Essays on Regimes

Introduction

The financial crisis of 2007/9 was the worst in the U.S. since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It was the cause of the failure of some of the biggest financial institutions including Washington Mutual which was closed in 2008, and its assets transferred to JP Morgan. In 2008, the crisis reached its peak with loans dropping dramatically to the lowest levels to be witnessed in a half a century. For example, new loans to large borrowers fell by 47 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008 as compared to the previous quarter and by 79 percent relative to ...

Abstract

The separation processes in industry are a common practice especially in the developed countries as well as in the developing world. As a result, it is a good step to improve the separation techniques to ensure a better process for the production of the finished commodities. The classification of the distillation columns and the packed bed columns together with an analysis of their ability to perform efficiently in the industry is vital. Therefore, the paper entails an analysis of each group of distillation columns, taking into account their ability to carry out their duties, as well as the reason ...

The worst years of human history are well and truly behind us. Democracy, as a political system, reigns supreme with the fall of the Berlin Wall. More countries today have established democracies than ever in human history and which has led to both the social and economic development of mankind. Still, for all its shortcomings, there are a number of benefits to this system that a monarchy, oligarchy or even authoritarian or totalitarian regimes cannot offer. Even if we are in the New Millennium, most of these changes took place during the times known as the Third Wave Democratization ...

Labor acts as a core concept in building a society or nation since it helps people from different lifestyles to work together and achieve a particular goal. It exists in different types with some requiring more skill than the others do, while others tend to be of a higher rank. Despite these differences, it is hard for a particular labor work to exist without the other. Over the years, there have been positive and negative changes towards labor policies, which help improve the current labor structures. One of the major changes is the division of labor in a bid ...

Introduction

The purpose of this paper is to show how the western media reported the Sino Japanese war and how China and Japan were portrayed. Several news reports portray the Chinese as being aggressive and violent individuals thus presenting the perception of the Chinese as being less victimized in the war. In contrast, the western media portrays the Japanese as being a rational and courteous group of people while their negative roles and atrocities in both world war II and Sino Japanese war have been overlooked. This paper will further identify the underlying reasons for ideological inclinations of wartime reporting. ...

Part One:

Is it justifiable to kill another person within the context of military action under a given set of conditions? Introduction This paper will look at the issue whether it is ethical for one human to take the life of another especially in a military setting. Just like any other organization, the military is bound by societal rules and ethics that control its operations. In the society, killing is always frowned upon and therefore, the military should have a valid reason in which there is the justification of taking away the life of another individual. It can be seen that ...

Google initially argued that filtering Internet content is less damaging than riot making its search engine available in the Chinese market. Do you agree? I agree with Google, as I think that complying with Chinese rules and filtering Internet content is less damaging than riot making its search engine available in the Chinese market, as it brings fewer problems with Chinese government, fewer conflicts, and less financial losses. Furthermore, Google’s decision secures its position in China and allows the company operating there, while the riot can lead to Google’s exit from Chinese market without any possibilities to ...

Thesis: Social media is increasingly becoming a fundamental tool for fostering political awareness and action in Saudi Arabia.

Introduction Saudi Arabia has one of the most repressive media regulations in the world with a score of 83/100 in the most recent survey by the Freedom House, where 0 represents the best score while 100 represents the worst score. The authorities mugged the freedom of the media, further, in 2014 with the passage of the antiterrorism legislation and a series of arrests that silenced some of the most vocal critics (Freedom House). The fragile environment from which journalist operate from has led to a high level of suspicion on the mainstream media which is controlled by powerful government ...

Introduction

Democracy is a government of the people, by the people and for the people. The essence of the American Revolution was to create such a government that would allow Americans to gain liberty, equality and freedom. This was to be based on fair representation of the people and the Separation of Powers between three arms of government. For practical purposes though, it is necessary for governance to be exercised by a group of people in the arms of government. This has been abused over the years and the people of America supposed to collectively determine affairs of government in ...

