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Republic of the Philippines ’ former President Joseph Estrada faced a leadership crisis during his political term which caused his ouster from the Presidency. A series of political disturbances shrouded his two years in Office culminating in a people power reminiscent of the 1986 people power revolt against the country’s dictator, Ferdinand Marcos.
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Presently, amidst global crises and tough security situations especially in the presence of the current spree of terror, Australia has to revise and revitalize its own defense strategies. The point is what is more suitable for Australia, to protect its own territorial boundaries by concentrating on its own regional strength or focusing on global regions as protective and defense measures.
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The Taliban by now have an incredibly well-arranged network in different regions of Punjab, which makes it observable that every time militant leaders want to show their control to the Pakistani state. There is a continued fear that Pakistan's nuclear weapons will be in the custody of the Taliban in the near future.
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It has to be mentioned that the superpower of the world has been in contact with the world’s two major economic stockholders namely European Union and Japan. It has been keeping an eye on the major parts as well as the major activities of the remaining parts of the Soviet Union and this superpower has been expecting a rise of the Chinese as another economic master in the world.
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This interpretation and analysis of the events occurring in the world of politics are necessary so that leaders and citizens at a global level can use the knowledge to make better changes and sound decisions which can lead to improved changes in the future. The main tools that can make the world a better place are informed interpretations of events as to how and why are they occurring.
Globalization in case the world politics or political globalization is a phenomenon in which there is a world government and they all work in harmony so as to normalize the issues that might be existing between different countries. This is the way by which the political balance can be maintained on an international level.
Compared to Russia China is far more competent to tackle such incidents albeit grave social unrests could also imperil the state model of China. At a summit meeting in Kazakhstan of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a group of China, Russia, and four Central Asian republics in 2005, a unique statement was issued asking the USA to set a time limit for removing its armed bases in Central Asia.
Animal welfare is attracting increasing interest globally, primarily in advanced economies that now have the knowledge and resources to be able to improve the welfare of farm animals. There has been increased attention for animal welfare in advanced economies attributed to the relentless pursuit of financial reward and efficiency has led to the development of intensive animal production systems.
Terror basically refers to the act of imposing fear by using violent means to counter noncombatants in order to achieve a specific cause. Terror generally entails unlawful war or violence this, in turn, imposes both emotional responses and political responses. This essay generally seeks to present a critical and introspective understanding of terror from the biopolitics perspective.
The essay will examine the vagaries of modern liberalism vis-à-vis the new phenomena of local governance wherein the stress is on the self-management of the governance system by the civil society. The essay will therefore also examine the impact of the growing prominence of the self-government trends in the context of local governance, in countries such as India, the USA, and Australia.
The ideas presented in this article are to formulate the opinion as to how much the recent globalization has impacted the internationalism of the labor movement. All the articles or research studied for this article conclude that globalization has played a positive role in uplifting or acknowledging the once so illegal idea.
The introduction of the paper is based on the general concept of globalization In order to support this point of view arguments have been given. Authors like Friedman of the Lexus and the olive tree have been used to support Colin‘s statement. The paper will give a detailed analysis of how Globalization has opened all borders and how it has helped in giving rise to terrorism.
The September 11, 2001 hijacking attacks on the World Trade Centre and Pentagon, the May 2003 suicide attacks in Morocco, the 2002 bombing in Bali, Indonesia, and the 1998 bombings of United States of America embassies in Africa (Global Security, n.d.) are some of Al Qaida linked activities that terrorized the world in the past decade.
Minimize deaths and prevent further terrorist incidents and recovery of the safety of Australian grounds are the primary goals of the response to be decided by the Australian government. The international impact of the response must also be given weight. “Police and other emergency services” operate a response towards a suspected terrorist incident and determine it if is truly a terrorist attack.
The evolution of the perspectives of security has eventually humanized international relations efforts particularly in the areas of defense policy. The evolvement from traditional to critical to human security perspectives allowed for the eventual creation of humanitarian efforts as part of foreign policy.
Due to the presence of a failed state, the rule of law is hardly existent and the enforcement of laws is usually forceful. The legitimacy of government is further compromised and the state becomes automatically incapable to deliver to its citizens. Internal conflicts and wars act therefore as a major contributory factor in undermining human security.
