The 1982 Lebanon War was Israel’s Vietnam
Due to factors like nation size, proximity of threats, and regional instability, the legacy of Lebanon for Israel was perhaps more profound than the Vietnam legacy was for the US.
Foucault’s Interpretation of Modernity
Foucault’s understanding of modernity is focused on the constructive potential of transgression or transfiguration & its role in creating forms of subjugation and experimentation in society.
The Role of Progress in Mill’s Argument in ‘On Liberty’?
While progress does have a role in ‘On Liberty’, it is significantly less than the role of liberty. Used to underpin Mill’s argument, progress is treated as a value-laden principle, erected to justify liberal ideology.
Natural Resources and Their Implications for Russia’s Economic and Political Development
By examining the effects of the government’s fiscal policies, it is possible to discover the nature of Russia’s resource dependency.
What Did Abdulhamid II Identify as the Principal Threats to his Caliphate?
The prestige that was vested in the seat of Caliph rested on the physical strength and success of the Empire. Unlike his ancestors, Abdulhamid was unable to guarantee either. War with Russia and the partition of the Empire at the Congress of Berlin had brought his main basis of authority into question.
The Politics and Propaganda of Anthropogenic Global Warming
Several hypotheses have emerged to explain the global warming phenomenon. Among these theories, Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) has emerged as the leading theory. It deduces that the Earth is warming due to human activity and that as a result humans will eventually destroy the planet. However, the theory has been steeped in propaganda with potentially devastating consequences.
Discuss the Significance of Aid and Peace Dividends for the Prospects of Post Conflict Stability
This essay will discuss the significance of aid and peace dividends in the context of positive and negative outcomes and consequences of its existence. Mid-conflict aid will be discussed in addition to follow-up aid programs, as a pointer to its legacy in post conflict stability. It would not be possible to discuss such a large topic without focussing on particular examples and therefore this essay will draw on examples of aid in the conflicts between Israel and Palestine and in Northern Ireland.
Negotiation: The Challenge of Achieving a Long-term Relationship
Tough economic times have presented negotiators globally with new challenges both in business deal-making and conflict resolution. Long-term relationships are becoming cost and time effective as they open the way for future multiple synergies, against short-termed visions or one-sided interests.
The Iran/Contra Affair and the Nature of U.S. Democracy
The necessities of statecraft require some level of secrecy. Reagan abused this and the results were the Iran-Contra scandal. No President has used the office of the Executive in a more regal, imperial and ordained manner than Ronald Reagan. His use and abuse of the institution to pursue his own ideological doctrine raises the fundamental questionn of whether the concept of democracy is a viable one at all.
“To the average person, politics during times of civil war is more about economics than anything else.” Discuss.
Although ideology might at first appear to be of major importance to average people involved in civil wars, it was often regarded as a means to an end: a method of securing basic necessities in times of political and economic flux. Economics, if it is taken to mean ‘how scarce resources are or should be allocated’, can be seen at the root of issues such as ideology and nationalism, or as a major contributing factor in their shift to prominence.