Summary Synthesis

Hegemony has played an important role in instituting international regimes which have overseen law and social order (Keohane, 49). However, Keohane claims that in the recent past, it has been on the decline and is ultimately expected to give way to a post hegemony era. The major concepts discussed by the author include an overview of the motivations behind international regimes which he primarily attributes to the need for co-operation among states. He also discusses the inherent flaws of the international regimes occasioned by hegemony which have led to its decline in the recent past.

Analysis (Form)

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Iraq

Introduction The period between 2003 and 2011 is a duration that will remain in the history of Iraq for decades to come. It was a period characterized by unprecedented levels of violence and political disorder whereby there was a strong influence exerted on Iraqi politics by foreign powers. The same period witnessed the American-led military troop invasion of Iraq, in an exercise that overthrew Saddam Hussein’s Ba’ath Party governance. The year 2011 marked the end of nearly decade-long fight when the US troops left the country. After the invasion, there were efforts to reconstruct Iraq. However, the ...

There is a keen interest in the influence of the Internet in the recent years in the Arab World. A particular interest is the impact of Social Media and communication technologies in the Arab World leading to the conflict that began in 2011. However, this paper will focus not on political uses of the Internet, but on the potential economic growth, and how the Internet affects the culture and changes habits of communication, shopping and ways of doing businesses.

The Internet in the Arab World

The whole world has been transformed over the past 15 years by the technology-led transformation. The Internet affected communication and ...

The end of the Second World War saw the escalation of the rivalry between the United States and the USSR over world dominance. The supremacy battles were caused by differences in political ideologies and the economic development thus leading to the cold war. The totalitarian regime of the Soviet Union held many nations in Eastern Europe together for almost 70 years. According to Prados (2011), the disintegration of the USSR brought caused political and economic instability in addition to civil unrests in separate member states. The collapse of the USSR on December 8, 1991, hampered the coordination of the ...

Fascism and National Socialism

Political theorists, historians and and scholars have long tried interpreting and defining fascism but the definitions have either been too narrow or too wide as each interpretation of fascism is distinct and based on the ideological and political leanings and thoughts of the scholar or the theorist. According to Roger Griffin, fascism is "a genus of political ideology whose mythic core in its various permutations is a palingenetic form of populist ultra nationalism". He goes on to say that the fascist ideology has three core components- the myth of rebirth, decadence and populist ultranationalism. Paxton in his book, The ...

Introduction

This historiographical essay relies on the works of six authors to discuss the nature of guerrilla warfare and its implications on political, social and economic stabilities of the nations in Latin America. The articles address aspects of terror acts carried out by both insurgents and regimes to engage each other. The historiographical essay is also important in using historical accounts from articles to discuss the factors that contributed to success of revolutionary wars in nations such as Cuba and Nicaragua. The approach taken by the essay is chronologically reviewing by year of publication, what different authors wrote on the ...

Introduction

First Thessalonians is a book in the New Testament, and it is often regarded as one of Paul’s epistles to the Thessalonians. Research indicates that it was written in AD 52, which means that it is the oldest book in the Bible. The book examines Paul’s heart and mind as well as the message he relayed about knowing Jesus Christ (Wanamaker, 2013). In First Thessalonians, Paul had three critical purposes when writing the epistle. Primarily, he intended to encourage and motivate Christians Thessalonica, especially those who were progressing well in their new faith. Besides, Paul wanted to ...

Bangladesh is among the world’s most populous nations, but most of its population is poor. Formerly East Pakistan, Bangladesh gained independence in 1971 after the war with West Pakistan. The size of the country whose capital is Dhaka is 143,998 square meters with a population of 161 million people. The main language for the Bangladesh people is Bengali with the major religions being Islam and Hinduism. Life expectancy is 69 years and 70 years for men and women respectively. The population growth rate is estimated at 1.2 % with infant mortality rate of 45/1000. The city of Dhaka ...

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 ...