The paper will thus critically assess the notion that “the state has passed its use-by date.” The state has historically been regarded as a sovereign territory with a population and its own authority. This definition implies that a state has the capacity to manage its own affairs independently of other states that are also “sovereign” in their own capacity.
In the following paper, there shall be made an attempt to realize and understand the role that the state plays in the functioning of society. According to the findings of the paper, it can be said that the states as we know them today have not developed at one go, but are in fact the result of decades of evolution and development.
The discourse definitively tackles the manner in which the state of Australia asserts its stance in matters of international concern in a bid to examine whether it assumes a neutral role or otherwise. This essay attempts as well to assess the foreign policy of the country and positions it assumes in the most defining moments in international relations.
The difference in votes between the two candidates would have been remained statistically meaningless, that is to say, would have been less than the margin of error. Where the electorate is evenly divided, the identity of the U.S. president, who happens to hold the fate of the world in his hands, can be settled only by the flip of a coin.
Democracy is a political system that ensures free and fair elections. People are allowed to choose their own leaders and have the right and capability to make opposition to the new government. Democracy also means having such civil liberties as freedom of speech and press and equality before the law.
Democracy implies governance for the people, of the people, and by the people. Democracy requires that people have freedom of speech, have the freedom to choose their leaders, and the doctrine of self-rule while setting no limit on what people do in their sovereign capacity. In a liberal democracy, citizenship does not depend on adherence to a certain religion nor is there a state religion.
In relation to foreign policy, the countries in the world today can be divided into various categories depending on their political, ideological, and economical inclinations. These include categories such as western countries, middle powers, regional players, a country apart. In the following answer, each of these will be clearly defined and their roles in global politics are specified.
Russia’s political situation after the mid-90s has been suffering from American democratic ideas and policies. To restore democracy in Russia it is necessary to stabilize the liberal movements. Politicians and intellectuals need to keep their freedom and well-being at stake for the restoration of democracy.
In a system that has a socialist system of the economy; the public association of producers carries out the production of resources that are of use-values other than those of exchange values. This is carried out by means of investment decisions through coordinated planning as well as distribution of surplus.
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Social equality has been an issue of concern from ancient society to modern society. Cases in one group possess an undue advantage over the other are common in the history of man. Consequently, many scholars have coined theories in an attempt to address this issue. Tocqueville argues that social change has been a gradual process.
As the paper states, there are several demerits of the present three-tiered systems of governance in Australia which have been proposed by the above proponents of the two-tiered system among others who support the abolition of the Australian states. Some of these arguments are explored in the subsequent analysis.
A political leader has to make decisions on a daily basis for the purpose of ensuring the success of a country in the case of presidents and prime ministers. It is always common for some decisions to be opposed by the people despite the aims and objectives of the decisions. It is for this reason that a leader has to have the courage to make tough decisions and be prepared to defend the decisions made.
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Although the military literally returned to barracks, the 2006 coup d’etat seemingly appeared to be another ‘consistent intervention in the political proves by the military’ (Cook 1993, p 127) which reminds us that Thailand’s politics remains to be a subject to the powerful military-bureaucratic influence.
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Duane (1997) asserts that, since 1948, UN peacekeepers have taken part in various missions worldwide. Although the peacekeeping agenda is not described in the UN charter, it is defined in chapter six and chapter seven (Barnett, Kim, O’Donell and Sitea, 2007). Since 1948, the UN has been involved in 53 missions with 40 of them created by the Security Council between 1988 and 2000.
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Despite several attempts by the security studies scholars to conceptualize the term ‘security’ coherently and systematically, there has never been any single and generally accepted definition to have been agreed upon. Security has therefore been a contested concept defying the pursuit of a generally agreed definition.
According to the statement, national security in Australia is the freedom a nation has from the threat of an attack and from the attack, the maintenance of the integrity of the nation’s territory, maintenance of Australia’s political sovereignty, maintaining the fundamental capacity that Australia has to advance her economic prosperity, and the preservation of won freedom.
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As highlighted by Fenna (2012), federalism is basically a system whereby a written constitution shares power between a country’s central government and its sub-divisional/regional governments, with all of them acting directly on the citizens not only through the officials but also through their laws.
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John Kingdon’s streams model tends to embrace the relative significance of individual ideas, agents, institutions, as well as external processes. The policy streams approach of John Kingdon presumes continual change of policy. All the elements that are relevant to the process of policymaking shift and change, and eventually policy outcomes take place from the continual interplay.
