Politics Essays

Some of the common roles obliged to presidents include: principal head of state, commander in chief of all the armed forces, principal legislator, diplomat, citizen, administrator, and party chief. All the president's roles are important; however, the president's responsibility as the chief head of state is the most important.

The issue lies squarely within the responsibility of the Federal government because individual states and local communities do not have the capability on their own. Many have, however, attempted to deny access to housing, schools, medical treatment and social programs to non-citizens. Some argue that US laws apply to all within its borders.

In the time that has elapsed since 1997, various forms of advancements have been embraced by different political societies in what some people view as a positive step while to some it is a negative step because a lot has not been improved yet. One arm of the government that depicts the changes that have been embraced is the parliament.  

Some experts have suggested that the US’s economic problems have been a direct casualty of this global war on terror owing to opportunity costs that the US government forewent in order to pursue the global war on terror. The essay seeks to explore the validity of these statements and whether the US economic crisis has been linked to these problems. 

Sloan (2006) offers that policy manuals simply are not enough as they cannot create a formal rule for every situation which occurs in the organization. The author additionally charges that most officers, during their time at the academy, spend as little as three hours in ethics training amidst a curriculum consisting of hundreds of hours of learning.

Obama’s policy regarding Afghanistan is mainly security-oriented. According to Julian Borger, diplomatic editor of Guardian, there is hardly anything new in Obama’s policy, but the way of presenting it is very encouraging. Most importantly these mentioned strategies regarding Afghanistan require more time to provide expected results.

By the fact that Taliban recruitment is at their lowest in areas where elders of tribes are more influential and flourishing in places where the clergy are stronger than the elders. In addition, the tribal engagement approach may be employed to resolve all three problems of security, economic and identity at once as the approach necessarily goes down to the grassroots.

This is mainly due to United States assistance to South Korea during the Korean War. Other than this conflict, United States has intervened in North Korea to put a stop to the nonhumanitarian practices of the North Korean government towards their own people. Due to this intervention, North Korea has become quite an enemy of the United States.  

The article quotes a member of the parliament of Kuwait who believes that the person responsible for conducting corruption is the nation’s ministry that is responsible for managing youth affairs. The problem with the stadium is that it has not yet been officially operational since the period of 2007. Still, the stadium hosted the ADC Cup.

The challenges facing the party have a significant relationship with the collapse of the party. To begin with, the rising tension between the economic and political reforms causes the government to have an excess capacity of debts. It also creates dependence on investment and a significant level of lawlessness in the commercial sector.

Globalization is the recent phenomenon and like other notions of world politics, it has gained much fame that has resulted in various changes globally. It has been a significant process of change, whereby countries and states, and people, in general, are able to communicate amongst themselves more freely, timely, and faster. 

This is also one of the reasons why full employment is always included in the economic goals of any administration. The government, through its monetary and fiscal policies, is thinking ways on how to achieve full employment or at least lower the unemployment rate each year. The role of the government in the employment environment is very evident.

With headquarters situated in Hamburg, Germany, disputes in the jurisdiction coverage by the Law of the Sea Treaty are handled by the body known as the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Member states having diplomatic issues arising from exploitation or international seabed resources in dispute areas take their matters to the tribunal for resolution.

The commonly held opinion on the success of the party revolves around three main factors variously referred to as the Iron Triangle.

Qualitative research has many advantages and disadvantages. Some of its advantages include the ability to study complex issues and aspects. There are lesser restrictions put on collected data and quantification can be limited. Research can be easily investigated when quantitative methods are used while the studies can be carried out in-depth.

In this regard, the UK government intends to involve the young people within the decision-making process. The government has further wished to build up a strong partnership with the local businesses along with the voluntary organizations with a motive to generate opportunities for the youth. 

It has been in use as a scientific methodological theory to propagate political activism and has reached the stature of globally applicable to the world political and IR issues. The rational choice theory had its root in Liberal belief, and economic theory based on rationality. This theory, in fact, aims to evaluate the actions and behavior of an individual as rational with respect to its choices.

