NATO
Essays

The concept of anticipatory self defence in international law has become more prominent and has grown to be a dominant topic of discussion in recent years. The attacks on American soil on September 11, 2001 can be said…

The collapse of the Soviet Union, a huge state which used to unite more than 300 million citizens of hundred nationalities, was the most important event of the end of 20th century. In 1985 when Mikhail Gorbachev was…

The invasion of Iraq by the United States prompted a debate about the type of force that was used without having explicit approval from the United Nations. Whether this show of force was truly legal and legitimate…

Korea won independence after the Second World War but was partitioned between Russia in the north and the United Sates in the south. Russia had entered into the war against Japan just before the Japanese surrender in…

The Challenges and Prospects in International Conflict Management The process of reconciliation following civil or global conflict is beset on all sides by difficulties, relating to the prospects of maintaining…

The purpose of this essay examined a specific article that described the power structures of America and Europe. The article first summarized the article before exploring the assumptions, both implicit and explicit, contained in the article. The article concludes with a personal analysis of the article and recommended actions that each side of the argument should take.

Does the projected space warfare/ballistic missile threat to the U.S. homeland justify a National Missile Defense, a Global Collective Strategic Defense, or some other solution?

This paper is on counter-terrorism in the United States. It focuses on the FBI, CIA, Special Forces, and local law enforcement practices, with twenty sources for reference.

Obama & Romney – Foreign Policy Approaches Introduction If "realist" stands for a person who pursues "security" based on "self-interest," "determinism," and "morality" on the international scene (quotes chosen from Chapter 1); and if "liberal" stands for "capable of cooperating," "cooperation," the impact of "non-governmental groups" (NGOs), "having many interests" and "international society," then President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both reflect some of each of these traits, albeit Obama leans more toward a liberal, cooperative approach to international relations and Romney stalks a position based more based on power and self interest and – although he doesn't spell it out in specifics – he embraces the concept of American exceptionalism (that is, the U.S. has the moral role of providing leadership for the world because American values are on a higher plane than other values). This paper reviews and critiques positions each candidate has taken on foreign policy issues, referencing the concepts of realist and liberal within the context of their various positions.

Kenneth Walsh states that the system of international politics still exists despite the strength and pace of changes within the system. He argues that the essential power structures have not changed.