The political system of Saudi Arabia
Essay - 10 pages - Political science
The genesis of the modern Saudi state: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was formed recently after their warriors struggled against the Ottoman hegemony. But to took three attempts to actually impose their authority. The history of the modern Saudi state is based on the theological-political alliance...
Individual identity and global information. The global village (Mac Luhan)
Essay - 7 pages - Journalism
How is individual identity constructed in the environment of global information and media flows? How valid is Marshall Mac Luhan's global village concept in this environment? Nowadays, each of us is aware from the pattern of our everyday lives that there have been lots of changes linked with...
Amnesty International: An "Indie" Organization
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - International relations
“Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person,” states the third article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted this declaration in 1948. The members of the Non-Governmental organization, Amnesty...
Conformity, radicals, conservatives, and Clinton
Essay - 8 pages - Modern history
In the United States, the 1950s was the rise of suburbia. Undeveloped areas were constructed into planned communities. One of the most famous subdivisions of this time was known as Levittown. Levittown was a political subdivision of Long Island, New York. It was the first truly mass-produced...
The U.S. intelligence system post 9/11
Essay - 7 pages - International relations
September 11, 2001 marked a turning point in American history. The terrorist attacks which transpired that day brought the country into a struggle against a foreign enemy that had no boundaries or limits. The U.S. population was outraged and felt vulnerable. At the time, the government saw it...
Nature of aggression and the law
Essay - 6 pages - Criminal law
The nature of aggression has always been troublesome to settle as a legal concept, especially as it is “intertwined with political elements” . The concept of aggression as a criminal offence was fuelled by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg in the wake of the Second World...
The Broadcasting Board of Governors
Essay - 5 pages - Journalism
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) which became independent of the United States Information Agency in 1999 when that department was dissolved, is charged with responsibility for US-backed, non-military international broadcasting. Such endeavors long pre-exist the BBG, and have been an...
The PLO: Still a threat?
Essay - 6 pages - International law
When the historic "Gaza and Jericho" first agreement was signed in September 1993 at the White House in Washington, D. C., in the presence of Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Arafat, Israeli Prime Minister Rabin and President Clinton, uproar and discontent were exhibited by all...
Faithless: Attack on God-Loving people who attack each other
Thesis - 7 pages - Journalism
A 2006 Gallup poll found 92 percent of Americans surveyed could be classified as those who believe in God, 4 percent are not sure, while only 3 percent are convinced that God does not exist (Newport, 2006b). The wide consensus, however, stops there. Gallup polling further revealed that 40...
The evolution of the closer relationship between the United States and India
Thesis - 14 pages - International relations
Since its independence and the end of the cold war, India has evolved considerably. Nowadays, India's power is rising like its influence on the international scene and the emergence of India as a major Asian power is a matter of fact. Indeed, thanks to diverse advantageous characteristics, India...
How has the nature of war changed? Has it changed the way of making peace?
Essay - 6 pages - Journalism
“War appears to be as old as mankind, but peace is a modern invention” . This quotation of Sir Henry Maine seems obvious: wars have been a common feature of mankind history. On the other hand, implementation of durable peace, and not only end of the war, is a more intricate notion. The...
US Foreign Policy and international law
Essay - 5 pages - International law
The United States has been the main supporter of the development of international rules since the end of World War II. The US sought to rebuild an international system that would promote international cooperation in various areas to avoid conflicts: economic (through the creation of an...
The hidden side of counter-terrorist measures: a threat to the civil liberties
Essay - 9 pages - Journalism
While watching the movie “in the name of the father”, I was like everyone else, I assume, was deeply moved and overwhelmed by the gravity of the miscarriage of justice and police force abuses of which the protagonists were victim. However, what chocked me the most was the fact that this...
Do U.S. policies towards Egypt and the Muslim Brothers' success affect the democratization process?
Essay - 10 pages - International relations
9.11 attacks and the U.S. reaction to launch a war on terror in Afghanistan and Iraq, aside with the perpetuating Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the U.S policies toward Egypt triggered an increased popularity of Islamists. In the context of the up coming Anti-terrorist law due to be presented...
Leadership: Toward a visionary approach
Thesis - 20 pages - Management
Leadership is an important part of the human condition. It has been an indispensable and necessary factor in defining civilization through the ages. To understand the past, one studies the leaders who have shaped history. The present is comprehended by looking backwards at great and small...
