Politics Essays

With Saudi Arabia as an ally nurtured by President Truman way back in 1947, the U.S in its seemingly hegemonistic pursuits and driven by the vision of global interdependence in respect of oil, backed up by the Nixon’s Twin Pillar Policy of the early seventies, adopted the strategy of “Active and Offshore Balancing”

The state of California recently introduced an initiative that was decided in the November 8, 2012, elections. Proposition 32 had the intention banning payroll deductions from the union or corporate members being used for political purposes. Proposition 32 was defeated in the recent ballot with over 56.1% of the voters rejecting the proposition.

The incoming political power wanted to create subservient citizens and complete obedience through dictatorships and force of military insurgence. The goals of the political hierarchy included fear, obedience, and a totalitarianism society created by torture, arrests, disappearances, killings, and other atrocities.

This paper is intended to review the history of the Occupy Movement in order to establish the actual motives behind its emergence; which, in turn, could provide some answers in regard to the tenability of capitalist and neo-liberal modes of production, the role and success of mass action in bringing about political change.

 China's compulsory one-child population policy was initially established based on the 1980 population factors. The factors included signs of overpopulation (Chen 403). During this time, the people were happy with the revision of China’s prior cultural concepts. 

Hezbollah refers to a Muslim militant group and political party based in Lebanon. The word Hezbollah literally means Party of God (Burgan, 2010). The group receives political and financial support from Syria and Iran. Its paramilitary wing is thought to be a resistant movement throughout the Muslim and Arab world.

This essay stresses that the relationship between interest groups and political parties is one of significance. This is because the interest groups liaise with these political parties yet do not form a vital part of their working basis. It would be correct to state that the political process is best handled by these political parties.

Therefore, it is my point that the advancement of communication channels today is a very important source of information primarily in building up the individual’s political beliefs. Furthermore, it is my belief that the environment plays a crucial role on one’s way of life and actual mind set.

India conducts its elections at various levels after every five years. For instance, at the national and state level. Due to the large population, councils also conduct elections in towns, cities and villages.

There are numerous methods of research. However, we narrow our researching methods down to two ways; the Qualitative and the Quantitative method. Each is a scientific method much used and approved, by researchers.

The increasing importance of non-strictly-governmental institutions that nonetheless craft policy and influence policy-making such as the IMF and World Bank might be contributing to this notion.

The case of the civil society in Southeast Asia has been seen to be relatively successful, as far as both Thailand and Malaysia are concerned. This is the case with the democratization of politics. In Thailand, the implementation of the new constitution in 1997 paved way for more robust participation in the Thailand politics by the civil society

Politicians seeking to be voted for need to travel across different states of the country in order to attract more voters to their candidates and they need to spend much in order to meet their target.

Here the reading chosen to explain and define various research elements is “Explaining Interethnic Cooperation” written by James .D. Fearon and David. D. Laitin. The attempt here is to identify and explain the independent, dependent and intervening variable and the casual mechanism connecting these variables.

When a society is formed then the need arises which requires individuals to have some sort of governance and leadership in order to maintain and regulate peace within the region. This is the point where politics emerges and individuals start to develop their cognition and understanding of politics and how it functions.

American political history has changed a lot after the 2001, 9/11 incident. Earlier, it was the cold war with the former Soviet Union which caused headaches to America. The cold war was all about political conflicts, military tensions, proxy wars or economic competitions between America and the Soviet Union during the period between 1947 to1991.

Oren admits that the America’s failure to be clear and honest about its own motives, as much as its serial failure to interpret the Middle East as often befuddled relations with the region (Oren,pp.341).

According to the research findings, it can, therefore, be said that the problem of refugees is a crucial one to our society in terms of the causes of this phenomenon and the effects it has on the said population. It is evidently clear from the discussion that it is an issue of significant interest and requires utmost attention.

Islamism has evolved from a traditional theological front to emerge as an important political force among its strongholds. As such, its ideology has become primarily political compelled by a vision of the ideal society and seeking to seize control of their region of control, whole countries, and beyond their borders.

The first reason for the establishment of NASA was to expand human knowledge of the outer space (Layton, n.d.). NACA also had the same objective but the US government felt that NACA wasn’t doing enough in exploring and disseminating knowledge on the outer space and the atmosphere.

The Democratic Party and the Republican Party are the two parties that make up the two-party system in the United States and they represent the different categories of the people in the United States and so there is no need for the introduction of multi-party systems.

At several stages in the course of these events, decisions were made and actions were taken which harmed the German cause. It is possible that, had a different course, been adopted, the Germans would have succeeded at Stalingrad.

The relationship between Britain and Egypt started mainly as a result of the Suez Canal. A former French diplomat persuaded Mohamed Said, Egypt's governor, to give permission for the building of a canal through the desert for transportation between Asia and Africa in 1854. Ismail was set to modernize Egypt.

Nigeria will not take a side in either of the two countries, instead, the country will support any peaceful settlement, justice, and solution to the clash of Palestine and Israel. According to S.A. Adekanye, the General Assembly in 2004 decided that the Palestinian issue must be settled on the basis of international legitimacy

The author explains that the primary audience of the speech was, indeed, the United States public, however, the speech also addressed the citizens and governments of the world at large, touching on universal themes of peace and justice. The speech opens with a very effective hook, by talking about the victory of his party.

In the 12th century, it was founded as the Princedom of Muscovy that emerged from the Mongol domination (13th to 15th centuries) and subsequently conquered and absorbed its neighboring principalities. It is located in the northern Asia, circumscribing the Arctic Ocean (broadening from Europe towards the North Pacific Ocean).

