Introduction Two decades after being driven out of Kabul by U.S forces, Taliban militants have retaken control over Afghanistan’s capital. Initially, the Taliban had its grip on the city and used it as a centre for military activities. However, in 2001, Osama Bin Laden’s coordinated attacks on the World Trade Center towers resulted in the[…]
Introduction The European Union is perhaps one of today’s greatest spectacles. In definition, the European Union refers to a union of nations. These groups of nations interactions relates to their political as well as economic interactions. It is a fact that their interaction is based on an intergovernmental union rather than a single state. Therefore,[…]
Piracy off the coastline of Somali has been a menace for international shipping over decades. This activity began in the beginning of the 21st century and still thrives up to now. This has therefore led to an outcry from various international organization as well as shipping companies. These pirates have been instrumental in affecting ship movements[…]
Introduction: Significance of Becoming a Global Citizen In an undeniably globalized world, one should consider how best to be a worldwide resident, and connect adequately with the patterns and advancements of an interconnected world. Issues like psychological oppression, transnationalism, migration, environmental change and innovative interruption are in a general sense issues established in a globalized[…]
World security is fundamental and promotes a suitable environment for all people to live in the whole world. Therefore, this has enabled many countries to focus on appropriate means to ensure that security is maintained worldwide. The United States has been at the forefront of the fight against all possible threats to national security. One[…]
The not unusual dreams of the health neighbourhood are to assemble a patron-focused protected favourite fitness care device; enhance get entry to and decrease inequity; boom the reason of hobby on fitness selling and prevention, screening, and early intervention, moreover to the event of protection, overall performance, and accountability (Australia authorities, 2013). much like Vietnam,[…]
George Santayana once gave a powerful quote to the world in 1905 when he said “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”, a sentiment repeated by Sir Winston Churchill in his 1948 address to the House of Commons. Although the words seemed sentimental at the time, the current political events in[…]
Overview of the Incident On September 22nd, 2012, the ISIS kidnapped an American journalist by the name, James Foley and later murdered him in the year 2014. The Islamic State killed Foley for what it terms as retaliation to airstrikes made against their troops during the Syrian war (Friis, 2015). A video was released by[…]
Historians, such as Eagleton, have traced the origins of the word terrorism back to the French Revolution[1]. The subject of terrorism is particularly relevant to today’s modern world, with attacks occurring as recently as the 3rd of March 2009 in Pakistan[2]. Within this essay I will be answering the question, ‘is terrorism ever justifiable’? The definition[…]
There have been some alarming opinions in past years that China’s great power probable, combined with its latent imperialist ambitions and gradually self-assured foreign policy stance, could pose a threat to local and global security by prompting major power readjustments in East Asia and beyond, ultimately challenging US prevalence in the post–Cold War international system.[…]
Globalization affected the development of modem states from 1500 to the present because of the need to make free trade, the flow of capital, and the tapping of foreign labor markets transcending into nation-state boundaries and expanding trade and economic competition between empires and countries seeking new resources. The change is driven by an integration[…]
Introduction Since the fall of Communism, Globalization, both famous and controversial, has been one of the issues most highly contested. ‘There are intense globalization arguments, including if there exists, what is of relevance now than in the past, If the state is replaced and if it is of more importance than regionalism (Stallings 2000). This[…]
Introduction Contemporary global politics encompass the studies that deal with the political and economic patterns of the world. As a phenomenon that delves into the state of equilibrium of various powers, global politics has been influenced by globalisation, which can be said to be an increase or decline in globalism. Keohane and Nye (2000) define[…]
Background The Kashmir dispute is among the world’s longest-running conflicts. Despite six decades of fighting may seem little in historical terms, the battle is usually described in terms of ‘enduring’ and ‘interminable.’ Paul defines it as a “consistent, profound, and long-term inability of objectives between different sides.” This conflict includes India and Pakistan. Either India[…]
Introduction One of the critical features of international relationships is a country’s capacity to trust its partners’ word that they would work in their partners’ best interests, mainly when a joint action plan is completed and implemented. There is the adage about political bedmates in global nation alliances scratching each other’s backs. Failure on the[…]
1.0 Introduction Eventhough trade agreements and regional trade integration has a long history, the trend has increased within the last two decades (Abo, 2015). In many parts of the world, different forms of regional trade agreements have been established. Some of these have advanced into full economic integration of the countries involved while others are[…]
INTRODUCTION This introduction first sets out the research problem and then discusses its rationale by contextualising it within criminology and in the light of extant research. Next it outlines how this dissertation intends to answer the question before briefly summarising the contents of the succeeding chapters. The Research Problem As the process of decolonisation began[…]
Since the events of September 11, 2001 (hereafter referred to as 9/11) in the US, the face of terrorism has changed (Hoffman, 2002). The concept of modern terrorism was first made official in 1968 (Jenkins & Johnson, 1975). Over a period of 33 years, from 1968 until the World Trade Centre and Pentagon attacks in[…]
The Obama administration has generally been reluctant to involve itself in the brutal Syrian civil war, at least overtly. However, following allegations that forces loyal to President Bashar Assad employed chemical weapons in Ghouta, killing anywhere between 300 and 1700 people, President Obama has come under pressure to act on his red line. Limited surgical[…]
Nearly four decades ago Sewell (1975) is reported to have remarked that environmental managers “should be able to manipulate both social institutions and appropriate technology but must do so with the sensitivity of an artist, the insights of a poet and perhaps, the moral purity and determination of a religious zealot”. In the following sections[…]
The Oil and Gas industry is a peculiar one. “Several aspects of the industry, e.g., the capital-intensive nature of the industry, market price volatility, geographic scope of assets and operations, the high-risk nature of exploration and exploitation of natural resources, technology requirements, environmental concerns, downstream brand promotion and protection issues, political sensitivities, scale and diversity[…]
Is there a right to pre-emptive self-defence in international law and how far can it be extended? Discuss with reference to the US-led military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq. Introduction International law clearly emphasises respect for state sovereignty. Article 2 (4) of the United Nations (UN) Charter prohibits the use of force in international relations.[…]
‘Freedom from fear’ and ‘freedom from want’ (Human Development Report, UNDP, 1994): is there a difference between human security and international security? A simplistic understanding of ‘international security’ will refer only to security issues pertaining to the international sphere. Yet, of course, it is not that simple. There are many interpretations of the term and[…]
Foreign policy and international politics have been observed through a range of disparate and often competing theories, yet realism has somehow managed to consistently dominate the literature on foreign policy. Whilst it is true that, to some extent, all international relations (IR) theories make certain assumptions about state behaviour,1 the inability of realism to separate[…]