The Ming dynasty in the 1600s made considerable and deliberate efforts in a bid to ensure that its regions remain under one ruler. A Buddhist monk who was also a peasant found the dynasty, rose to the rank of an army general and led a rebellion against the Mongols. The monk assumed the name of Hong Wu and made the decision to have Nanjing as the capital of China, but a latter emperor of the dynasty moved the capital back to Beijing. One of the major roles that Hong Wu assumed as the emperor include reorganizing every aspect of ...

International Politics

Q1. Constructing International Politics by Wendt According to Wendt, social structures are built on three elements; a shared knowledge, the material resources, and practices (Wendt, 1995). Concerning the aspect of shared knowledge, Wendt points out that partial definition of social structures involves common understanding, knowledge or expectations. These aspects constitute actions in a given situation which in turn influence how they relate, whether conflictive or corporative. To draw his point, Wendt further uses the case of the security dilemma, which is a social structure based on intersubjective understandings whereby states become so distrustful to the extent that they assume ...

What is it about Western attitudes towards women in the Middle East and North Africa that provokes her to ask these questions of us? It is commonly believed that women in the Middle East and North Africa are oppressed. They are considered to be victims of the regimes, vulnerable to the violence from their male relatives and almost helpless in this situation. Representatives of the Western civilization used the liberation of women as the reason for their conquests in different countries including Egypt, Algeria and Afghanistan. They consider burqa, the traditional covering of the Pashtun women, the symbol of ...

Introduction

Contemporary academic analysis is concentrated on the issue of states’ emergence. The former is analyzed in different social, political, and economic contexts. Such state of affairs can be explained from the practical point of view, meaning nowadays there are many players at the international level which have recently appeared. However, in order to understand the nature of the aforementioned processes, the historical analysis is thought to be of great importance, since lots of contemporary phenomena took place in the previous centuries. Thus, in this paper, the correlation between the Sykes-Picot agreement, formation of the Palestinian identity, and creation of ...

Part 1.

Since the end of the WWII, the United States has taken a leading role in the provision of the world leadership as the ultimate policeman of the world. The US has developed a series of foreign policies and treaties that are meant to guarantee the safety of the world.

Part 2.

A. (i).Financial and technical support to AMISON (ii) Killing of Osama Bin Laden by the US seal Navy army

B (i) Policy of containment

(ii) Provision of citizenship for anti-communist individuals who are being persecuted in Afghanistan. (iii).Culture of consumerism to promote US industries (iv) .Influence of US on Anti-narcotics policies in the ...

The period between the begin of the World War I and the end of the World War II can be compared with the Thirty Years War because the reasons behind the conflict were the same foremost for the German states n the center of Europe: to gain domination over the continent. This is purely geopolitical approach. There have been no world wars, but one that lasted from 1914 to 1945. This "second Thirty Years War" was a war provoked by globalism to shoot down political systems incompatible with its global project. The official narrative segments divide the 1914-1945 period ...

The cold war marked a period of political tensions between numerous countries after the end of t the Second World War. These tensions were mainly between the communist nations and the capitalist countries. The most opposing parties within this conflict were the USA and the now defunct USSR. In the 1970s, the cold war mainly referred to the period that spanned between the aftermath of the Cuban missile crisis beginning October 1962; all the way to the Détente period from 1969 into the 70s (Shaw 71). The Cuban crisis arose from a confrontation between the Soviet Republic and ...

Today, Syria faces a serious crisis. The country that once boast diversity is now engaged in a civil war bloodier than any war in history. Millions have been displaced and nearly a quarter million have died. The civil war initially rose as an Arab Spring. Arabs across the Middle East were seeking a democratic society. However, with the rule of the al-Assad family in Syria, violence is dominant and the country rests in a blood bath.

History of Syria

Originally, Syria consisted of a large amount of land that is now many countries today, including Syria itself, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. The ...

Using people’s DNA for finding the suspect of a crime has long been into practice, and it has helped the police find a lot of criminals easily. While on the one hand, DNA testing can find the real criminals behind a scene, it can also help to clear an innocent person of the charges. However the concern strikes in when the same DNA profiles and data are all stored in a DNA database. This is a concerning matter because DNA and information can be used for threatening people’s privacy and damaging their rights and well as those ...

