Essays on Peace And Security

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Charter of the United Nations are all supporting documents that were drafted by exists and technocrats drawn from all active member states and subsequently unanimously upheld as binding treaties. The major mission as contained in the two documents is to emphasize on the recognition of every human being as equal and insistence on a peaceful and harmonious existence. Although most of the information as contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Charter of the United Nations seems to converge, some articles and chapters are implicitly conflicting. Safe from ...

World Affairs: The United Nations

Introduction The United Nations (UN) was established as an international organization on 24 October 1945 having several functions. The UN operations and membership are both extended worldwide. UN headquarters is in New York City and has other regional offices in Geneva, Vienna, and Nairobi. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish are the official languages of the member countries. The UN's predecessor was the League of Nations that kept peace and cooperation between the nations of the world. The organization gets its finance from member states voluntary contributions, and it has six fundamental bodies. The General Assembly as the ...

Security Services as well as Methods

Security is an essential factor in the development of any part of the world. Regions where security is threatened, there are few development initiatives. The security of a nation lies with the government of the particular state. When a security concern arises, the government reacts to protect the citizens. Security threats that may affect than one country can be regarded as a regional or global threats. These threats are often tackled by global security organizations. Some of these organizations include the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United Nations (UN). These organizations are essential in ensuring international peace ...

Terrorism as a global phenomenon is recognized to be the key problem of international security. However, at the national level, terrorism is not a new phenomenon. As a method of struggle, especially in conditions of limited resources of various opposition forces, the terrorist activity was quite common in world history. According to one theory, the concept of “terror” originated during the French revolution - Jacobin terror, which meant the public destruction of unwanted people to intimidate others. There are earlier mentions of such a method of waging of a war of aggression. The word “terror” means a state of ...

The majority of historians argue that a new era began in the early 1990's resulting from the end of the Cold War era as well as the Gulf crises. In actual fact, "it was this new era of globalization, of a world being tied together by flows of investment, of trade, of ideas, of culture, of people travelling all the time" (Yergin, "Commanding Heights: The New Rules of the Game"). There is no exaggeration to say that "we are living through a revolution. The 1990's saw the creation of a new king of global economy - a single market, ...

Power

Power refers to the production of intended effects within the context of a given phenomenon. For instance, when a government declares war against an invading power, it would be seeking to defend the nation (intended effect) since it has the authority to do so for the sake of the citizens (context). Hence, when one has power, he or she would have the ability to make a palpable difference to the current state of the world. Accordingly, control is difficult to identify because its manifestation relies on relationships between people, groups, and States. Still on the example given above, the ...

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 ...

The mandate of the UN and The Organization's Contribution to Global Cooperation.

The United Nations as an international organization is mandated to enforce international law, security, social advancements. Economic development, and human rights for nations across the world. The organization is divided into five branches including the UN General Assembly, the UN Security Council, the International Court of Justice (ICC), The Economic and Social Council, and the UN Secretariat (Briney). All these branches integrate to enhance global corporation through the Center on International Cooperation. The CIC creates ideas, analysis, and policies that are needed to improve the fight against global challenges, increase peace and security, strengthen fragile states, secure strategic resources, ...

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 United Nations (UN) celebrated its seventieth year last year amid celebrations and much acclaim. Established after the end of World War Two, it was intended to bring world peace and put an end to major wars by creating a forum for nations to work out their differences. The UN has been mostly successful in its mission, with a couple major exceptions. However, there is a lot of talk about reforming the UN to be more representative of the world today. While several proposals have been made over the past years, none have gained enough favor to be accepted ...

Is The UN Security Council Fit for Purpose in The 21st Century?

- UN Security Council is undeniably an organization dealing with global peace and security. Its successes and failures in global conflict management have been subjects of international scrutiny. The council’s activities on the member states from 1946 have supposedly remained constant with more members joining. UN Security Council however experiences a myriad of hurdles including lack of proper accountability of actions to member states. Ineffectiveness of organizations within UN Security Council, for instance, the Economic and Social Council accompanied by improper implementation on financial assets stewardship contributes to its hurdles. Additionally, there are invariable claims on competition caused by ...

