Author: David Sykes
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An Evaluation of Neoconservative Foreign Policy
Neoconservative foreign policy has a solid core of reasonable assumptions, but America’s attempts to put the neoconservative agenda into practice came at an enormous human and political cost.
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The US Victory in the Cold War: Economic Strength, Foreign Policy Triumph or Both?
The economic strength of the US alone was not enough to secure victory, and the US foreign policy was frequently counter-productive. But when the disparity in economic strength was utilised by the US foreign policy it enabled the US to have a clear advantage over its enemy and negotiate from a position of strength
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Have Eurosceptic Fears About British Sovereignty Been Realised?
If Britain were to break free of Europe it would flounder as the rest of the world passes by, carrying Britain in its current, with Britain having no control over its heading. This would mean that the citizens of Britain, rather than being active entities whose actions and ideas are amplified by the EU, would…
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The 2003 Invasion of Iraq under the Microscope
The Bush administration’s intention to swoop down from the sky, finish off a regime, pull back and reload the shotgun ready for the next target stalled as Iraq took far longer and was far more complex than was anticipated.
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9/11, the War on Terror, and ‘Halo’
This essay will focus on the science-fiction ‘Halo’ series of video games to show how mediation, remediation, and hypermediation has significant political, ethical and moral influences on its audience in relation to the War on Terror. Botler and Grusin’s ‘Remediation: Understanding New Media’ will be drawn upon to describe how this colourful, futuristic ‘space opera’…
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In the Post-9/11 Era is “The Responsibility to Protect” Irrelevant?
The responsibility to protect individuals from violations of their human rights around the world has been a movement increasing in intensity since the end of the Cold War. Since 9/11, the responsibility to protect has perished, and its corpse is now being used as a disguise for self-interest and self-security