The American ambassador to the United Nations under the former President George W. Bus, ZalmayKhalilzad said that the threat perception on the issue of Iran's nuclear program of Washington is not the same as that of Beijing. He also tried to persua Continue Reading...
Persian Gulf War Effects of war in the Persian Gulf on the U.S. Economy Okruhlik notes that "state strategies chosen to manage crises- like price booms and busts, worldwide recession, and war- have very real, though unintended, social and political Continue Reading...
Great War for Civilisation Fisk begins chapter 14 Anything to Wipe Out a Devil… with an account of the French invasion of Algeria in 1830 and it's subsequent ramifications. The author went to great lengths to parallel the French invasion of A Continue Reading...
Military -- Naval Role Post-WWII The period from 1945 to 1991 is commonly known as the Cold War period. Stretching from the end of World War II to the fall of the U.S.S.R., the Cold War saw a decades-long struggle between Communism and Democracy. Wi Continue Reading...
This unity generally took the form of diplomatic and military opposition to the state of Israel. Egypt's leading role in the acceleration of Arab political unification would have a long-term effect of philosophically influencing such movements as th Continue Reading...
Hidden War: A Russian Journalist's Account of the Soviet War in Afghanistan" by Artem Borovik. Book report on Hidden War by Artem Borovik Title of book: "Hidden War: A Russian Journalist's Account of the Soviet War in Afghanistan" Author's purpos Continue Reading...
Prevent Another 911 What to Do to Prevent Another 9/11 and How to Fight the War on Terror On September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda caught many Americans off guard. With the exception of a few intelligence officers and politicians who had access to classifi Continue Reading...
Telecommunications made it easier to transfer ideas and information instantly and without the delays that hindered previous efforts at military and strategic intervention. Similarly, the barriers to international trade had largely been lifted. The s Continue Reading...
The Effects of War and Peace on Foreign Aid on Iran Prior to 9/11 and the invasion of the Middle East by the U.S., the countries in this region, from Afghanistan to Pakistan to Iraq, Egypt and Libya, had used foreign aid and investment to stabilize t Continue Reading...
Country: IranGeographical Location and the Physical EnvironmentThe Islamic Republic of Iran is situated in the Middle East. It covers 1, 48,195 km2. Iraq shares its border with Iran on a stretch of 1 458 Km. Iran shares its shortest border with Armen Continue Reading...
The New Cold War: Sunni vs. Shia Muslims and the Proxy War Between Saudi Arabia and IranIntroductionDebates over the rightful succession to Muhammad have spawned centuries of ideological and physical battles between Sunni and Shia Muslims. Although n Continue Reading...
Terrorism in Iran: Fighting or Helping?Today, the 90 million-plus people of Iran are confronted with a critically important juncture in their nations lengthy history which will have profound implications for them and the rest of the world well into t Continue Reading...
Contemporary Political Issue: The War on Terror Introduction On September 20th, 2001, President George W. Bush proposed the new Office of Homeland Security to help confront a new threat to national security in the first step of what became the War Continue Reading...
The other major communities in Iraq are both ethnically Arab -- though from different areas -- or sects -- of Islam: the Sunni and the Shi'a (Munson 2009). The Shi'a in Iraq make up about 20% of the current [2009] population while the Sunni make up Continue Reading...
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htchem/articles/20060324.aspx Anthrax When we think of warfare and terrorist attacks, we tend to think of large destructive pieces of machinery -- nuclear missiles and/or bombs, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), Continue Reading...
Opposition to same-sex marriage is strong and vocal, while support for same sex marriage is equally strong and vocal. An understanding of constitutional arguments will be helpful in determining whether or not federal or state government should have Continue Reading...
Al-Qaeda Developing a Coherent Strategy for a Long War with Al-Qaeda The phrase 'War on Terror' would have been a very uncommon phenomena if it was discussed somewhere near the 1970s. Till then, wars had only been fought amongst nations for the rac Continue Reading...
The UAE and IsraelIntroductionIsrael has been, for most of its existence, involved in some form of conflict with the Arab world. However, the Arab world itself is largely conflicted between the Sunni and Shia states. Israels recent pivot toward formi Continue Reading...