Globalization is otherwise known as the increased connectedness of the people living across geographical boundaries; there are two elements which are interrelated to each other including the elimination of borders so that there is an increase in the flow of goods, services, people, money and ideas; and the simultaneous changes in the policies so that the flow is facilitated (Dator). In the recent years, the globalization has shown dramatic increase. Mainly the driving forces have been the advancement in technology, the ease in mobility of capital and the decline in the transaction costs across the borders. So, globalization affects ...

Introduction

Since its establishment in 1945 as a symbol of the victory in the World War II by the allies, the United Nations has been of great expectations by many people and governments as an instrument being able to bring a lasting peace and security on the planet. The objective of maintaining a global peace has been entrenched in the Charter of the given international institution as one of its primary statutory goals. Since the time of its creation, the United Nations proved to have carried out a myriad of operations which were a subject of contrasting debates. By analyzing and discussing the appropriate findings, ...

Introduction and Thesis

As of today, the world grapples with many challenges to international peace and security. The rising cases of terrorism and proliferation of small arms, for instance, threaten efforts to foster peace and security. In the face of the threats to peace and security in different parts of the world, United States needs a foreign policy to chart its broad agenda for interacting with other nations of the world and for protecting her national interests. However, many are the times when the country’s foreign policy is misinterpreted. For example, there are claims that the country’s foreign policy is aimed ...

Introduction: The name of the artist is called Richard Muck and the piece of art was done in the year 1944 at Kansas. This artist tries to show the beauty and serenity of the rural areas where the plantations and the nature of farm houses are clearly sketched. The house shown in the piece of art indicates the nature of farm housing in this county. The artist tries to show the serenity of the environment in a rural setting. The nature of clothing shown in the picture depicts the rural setting of the people. The crops that resemble maize and ...

Societies are built, maintained and developed on the fundamental notion of peace and security. Violence and criminal activities disturb the equilibrium of a society by damaging the peace and security. That is why the governments try to restore peace through their policies. One of the crimes that is given significant importance in America is gun crime. Many legislations and licensing policies have been brought throughout the history. However, an unending debate for and against the gun rights and its effects also continues (Nisbet, 2001). Keeping this debate in view, two issues are discussed in this paper: a) should people have a right ...

International Terrorism

The issue of terrorism is both complex and highly emotional. It is convoluted as the issue amalgams a number of various factors of human experience, inclusive of topics such as military planning, psychology, philosophy and history, among others. On the other side, extremism is also high charged emotionally as the instances of terrorism give rise to enormous feelings, combined with the fact that seeing terrorists justify their actions as right have strong emotions with regard to the use of violence against these terrorists (United States Institute of Peace, n.d., p. 3). Simply stated, terrorism can be defined as “propaganda by ...

Business services hold an importance and strategic position in the in the UK economies. The business services contribute to the productivity and the employment sectors of the economies. It further increases the competitiveness of the UK within the European's industries. When the competitiveness of the business services increase it will help to improve the quality, lower the costs and to adapt to the global economy and technology. In UK, about 10% of the employment is directly contributed by the business services, and this does help in the creation of jobs and wealth at the same time triggering growth of ...

Essay

International Organizations 1) One of the most influential political theories for a long time was realism. Its focus has traditionally remained the problem of power, war and peace. International politics is characterized by anarchy and a constant struggle for existence and protection of the interests. The condition of a peaceful coexistence between states is to maintain a balance of power. Liberals believe it possible to build a world order without wars, inequality and tyranny. They focus on study of the conditions of peace and justice in world politics. Despite the fact that wars are inevitable, contradictions between states must be overcome through ...

Between the years 1873 to 1893

Introduction A well-established policing system plays a great role on the process of redefining a particular society and identifying how it specifically works in line with the law and what constitutes legality. The idea of putting up a force that would be dedicated towards creating possible measures to make sure that the society and its members are guarded protected and guided at the same time is dependent on the desire of keeping the people and the institutions making up a particular community staying within the limits of good governance. A society that has a dependable and reliable police force is expected to have a ...

- Characteristics of the nation-state and transnational entities A nation-state refers to an organized community living under one government that derives administrative legitimacy from serving an independent unit for a realm as an independent territorial entity. The term nation-state is derived from nation and state. Nation refers to a coming together of people sharing a culture and language. A nation does not necessarily assume a formal political entity. On the other hand, a state is a political legally formed entity that comprises of a defined territory, a government, a permanent population, and the ability to enter into legal relations with other states. Of note is that a government ...