The policy is very complicated and multifaceted thing. Humanity has long interesting history, and humanity is accompanied by the policy throughout a very long period of time. Despite the fact that the policy has already become familiar and integral part of modern society, it remains a very controversial issue, which generates a lot of emotional debates and disagreements. The representative of contemporary democratic society got used to consider that democracy is inviolable or even sacred. A modern citizen believes in his rights and freedoms; moreover, he strongly believes that the state, namely the democratic system is intended for protection ...

The cold war was a state of military and political antagonism between the USSR and the United States. Initially, the US and the Soviet Union were allies in the fight against the Nazi of Germany. The alliance between the two countries started to crumble in 1945 after the war in Europe ended. The tensions were evident during the Potsdam conference since the two parties could not agree on a joint occupation of Germany. Although the US and the USSR were not directly involved in direct military campaigns; the war caused the loss billions of dollars and lives in several ...

The emergence of social media has been critical to the political world through aiding of participation. It is important that every party and stakeholder is involved in the political process. The essential nature of politics makes it necessary for certain groups of people to participate. The value of asserting political influence surpasses the imaginary benefits that people often lay against it. In the contemporary world, the use of social media as a tool for engaging on political matters has increased tremendously. Over the recent years, many groups have continued to assert their influence in politics by engaging the political ...

Introduction

This paper is to deal with one of main issue of post-WW2 world, namely the phenomenon of civil war. The analysis of this paper is devoted to such questions as the reasons for certain civil wars as well as concrete instances of such internal conflicts. Also, the paper is to discuss the major theoretical contributions and controversies related to the civil war research program: firstly, civil wars are defined conceptually, and then, operationally. Second, major theories relating to the issue of causes of civil wars and their results will be discussed, along with future directions and policy implications. The ...

The principal value, which the principles of morality are based on, has always been discussed. The most widely accepted answers are happiness and safety. Nietzsche in his theory of morality also approaches this concept but from a different direction. He claims that the aim of any society, as well as the supreme value in the ethics, are the happiness of the minority – aristocracy. He explains that, essentially, all life is built upon exploitation, appropriation, violence and struggle for dominance. He argues that they are unavoidable because they represent what life really is – the will to power. Accordingly, power is ...

Sebastian Haffner was one of the people who did not like the Hitler’s regime. He fled Germany to England in 1938. However, Haffner did not create any significant resistance against the Nazi regime. By the time he was leaving Germany, Haffner was leaving with a Jewish woman who was expecting her child. His relationship with the Jewish lady made him a potential target for persecution by the Hitler regime. Fascist regimes always identify an enemy or scapegoats as a unifying cause. The Nazi regime recognised the Jewish as enemies and the regime was out to eliminate them from ...

Discuss the Rise of the States’ Decolonization, Independence/Secession Processes that succeeded in the Last Years as well as the Current Independence/Secession Processes going on in the World Now.

Historically, decolonization has been occurring in stages, from 1776 to 1991, designing the current global order of the states through revolutions. It is a term used to refer to the process of ending the colonial rule in all facets, including different political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of this process. For around 200 years, the colonial rule, represented by the European monarchs has impacted the relationship between similar and opposing forces ( ...

Introduction

The topic of discussion looks at establishing the extent to which China appears to be a threat to the United States. In this topic, there will be need to evaluate the relations between China and the US and determine the importance of the relations to the whole world. According to scholars and academicians, the relations between the two countries are very important to the economies of all other countries in the world. The supremacy of the two countries thus poses a challenge to each other in terms of who is superior to the other. However, the fact is that ...

Tax is one of the formal monetary obligations for any person living under certain country or jurisdiction. Tax is usually a compulsory contribution to the government that is imposed to fulfil in the common interest of all people in the country for the purpose of defraying the expenses incurred out to the public functions. In most cases taxes are imposed for the intention of regulations, without references or guarantee to the special benefits. One of the most fundamental descriptions of tax is that it is discriminatory in nature where people are taxed according to their income; those who earn ...