Constructivism, realism, and critical theory have been used widely within International relations to interpreting the security status in the world system. Balance of power has been used to explain the competing interests among states and how consensus is reached between alliances to avoid war. Constructivism recognizes the sovereignty of states and the need to achieve national interests.
As the paper outlines, Freeden can understand the concept of political theory as being an inclusive concept of promoting nationalism, this is made of several assumptions and standards which allows for the term political theory to be given meaning on the fact that the theory should be examined (Freeden, 2005).
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Honolulu in the island paradise of Hawaii offered both a haven and a sanctuary for the typical happy family that Stanley Ann Dunham, a White American and the elder Barack Obama from Africa, with their son Barrack Hussein Obama, Jr., endeavoured to build from love, hard work and trust. The bond was, however, short-lived.
The current research does not just look at UN roles in security and peace-keeping, but also considers the history of the organization, its stance on social issues and progress for women and children, and the potential need for sovereign authority of the United Nations, taking into account the full range of the organization’s activities.
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These are backed by the critical infrastructure; that includes all the assets whether physical or virtual which are extremely significant to the running of a society. An adverse effect on these would have a direct effect on the security, economy, politics, and social atmosphere of the nation. These include agriculture, transportation, telecommunication, finance, banks, emergency and health services, etc. in an economy.
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Which countries are “net lenders” to the rest of the world? Cuadra, L. (2011) listed Japan as the top Net International creditor with over $3 Trillion followed by the Republic of China with $ 1.79 Trillion. Russia ranked # 13 with $ 15.684 billion. Both democratic countries, the UK and the USA are net borrowers of the international community.
A failed state is characterized by the following attributes. First, it has lost control over its physical territory or lost the monopoly to use its physical force legitimately. Second, it is a state whose legitimate authority to make decisions, which are collective, has been eroded. Third, it is unable to provide reasonable public services (Tan, 2009).
Hugh Seton-Watson (cited in Gellner 2006) says that nationalism is the application of the principle of popular sovereignty to the nation. It is apparent that defining nationalism is incomplete without a first understanding of what a nation is. The origin of the term nation indicates the application and use of the word nationalism.
The emergence of globalization in the 20th century has affected the world political and social phenomenon, and the effects of these changes can be observed in all spheres of life be it social, economic, cultural, or political. The media has today emerged as a strong tool in the hands of those who are in power as a mode through which they can reach out to the masses.
Consequently, the close connection between economics and international issues shaped Clinton's foreign policy. The American foreign policy under President Bill Clinton emphasized international trade and commerce. This argument reflects the position that international economic security is one of the most important issues that influence domestic economic growth and stability.
In a realist situation, politicians believe in-laws of politics objectivity just like the way a society is governed by objective laws having human nature as their roots. Realism also believes in the possibility of a rational theory being developed and reflecting on one side that is imperfect on the societal laws of objectivity.
Coca-Cola is an international firm that is found in almost every part of the world. The company has been one of the most successful in expanding from local, to national and finally to international products. This has come as a surprise considering that the firm produces and markets beverages, which are not necessarily basic needs and is basically in the entertainment or recreational sector.
Currently, the European Union is home to 27 member states with its headquarters primarily in Europe. The etiology of the European Union is traced back to 1945 after the culmination of the deadliest Second World War. It was formed primarily to shun the occurrence of such wars in the future that had led to the loss of innocent lives through military and civil warfare.
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Over years the political arena especially in the United States has been considered to be a male-dominated arena. Although, in the last fifty years or so women have run for political offices in large numbers but it is quite evident that they have not achieved the same parity as men. The mean percentage of women represented in political offices is 15% which is very low compared to men.
Most of the urban jurisdictions in Australia impose policies for the regulation of population growth and the utilization of the land in urban areas. The concept of modern planning came as a result of the social conditions during the 19th century. Poor planning, unequal wealth distribution, and high costs of land resulted in a concentration of population in the urban areas.
A debate that is very politicized on the contradiction found between the Asia values and Human rights are prevailed, engaging third-party states, United Nations human rights bodies, as well as domestic and international groups of human rights. The 1928 Human Rights Universal Declaration gave inspiration to a generation that was in shock from the occurrences of the first half of the 20th century.