It is evidently clear from the discussion that approaching the topic from an angle that most Americans have neglected to investigate, attempted to truly understand and conveniently ignored, Khalidi outlines the important points to consider when attempting to discern why Middle Eastern resistance has been so stubborn and uncooperative.

Part of the success can be traced to the enthusiasm Obama inspired among Internet-savvy young people and part of it can be traced to strategic choices made by his campaign, but in both cases the Internet—especially Web 2.0 advances not available or in their infancy in 2004—opened up huge stores of possibilities for the Illinois senator.

While President Obama's plan to broadcast to elementary school students has been hijacked, it is important to realize that there is nothing “socialist” – certainly not in a Communist/USSR sense – about the changes he is trying to implement. Barack Obama is the first African-American President in the history of the United States of America.

Opinions vary broadly on the genuineness of the United States’ policies, particularly its foreign policy. Historically, the US’s foreign policy has been portrayed as one tinted with war, militarism, and unfriendliness towards its true and perceived enemies. For instance, although it was initially composed of thirteen small and vulnerable colonies on the eastern coast of continental North America.

Smuggling enriched uranium across borders has increased nowadays. In case of Khan’s networks that have dodged international controls by secretly obtaining the technology from multiple locales believed to be with Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Algeria, Kuwait, Myanmar and Abu Dhabi.

The earlier institutions were characterized by a framework of governing Congress whose primary objectives and deliberations had a weak political system. Legislation and execution of duties were carried out by the upper house especially by the speaker who vested a lot of powers.

The United States, particularly during the Bush administration, has long viewed Southeast Asia as an important region vital to the country’s interests, especially in terms of countering the threat of international terrorism. However, maintaining good ties with Southeast Asian countries, and maintaining significant influence upon them has been a challenge, given that there are significant internal issues.

The aim of the paper is show the role of European Commition in policy initiation. The policy initiation is an intermixed and multi level government process which involves the Economic Commission, national government including the state and central representations, European Council and other European Institutions.

Pluralism is all about getting to know the people around you in an open environment where the political and social structure is developed. In politics, it is essential to have a wholesome understanding of how the total structure works. Everything has to be aligned properly and in the right structure, otherwise, it will not work out.

The author states that the political class has continuously accrued benefits at the expense of the people they claim to represent. To eliminate the rise of anti-political sentiments, the nationalism sentiments must be promoted through equitable distribution of resources. Self-serving politicians have caused the populace to develop a strong dislike.

The body language of a politician can easily express his unspoken words. Since politicians and other celebrities are most of the times under public scanner, therefore their body language garners interest among the common people. The concerned video (Rotemss1, 2013) shows President Bush and Vladimir Putin striding along. 

This paper aims to discuss Mahathir Mohammad, who has been the fourth prime minister of Malaysia. As a matter of fact, economic development in Malaysia during his era of being prime minister was fast paced. It will not be incorrect to state that Mahathir Mohammad inhibited a mixed approach towards leadership.  

An understanding of the group and of the integral part it plays in any future successful solution to current political animosities between the Palestinian people and the state of Israel is key. No amount of good will on the part of any negotiating parties can override the reality of Hamas’s power and influence over the Palestinian people.

David Brooks criticizes the leadership of both the Democratic Party as well as the Republican Party in pandering to what their voter group wants at the cost of the wants of the other voter group. A good example of this situation is the opposing rhetoric of respective party members John Edwards and Sarah Palin. 

The paper was provided with the intention of taking control of the NHS system operations to improve health care in the medical centers. The NHS (National Health Service) is a system of healthcare that was initiated in the United Kingdom in 1948. It is mainly responsible for the provision of health care services to the patients in the country.

According to the secretary of labor who identified that corporate welfare programs are the major reasons for the federal budget crisis. The major problem with this program is that the federal government has a poor way of picking industrial winners and losers, these welfare programs are failing to show any economic advantage to the government.  

So for as lobbying in the US government is concerned, the primary goal of the lobbyists is to engage in close interaction and discussion with the congressmen. The lobbyists try to explain to the congressmen in a detailed and precise manner the technical and logical reasons behind the position affiliated to by them on a respective topic, subject.