U.S./India Security Ties After 11th September 2001Executive SummaryThis paper examines security ties between the US and India in the years after the 9/11 attacks on America. To provide context for those security ties and their development, it first l Continue Reading...
American Policing on the World Stage The American “policing” role developed because of the Cold War, but it was primarily a means for protecting and assisting economic interests for itself and its allies as illustrated by recent events a Continue Reading...
Foreign Policy Korean War It can be argued that the Americans won and lost the Korean War. When the war broke out in 1950, the U.S. entered the war to curb the spread of communism in Asia. North Korean Army had attacked the South to an extent of ta Continue Reading...
Turkey: The Kurdish Problem Although Turkey has gained greater prominence in the news due to the influx of Serbian refugees into its borders, it is also struggling with another problem, namely the ethnic tensions pertaining to Kurdish separatists be Continue Reading...
Gender and Islam Books The war in Iraq has shone attention on the plight of women in the Middle East. For many scholars, the issue of the rights of women as mandated in Islamic texts and the role of Muslim women in the contemporary Islamic world is Continue Reading...
My Attitude and Perspectives towards War My attitudes on dealing with the upcoming worldly events and war change especially with the reports and research conducted on the issue of democracy. The antecedents towards war attitudes may include national Continue Reading...
Intelligence in War: Iraq, WMDS, and the Rise of the Policymakers In 2003, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell testified before the UN Security Council that Iraq had mobile weapons labs and was in possession of uranium, which was being used in the Continue Reading...
Finally some sects command their followers to perform ziyara, or what they consider to be minor pilgrimages, to the tombs of Imams in addition to the pilgramage to Mecca ("Shiism," 2005). While recognizing the two Islamic holidays Eid-ul-Fitr and E Continue Reading...
Not simply risky in that he is trying to create an integrated Middle Eastern policy when the issues involved are so complicated and so volatile (and the grievances so intractable). But also because by applying specifically religious language to the Continue Reading...
Weblogs and Their Influence Weblogs have developed from a personal hobby and an Internet specialist niche to an important contemporary mainstream communications phenomenon. Weblogs or blogs have entered into almost every sphere of communications and Continue Reading...
Any of these conflicts might seem limited when they start, but given the cultural differences involved, at any time they could turn into a broader cultural war involving not a small part of the Middle East but all of it, and that sort of war would b Continue Reading...
("U.S. Names Coalition of the Willing," 2003) From the Liberal perspective, the Iraq War is considered to be illegal. This is because, the Bush Administration failed to seek the support of the international community before conducting an invasion. Continue Reading...
While one must applaud a sentiment such as, "... success in such matters comes from having determined their own identity, recognized their own distinct strengths, and sharing those strengths with the world," one must also question the hint of ambigu Continue Reading...
Pat Proctor of Kansas State University was published in the peer-Reviewed Journal of Strategic Security in 2012. The point of this article is not so much posing a question but presenting a proposal. The proposal is directed at the United States, su Continue Reading...
Despite possessing overwhelming military power, the United States has sometimes struggled to achieve political objectives for a variety of reasons: first, the U.S. changes its administration every four to eight years and this means a new approach to Continue Reading...
S. troops with car bombs. Saddam is in custody, but no WMD have been found. "The human toll of the war has been high for Americans and Iraqis alike" (Lee, 2005). "More than 1,500 U.S. soldiers have been killed and more than 11,000 have been wounded.. Continue Reading...
The assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani Introduction In early 2020, January 3, the U.S. launched airstrike attacks around Baghdad International Airport and killed two of the most influential leaders in Iran, Iraq, and the surrounding regi Continue Reading...
U.S.A and Turkey Diplomatic Relations Events between the U.S. And Turkey since the End of Cold War Gary E. Oldenburg has it that the cold war ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991. Various things have happened between Turkey Continue Reading...
Kant was no exception to the paradigmatic priorities (i.e. objectivity as knowledge) of the era, and brief reference to the episteme is serves accuracy in discursive analysis of this heritage within American politics and policy thought. For instance Continue Reading...
