ardent diplomatic function which is often channeled through the United Nation Secretary-General ...

Factors that Cause a State to fail with respect to Sudan

Various reasons are attributed to the fall of states and nations. These reasons range from the failure to control or rather the inability to of states to take charge of the processes within a given territory. The failure of states involves the interrelationships between patterns of authority, political control and institution building. Nations fail due to consumption by internal violence and the ceased delivering of political goods to their inhabitants. The failure of state involves the government’s lack of credibility and the nature of the country becomes illegitimate and questionable to the citizens. The major reasons that contribute to ...

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The specter of Civil Wars has plagued mankind throughout history. Though most of these conflicts have eventually ended, there has been no tried and true negotiation blueprint to the effective ending to a Civil War. By examining Civil Wars fought between 1940 and 1998, Barbara Walter and the team of Carline Hartzell, and Matthew Hoddie attempted to begin to develop such a framework. In so doing, they examined the factors in Modern civil war peace agreements that led to lasting peace. Walters begins her observations by noting that only about 1/3 of peace agreements attempted lead to lasting peace. (Walter, ...

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Genocide in Guatemala: An Outline Guatemala is mostly hilly country in Central America. It was erstwhile the heart of the well-known Mayan civilization, which was prevalent till the 10th century AD. When Spanish voyagers invaded Maya in the 16th century, the indigenous Mayans were enslaved in their own native soil. They are even now the most underprivileged majority of the Guatemala's population. Such kinds of inequalities and cruelties of Mayan people led to bitter Civil war in Guatemala which resulted in the mass genocide of this community. In ...

Philippine Assessment Paper

The Philippines is one of the renowned countries in Asia. With its vast number of tourist spots, variety of natural resources, and its people, Philippines makes its own name among other neighboring nations. Meanwhile, the United States has an association with the Philippines since centuries ago, and is also involved in some issues and events in the country. This paper discusses some issues and events in the country, and their impact on its own and upon the Unite States. I. Current Events and Issues in the Country within the last three Years One significant event in the ...

Water Problems in West Bank

Introduction Having very low availability of water resources in comparison with the global average, Israel, Jordan and Palestine have been suffering from scarcity of water and the scarcity impacts their economic and daily lives directly mostly for the higher population in Jordan and Palestine. The continuous rapid growth in population has in the region has raised the question as to whether the basic needs of water for the whole population will ever be met in the coming future. The resources of water in Israel, Jordan and Palestine are a mixture of groundwater and surface water sources. The major ...

John was born in 24th December 1166 to Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II of England. John spent most of his early life at Fontevrault as a magister. He was later taught by Ranulph Glanville, who was a leading English administrator. John spent some time with his elder brother, Henry the Young King. Here, he gained military and hunting skills which were very important in his later life as a king. John grew up as a hospitable, witty, genial and a generous man. Nevertheless, he was also known for his rage and sensitivity. In fact, he was known to bit and gnaw his fingers ...

The term United Nations was founded when the representatives of the 26 states declared to fight together against the Axis powers. This was during the reign of the United States president Franklin Roosevelt in the year 1942. At this time, the nations cooperated on specific matters only. Before the United Nations, there was the League of Nations. United Nations took place officially in 1945. The United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, France and China officially ratified United Nations charter. This essay shall assess the contemporary United Peace operations. At first, the nation’s established international organizations ...

What were the origins of the interwar political parties in Iraq, Syria, andEgypt? Why did these parties (and their associated parliamentary systems)fail to survive?

The formation of interwar political parties had a start from the Ottoman Empire during the early phases of colonialism .Yaacov (2010) observes that, during the war II, the Ottoman empires started losing to the allied forces. The turn of events for the other forces in the allied force led to a number of political organizations. There was for instance the formation of polities like Turkey, Egypt, Palestine, Trans-Jordan(Jordan),Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. Allen (2008) develops ...

In the play, Lysistrata the struggle for peace negations by women explicitly reflects their position as well as influence in the society. Their ability to influence the making of major decisions is clearly seen in the manner they all unite for a common course and stick to it to the very end until their objective is achieved. The interminable Peloponnesian war is seemingly the nightmare of the women in the play, as they feel neglected and cut out by their men all because of the war. It also acts as a revelation as women start to realize that they and ...