Conflicts in the African continent are notorious with their complexity. There are host of reasons for that. These include the complicated history of Africa, especially of the last several centuries when existing divergences were accentuated by the presence of colonists who imposed new circumstances and conditions. These also include many natural reasons stemming from climate conditions and geopolitical situation of Africa. These include as well the ethnical and tribal divergences that turned out to be the major fueling factor in the conflict that set it ablaze for almost fifteen years. There is one thing I am going to make ...

Affiliated Institution

Introduction For many years, Amnesty International has been a champion for global humanitarian and human rights issues. With the world continuously evolving, Amnesty International has adapted to these changes and accommodated them. Due to population growth, the world has witnessed continued conflicts over resources specifically in Africa and the Middle East. These conflicts are fueled by political regimes and their ideologies, (Weinstein 2010). Terror groups such as Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab and Islamic State (IS), have continuously violated human rights. In most African countries, dictatorial rule has come under threat with masses becoming more educated and informed of their human ...

Introduction

The 18th century is one of the most significant years in the history of man especially with regard to slave trade and slavery. This is because in its last stages, the world experienced two of the most renowned and successful anti-colonial revolutions against slave trade both in Latin America as well as in the Caribbean. The first, which was the revolution against Latin American slavery culminated in 1783. Nine years later, the world witnessed a second Haitian revolution which commenced with massive insurrection of slaves in the region in 1791, culminating with the first of slavery abolitions in French ...

Question two

Totalitarianism Totalitarianism is a political structure whereby the state does not recognize the limitation of its authority from any sector and it monopolizes power hence regulating all aspects in its jurisdiction such as the public and the private perspectives. This kind of political system is characterized by some elements which are opposed to a democratic environment. Totalitarianism is associated with autocratic were nobody can resist the power and authority of the president since that is a criminal issue highly punishable by law (ppt.2).

Features of totalitarianism

Absolute military control is an aspect which is experienced in Totalitarian State whereby citizens are not ...

A fundamental problem facing new democracies is the hijacking of the political process by elites. Economic performance is affected by elite politics leading to underdevelopment and sometimes morphing into political violence. The transition from colonial regimes to democracy has been subverted by the harm that was done by the colonial subversion of traditional institutions in favor of artificial Western ones. This provided an opening for the rise of elites and the rule of ‘the big men’ (Owusu, 1992). What role do elites play in transition to democracy or its opposite? This paper seeks to provide an analysis on how ...

Twitter was founded by Biz Stone, Noah Glass, Jack Dorsey, Jack Dorsey, and Evan Williams on March 21, 2006. The first tweet was made by Jack Dorsey at 9:50 PM on 21 March, 2006 and it was as follows: “just setting up my twittr”. Twitter became an important product of its time and contributed to the “a massive social experiment” that occurred with the rise of Web 2.0 (Meyer, 2016). The popularity did not come quickly to this micro-blogging platform. In 2006 it published 5,000 tweets, in 2008 – 300,000 tweets, in 2010 – 50 million, in 2013 – 500 ...

Literature review

Section 1: Background Context and rationale for research priorities Lens handling intensifies the incidence of lens contamination. When lens are aseptically removed from the eye, they still have a high probability of harboring microorganisms. During storage, the frequency of positive microbial bioburden remains high than 50%. The presence or movement of microorganisms from the lens to the ocular surface is a route factor for contact lenses related microbial keratitis and inflammation. There is need to priotise research in this area because the results of the studies help people to understand the factors concomitant to infectious and inflammatory complications. When ...

The CIA has been used to initiate numerous coups in South America including Venezuela whose intent has over time been shown to be to advance the interests of the United States by overthrowing leaders that do not tow its line and replacing them with less reactionary leaders that it can easily manipulate. The involvement of the United States of America in South America has by all means been open, especially following the Cold War. These relations range from diplomatic, trade, security to political engagements as evidenced by the Organization of American States (OAS). However, deeply tacked in the historical ...