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 ...

Political Science

Introduction Networks proved to be a growing power in the year 1996 where they enjoyed success human rights, transnational crime, insurgency and terror. Networks may be for licit or illicit intentions such as terrorist groups such as the Al-Qaeda or drug networks Zapatistas in Mexico. Currently, or networks rely on the internet to maintain cohesion and for expansion. Networks are often in conflictive relationship with nation states be they civil or uncivil. In the past nation faced challenges from empires, classical liberalism and Marxism. The networks aims were to push, pod and confront by use of swords. Though loyalty ...

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The Cold War: Its Origin and Effects

The Cold War that dates from 1947 to 1991 refers to the relationship that existed between the United States of America (USA) and the Soviet Union (also known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)) after the World War 2. It began after the two had a short-lived wartime alliance against the Nazi Germany, which left the USA and Soviet Union as two superpowers with distinct political and economic differences. An English author and journalist George Orwell coined the name “Cold War” in his essay, “You and the Atomic Bomb” published in the British newspaper Tribune on ...

US Military and Japanese Military

Military power has long been seen as a very crucial aspect of government around the globe since the early civilizations. Countries spend billions of dollars to improve their fighting advantage, which would be spent in weapons, training and research. The military also serves as the first line of defense in times of threat, and the last option for governments if they cannot resolve disputes peacefully. In the 21st century, the military image still remains as a respected entity, but now varies on how the country utilizes its power and how it is seen by society. Two notable examples of two different ...

The vision of a united world has always been a dream to many, especially in the times of the two Great Wars. Peace, collective security and equal development for all had been the key objectives of world leaders in the establishment of an international organization that would embody these ideals. Each nation had attempted to make their own interpretation of this goal with several known regional organizations, but what had been the crowning glory was the creation of the United Nations after the Second World War. Since its establishment, the world had clear hopes with the UN as the body that ...

Many often consider the United States the world’s superpower, the only nation that remains dominant in almost all sectors of the international arena – from politics to social development. The US is also seen as the only country to possess a military capability that can truncate any potential power that threatens world peace. However, the US did not hold this role and prominence in the international community before the Second World War as the US had remained under isolation after the First World War. The US had been leery to join the war efforts due to their experiences in the ...

The idea of ​​establishing an international organization to monitor the processes of integration in the world community came up about 100 years ago (Mazower 5); however, the first half of the XX century was marked by two world wars, which greatly complicated the peaceful development of most countries. On October 24, 1945 51 countries, determined to keep the peace through international cooperation and collective security, ensured creation of the United Nations (United Nations Official Website). Currently, it is the most ambitious and comprehensive international organization which covers almost all spheres of human activities, from human rights to environmental issues. ...

The United Nations (UN) - is a unique international community with a goal to contribute to the promotion of peace, economic and social development of all countries and nations. It was formed on 24 October 1945. Fifty-one countries gathered together with the purpose of advancing peace all over the world through joint cooperation. Nowadays, almost every single nationality has joined the United Nations, furthermore, there are 193 members currently. The United Nations statute provides the directives that every nation must observe. This treaty sets the rules and obligations which are mandatory for the member nations. The UN charter has the ...

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Abstract

Military use of unmanned drones has increased in the war against terrorism. Just recently after the marathon bombing a drone was used to attack and kill a local al-Qaeda leader in the Arabian Peninsula. Drones are being used in many forms to include spying, tracking and killing. This case study will present data about using drones in violent conflicts or threats and the ethical dilemmas of doing so. Should the government be allowed to use these forms of technology without restrain or specific governing laws? These are question for you to explore and decide if using drones is ethical.

Introduction

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1. Who are the stakeholders of this negotiation? Who are the actors? Explain.

The stakeholder membership comprises of: Jonathan Pollard, an ex-convict, the US delegation, led by Bill Clinton, the then President of the United States. The negotiation process is composed of actors such as: Israel (led by Metanyahu), Palestine (led by Arafat) and the United States. The main items of agenda featured in the negotiation process are: resettlement of Palestinian refugees, peace and security resolutions.

2. What are the respective interests of the actors? Be specific.

Both Israel and Palestine are interested in settling on a peaceful memorandum that would ensure the restoration of peace and security between the two states. Social insecurity had been exacerbated by territorial conflicts. The situation that warranted ...