The United States of America has been a prime world-leading country since 1945, and the US has maintained its privileged position through military capability, political leadership, and economic influence. It has then established itself as a global primacy. The U. S. primacy brought crucial benefits, which other nation states are unlikely to attack or threaten … Read more
Sure, attack drones are always fun to use in a game, but are they really that safe when it comes to actual warfare? Drones can have a huge impact in combat. They can make our defenses better, but sometimes they can provoke terrorist groups. Drones have made a huge impact on war since the use … Read more
Over 100,000 Rohingya have been murdered. The Rohingya are an Islamic minority that live in Rakhine State, Burma, which is near Bangladesh. They have resided there for centuries, yet the Burmese government refuses to give them humanitarian aid unless they sign documents as Bengalis, or in other words, illegal immigrants. In 2012, local political leaders … Read more
Another major problem in the DRC is that transnational corporations are financing rebel groups and government militias to monopolize coltan, which is creating a constant power struggle and conflict over the control of these mines (Carpenter 2012:9). The conflict that occurred in Kilwa with the Canadian mining corporation Anvil and the Congolese troops is a … Read more
We can save state sovereignty or we can save strangers. The problem with humanitarian military intervention is that it has proven to be only sometimes effective – not always effective but only sometimes. It is undeniable that humanitarian intervention has catapulted a huge moral dilemma into the international realm. Humanitarian intervention has turned into a … Read more
“Genocide is an attempt to exterminate a people, not to alter their behavior” – Jack Schwart. Uganda has been greatly affected by genocide, different factors and people contribute to the problems there. Uganda is a landlocked country in Africa. It has a tropical climate and is divided into three distinct areas, the swampy lowlands, a … Read more
The United Nations was created in a time of uneasy peace between the nations of the world. World War II had just ended. The League of Nations, the predecessor to the United Nations failed to prevent war. It, not unlike the American government when it was first created, did not have enough power to follow … Read more