Abstract

This paper describes in detail the explanation about mass murders, the definition of mass murders and the reasons why mass murders are committed. The paper also discusses why people are prone to mass murders and what major causes that trigger mass killing. It describes in detail the relationship between ethnic, religious, social and political reasons that relate with mass murders and why people are forced into killing others. There are also references in the paper taken from mass murders of the past, exemplifying the major mass murderers penned down in history, and it also mentions the recent trends in ...

The Sardinians were eager to evict Australians from their land. Despite the defeat they suffered during the First World War, they did not lose hope. Instead, they were determined to see that their country was liberated from the grip of Australians (Avery). They were under the leadership of King Vittorio Emanuele when they realized that it was tough to fight the Mighty Australian Empire. The King and Cavour decided to find assistance from the other European States. Initially, Cavour had entered into a secret alliance with the Piedmont- Sardinia Kingdom during the War of Crimea. He was on the ...

Introduction

Secular states are based on the need to separate the state from religion. Secular states are neutral and do not support any religion. On the contrary, Islamic countries are based on the need to introduce Islamic law within political systems. Religious laws restrict democracy and respect for freedoms and rights as part of secular states restricted by religious laws. The true political rule should be based on divine laws such as Islamic laws. This discussion is based on case studies of Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) and Jamal Abd alNasser, Egypt’s Liberation, 1953. In Iran, case studies ...

Dr. Martin Luther Kings’ “I Have a Dream” Speech was a call for action, that all people should be treated as equals, an action society needs to work towards today. The statement was expressed as to address the various challenges that faced the community. It was a speech whose main aim was to address the need for equality, equity, freedom and the need for the realization of the human rights. Martin Luther King expressed various issues that had brought the society to a deterioration point. Discrimination based on color, origin, sex, race, and even social status in the society ...

Acknowledgement

I would like to express my gratitude and adoration to my professor, [Professor Name]. His persistent struggle to impart learning in his students had motivated me to continue learning. Aside from him, I would also like to thank everyone who had not doubted me that I am capable of achieving excellence despite my flaws. You all make learning an enjoyable process that I will always wish to journey.

Abstract

In Konte’s (2013) work, he had studied the relationship between democratic levels or development regime of a country to the function that natural resources play. In his study, he noted ...

Iran Revolution of 1979

Abstract The Iranian Revolution of 1979 involved the popular uprising in Iran against the regime of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. This paper examines many of the leading explanations for the uprising, including the rise of militant Islam, structural weaknesses of the Shah regime, the coalition of three important social groups (e.g. woman, youth, and the intelligentsia), the composition of the reform movement, and the effect of the Shah’s policies of accommodation and repression, to name a few. This paper also draws on leading theories in social movement theory, contemporary field work involving discussions with the Mullahs and their ...

Introduction

Businesses in various sectors face lots of challenges in the environment that derive influences from different aspects in the markets. Most of those problems emanate from the operations of the organization itself while others are from the external facets of the markets. The retail industry stands as one of the most sensitive sectors of the economy due to the diversity of the products and services that they offer. For example, a single retailer can sell the goods of different manufacturers that present varying conditions in the market. Consider the fact that the regulations of oil products differ from those ...

 To date, in the fourteen Latin American countries, those in power are leftist politics (the issue what kind of leftism and the degree of radicalism it is about) will be discussed later. Regardless of all the uniqueness of the moment and the apparent dissimilarity of modern Latin American lefts with their predecessors, there is a clear tendency, which is characteristic for the Latin American model of development as a whole – a tradition of powerful leftist movements, the struggle for social transformation. Facing deep structural crisis, the continent came into a long strip of the struggle against the dictatorship, local ...

In the next 5-10 years there is a major issue that has developing that will be facing the business world. This issue that is going to be a major problem for both businesses and government is surely going to be money laundering. In order to understand how money laundering is a threat to both governments and economies it is first necessary to understand what money laundering is itself. Once the definition is understood only then can we apply that definition to the business world through analyzing how this white collar crime effects commerce, government involvement in the business world, ...