Multiculturalism may be called one of the most obscure political concepts of our time. Its meaning seems to depend on the personal viewpoint of the speaker.  According to the principles of multiculturalism, the representatives of different ethnic groups, religion, and races may successfully live together.

They are bound to observe both the limitations on power and the procedures which are set out in the supreme, constitutional law of the community. It may be said that the touchstone of constitutionalism is the concept of limited government under a higher law (Andrews 1968). This should not be taken to mean that if a state has a constitution.

Who are the core conflict parties? Bariagaber (2006, pp. 66) pointed out that Somalia had been divided along ethnic lines, which had segmented the country into several clans or tribal divisions. Couldn’t the issue of embracing different ideologies by different clans be enough to keep Somali people apart and make peaceful co-existence impossible?

Secondly, the restriction of currency flow can also be affected by the government of a certain country. This is normally done to exonerate a country from suffering economically through importing more than it exports. The other common restriction is the imposition of taxes and tariffs on imports. Lastly, a government may ban trade between it and another country or countries.

The relationship between the Jews, Israel and Americans were one of the issues that contributed significantly to the learning of the course. Experts blame prominent American Jews for escalating the Iraq war. Even in Iraq, people on the streets referred to American soldiers as Jews. It is evident there exist a rift between the Jews and the Iraqis.

As the report U.S Senator Dianne Feinstein: Gang Violence, an Environment of Fear declares Senator Dianne talks about the occurrences of gang violence and also the solutions that have been formulated to curb the gang violence. She expresses the violence as a disease that has taken hold of the cities. Senator Dianne mostly uses pathos to deliver her message to the people.

Given the track record of the 2000 election that saw the election being decided in the Supreme court led some commentators to wonder,” whose election is this anyway” (Wayne, 2007). Drawing from the experiences of Al Gore and John Kerry in the previous elections, the Obama team made sure that they did not repeat the mistakes of the democratic predecessors.

The image is that of a political propaganda, a word such as “Shut Your Mouth” portrays the US as not only as super powers but also dictators. This is a clear indication that the US is in a position to anything it likes. The main reason why the image portrays the US as a super power is due to the colors used, which are red, blue and white.

The author states that a Jewish state in the Middle East remains a divisive and controversial subject. In 2008 Jews around the world celebrated the 60 year anniversary of the establishment of the modern Israeli state, others not only decry the policies of the Israeli government but also challenge the very existence of the state itself.

The American government has been facing a lot of flak for its economic policies; the recent recession has knocked the stuffing out of the people. The unemployment rate is consistently increasing and this is terrible news for the country. The American government’s credit rating was recently downgraded this again goes to show how troubled the government of America is.

Religion and political violence are not related. The 2007 post-election violence that took place in Kenya as a result of political differences between the two major contenders is a good example that has been cited in this paper. The violence had nothing to do with religion but they led to a loss of lives, displacements, unrest, and injuries.  

The voices involved in the speech offers a high degree of credibility since the two analysts being interviewed are well established in their respective fields and they work with reputable organizations. It is indeed very interesting to watch as it also offers some flashback of the speech by the president hence breaking the monotony.

The progressivism era represents a period in American history when the country was experiencing a rapid ideological shift that brought reforms in governance, economic, and social development. It took place between the 1890s to 1920s thereby marking the spring out for the industrial revolution in America.

It is clear from the quoted analyses that China, India, and the Middle East are all regions that will become more and more powerful in the next twenty years. While this does not mean those regions are free of troubles, or that they are one hundred percent perfect, it seems inarguable that the world's spotlight will move to focus on them.

China’s economy has been on top of the other best-performing economies for about four decades now, and this resulted from the reforms it has undergone since 1979. The average economic growth is about seven percent per year.

Because of its position, Turkey ‘offers opportunities for trade and investment across a wide range of sectors; as well as its large domestic market, Turkey is an important trading gateway to the Middle East and neighbouring countries