 Lipsky’s article covers the influence that bureaucrats working on behalf of the elected officials have on policy while Wilson’s article deals with how these bureaucrats ingrain themselves into public administration, and just how much influence they wield making them difficult to disband.

The political nature of persons induces them to engage in conflicts between one another. The conflicts may not be based on any personal view but the political affiliations.

The images associated to propaganda found in this course highlight some of the instances of practice of propaganda. This images include, the image displayed in the third lesson about the young imitating Hitler’s steps and actions, what the Chinese postage stamp implicated in relation to propaganda and finally, the jobs.

World War I contributed to the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. An Arab rebellion during the early 1900s led to the destruction of the Ottoman Empire. Consequently, Mustafa Kemal Pasha rose to power. Mustafa Kemal was instrumental in establishing Turkey’s independence during 1922.

This article is well written, although the author could have done away with a number of unconventional and difficult words. Though the topic is of a general nature and requires little technical knowledge, it is hard to understand and interpret the author’s ideas at first glance, as the language used is of utmost sophistication.

From the research it is clear that a theory of international politics performs two crucial yet distinct functions. Initially, a theory provides the concepts essential to understand the phenomena in question, that is, a theory provides individuals with the tools they need to examine, explain and critically evaluate global events.

The author states that supports of Israel in the United States and other nations in the world have allowed the country’s war policy to become the most important priority for them to obtain Presidential and Congressional backing. The Israeli government has presented considerable argument regarding Iran’s development of nuclear technology.

The effort to oust Blagojevich from office was started by General Lisa Madigan. She filed a case in the state's Supreme Court to declare Blagojevich unfit to serve ("Q & A," 2009). However, the suit was denied. Later on, the House of Representatives' investigative panel suggested for his impeachment ("Q & A," 2009).

According to the study since both parliamentary system and presidential system are the subcategories of democracy, judiciary is functioning independently in both in order to ensure justice to all. Parliamentary system cannot function against the will of the public whereas in presidential system the government can function even against the will of the public.

The purpose of this research is to investigate the following: involvement of various levels of the government in the political process and effects on health care delivery; involvement of interests groups and organizations in addressing the issues to sway modifications to policy/formation of the policy; the future of initiatives in health care delivery

The essay analyzed seven theories on nature and development of the European Integration process. All of the contending theories have something to offer in providing insights and perspectives as we struggle to understand the increasing complexity of this phenomenon. However, none is capable of providing adequate information on the nature and development of European Union.

The research involves a combination of quantitative and qualitative methodologies so that the direct economic and social impacts can be studied from a variety of perspectives. As a result it can determine which groups are more likely to be impacted directly by a U.S. government shutdown, and which sectors are more likely to experience peripheral or indirect effects of the problem.

The paper examines the various theories on human nature, to have a better understanding on why it is necessary to study human nature in order to form a coherent socio-political order. This paper finds many of the problems that plague modern society undoubtedly arising from various fallacies seen in the nature of human reasoning.

This paper has focused on the arguments as to how the international system, community, and order have been transformed; it has proposed as well dynamics and courses of action for such transformation, be it the ideology’s and polity’s trans-nationalism, the liberating features of cultural group, social identity, rights, and universal justice, or the creation of varieties of international governance.

The author of the paper claims that Turkey’s foreign policy has not been anchored by the axis formed by Western countries, as the Western countries, by and large, are seeking to isolate countries that Turkey has befriended and supports. These countries include Syria, Libya, and Iran.

According to the report federalism is the main strength of politics in the US. Federalism has given the executive and the states a lot of power. In the constitutional history of the US, the Supreme Court has been required to interpret rue about the meaning of federalism and mostly it has passed its judgment in favor of the executive instead of the states.

This paper purports to define globalization and evaluate if the process is reducing the importance of the state; identify political ideologies along with their defining characteristics; identify how ‘sustainable development’ differs from ‘unsustainable development’; identify four principles of liberal democracy; compare the main characteristics of Parliamentary and Presidential systems of government.

Based on this research China’s foreign policies have been changed a lot in the past because of the changes in the perceptions of the different political leaders who ruled China during the past few decades. Sun Yat Sen was friendlier with Soviet Union whereas Chiang Kai Shek was friendlier towards America. Mao who captured power from Chiang Kai Shek was not much keen in establishing warm relations with other countries.

This study examines the issue in the light of the theoretical perspectives relative to politics in the Middle East. The theories that appear to provide an understanding and to explain the events of the conflict are neo-realism, modernization theory and post colonialism theory. However, the reasons behind the Oslo failure are best explained by the neorealist theory.

This essay examined the appropriateness of the realist theory in interpreting the cause of and events in the 1956 Suez crisis. Particular emphasis has been given on the importance of the realist theory, as well as neo-Realism and constructivism in understanding the mechanisms and aspects guiding the unipolar realm of the post-Cold War period.

This study is governed by the following objectives: to describe the current UK-Russia trade relations; to determine whether it is viable; to identify the problems and challenges in the bilateral trade relations; and, to propose solutions to address or improve on them. The study can contribute to the body of literature that can inform related policy-making.

While women were restricted from divorcing their husbands, men were allowed to break up with their wives without their consent. Women could not marry without the approval of their guardians, and when married, they were to obey their husbands.

The international relation between the People’s Republic of China and the United States of America is often referred to as Sino-American relations. Since the beginning of the cold war to date, the relation between the two countries has been pretty cyclical.

The study argues that statements of realism reflecting examples like “international anarchy is the permissive cause of war” are myths. The concept of myth has been given by Cynthia Weber where an IR myth is considered to be an “apparent truth, usually expressed as a slogan, that an IR theory or tradition relies upon in order to appear to be true”.