Foreign language inadequacies in America
Thesis - 7 pages - Linguistics & languages
What do you call a person who speaks more than two languages? Multilingual. What do you call a person who speaks two languages? Bilingual. And what do you call a person who only speaks one language? An American. So goes the oft-told joke, particularly loved by my European friends (all of whom...
The Abu Sayyaf holds the raging Philippines' economy captive
Thesis - 5 pages - Economy general
The Philippines finds itself in Southeast Asia, in a wondrous archipelago of seven thousand islands in the Western Pacific. It began as a Spanish colony but was ceded first by the Spanish to the Americans, and subsequently by the Americans to the Japanese; it eventually achieved independence on...
Cyber Terrorism: The darker side of internet applications
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
Cyber terrorism is the convergence of cyberspace and terrorism. Computers and the Internet are aggressively being used by many international terrorist groups. Although cyber terrorism attacks have not yet happened and also there is no such identified substantiation that terrorists are planning a...
Analysis of the Fundamentalism theory
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
What is fundamentalism? In the 2004 Penguin English Dictionary, fundamentalism is said to be specifically a “belief in the literal truth of the Bible” as well as “a movement in 20th century Protestantism emphasizing this belief.” More generally, fundamentalism is said to be...
France's view on the US President Bush
Thesis - 7 pages - Political science
He is known as an execrable communicator, with a crippled syntax, reputed for his multiple blunders which the French media are only too eager to report: At the time of his visit to Europe in June 2001, the press thus awaited Bush resolutely, attentive even to the minutest blunder that the...
Is the American dream a reality? If so, how far does Barrack Obama symbolize it?
Thesis - 15 pages - Journalism
The American Dream is a term that has been used to encompass the founding ideas that have existed since the birth of the United States. Its definition is broad and has been open to many interpretations, which have adapted and changed over the course of American history. Liberal philosophers such...
Multiculturalism in Canada
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Despite the ostensible commitment which Canada has made to multiculturalism via making it an official policy as well as in the sense that it has become enshrined as a Canadian value, Canada has nonetheless failed in an overall sense to bring these notions to fruition. This is highly problematic...
Reviewing laws after September 11th
Thesis - 11 pages - International relations
After 9/11 attacks the law making bodies all over the world observed a tremendous alter in their playback, these changes mostly affected the legal documents for those who took down the laws imposed by the legislative bodies. In another way you can say that these changes made the local governments...
Vietnam and Iraq - A study in comparison/contrast
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Aside from the short-lived Desert Storm conflict in the early 90's, the United States has been involved in two prolonged wars in the past fifty years, wars which bear striking resemblances. One has to wonder if our governmental leaders, with all of their touted experience, simply choose to...
Conflicts between India and Pakistan: Nuclear weapon possession- a major cause of conflict in the region
Thesis - 7 pages - International relations
The two nuclear powers of the Indian subcontinent, India and Pakistan have a serious dispute which dates back to the time of their independence from the British Empire in 1947. A difference of opinion at the time of independence led to the partition of the subcontinent and the creation of the...
Power equations in South East Asia
Thesis - 5 pages - International relations
This article deals with the major power equations that have a strong bearing on Southeast Asia's international relations. Although the interactions between the major powers have a significant impact on the region, it must not be assumed that the region is merely a passive onlooker. The South East...
Human nature
Thesis - 2 pages - Psychology
The first definition that should be considered is “human nature” itself. My general understanding of the term is that it is all of the common, inherent traits that human beings possess. This encompasses the very things that make us human. However, I think the term's problem comes with...
Globalized Islam: The Search for a New Ummah by Oliver Roy
Thesis - 6 pages - Philosophy
This document presents a review of the book Globalized Islam. The Search for a New Ummah written by Oliver Roy. With this book, Olivier Roy sums up the logical consequence of a long consideration of Islam and political modernity that had begun in 1985 in Afghanistan and continued with the...
The end of political Islam
Thesis - 5 pages - Philosophy
The twentieth century marked a turning point in the organization of Muslim societies. After the independence that marked the last century (Middle East, Central Asia), a revolutionary stream of Islam came into existence in Egypt and Pakistan leading to the development of utopian Islamism....
The economic impact of terrorism and the global security structure
Thesis - 5 pages - International relations
The beginning of the 21st century was highlighted by the 9/11 incident and it marked the apogee of the era of international terrorism. Since 9/11, terrorism threats are more and more in the center of national and international political decisions. This strong interaction with domestic and foreign...
