Essays on Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency (2017) revealed that the country of Guatemala is composed primarily of European mestizos at 59.4%, which is a combination of Amerindian and Spanish ancestry. This considered to be significantly higher when compared to the indigenous groups of K’iche at 9.1%, 8.4% for Kaqchikel, Mam at 7.9%, 6.3% for Q’eqchi, the Mayan at 8.6% and with other non-Mayan groups at 0.3% (Central, 2017). The effect of the higher percentage of mestizos is that Spanish became the official language of the country while only 40% uses the 23 Amerindian languages (Central, 2017). The additional effect ...

Introduction

Pre-Spanish Era Religious Practices Political Structure Material Culture Spanish Occupation Material Culture

The Culture after the Spanish Conquest

Religious Influence of the Catholic Spanish and the Remaining Ethnic Groups Influences of the Protestant Church Religious Fighting between the Roman Catholic and Protestant Church Current Economic and Cultural Development Cultural Development Introduction Argentina is considered by Calvert, Donghi and Eidt (2016) as the eighth largest country in the world but is considered to be only third within Latin America (Buenos, 2014). The reason for this is that the land area of Argentina with 2.78 million square kilometers is larger than Mexico and the Texas state combined ( ...

INTRODUCTION

With the collapse of the USSR towards the stretch of the last decade of the last century, the Cold War – that delicate seesaw balance of power between the United States and the Union Soviet Socialist Republic – ended resulting significant changes, especially in the areas of intelligence and espionage. Russia’s standing in the international community as a superpower has diminished and presumably, its capabilities in intelligence gathering. Prior to the end of th4e Cold War, Russia closely competed with the US in terms of intelligence gathering and collection. Russia’s chief intelligence arm is the notorious KGB known for ...

Shoes Business in Switzerland

Two forms of market segmentation for your shoes, and support your choices. Then, identify two (2) target markets for each segment, and explain those choices Footwear industry business is becoming more complex and competitive in the global arena. According to Kotler, et.al, (2015), the successful manufacturers are the trendsetter at present, and the retail organizations are putting higher emphasis on the market segmentation to increase their market share. In this case, we will consider the company that produces shoes for both males and females, and trying to market its product in Switzerland. In Switzerland, the company will practice geographical ...

According to the world-famous quote, “The one who owns information owns the world”. That is why it is important to stay aware of all current state of affairs and the emergent technologies. In order to do so, a certain well-structured and complex approach to information and its analysis is definitely needed, and the one may be provided by the technique of the Intelligence Cycle. Therefore the aim of this essay will be to introduce and analyze the concept of the Intelligence Cycle, as well as consider the methods of information gathering about potential terrorists, which is one of the ...

Working Definition of Security

Security is a term that has its origins in the Latin language because the term is derived from the Latin words Sacurus and securitas, the meaning of which is “feeling no care or apprehension, the safeguarding of (the interests of) a state, organization, or persons; safe.” There are four intertwining aspects have developed in making people, enterprises, organizations, and society together safeguarding the following:

Measures related to physical security

Tactics and means the help safeguard the general public Development of technology as well as personnel who assist in private security, and lastly Efforts by both individuals and the society as a whole in protecting ...

Developing a Marketing Plan

Executive Summary This report is an analysis of PepsiCo marketing strategy in Cambodian market. The report starts by giving an explanation of the significance of marketing plan for Pepsi. It goes further to state the goals that the company intends to achieve and the mechanism to make them. The current marketing situation analysis gives the facts on the ground about the enterprise. It goes further to illustrate how the company has positioned itself in the market. There is SWOT analysis for PepsiCo. This gives the strengths and weaknesses that the firm has. Working to improve these factors and exploiting ...

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an independent federal agency aimed at providing intelligence relevant to national security and prevention of terrorism. The CIA is governed by a Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) who is authorized to serve as head of the United States intelligence community act as the principal adviser to the President in the matters regarding national security ("About CIA."). One of the most controversial and scandalous operations of the CIA is the adoption of the enhanced interrogation techniques. At the core of the issue was the question of whether suggested methods of interrogation could be vindicated. ...

Importance of Entrepreneurial Activity to the UK Economy

Assignments 2 Introduction The constant growth and evolution of economic relations, both between countries and between entrepreneurs within a country, are requirements for the creation of new business forms. Entrepreneurship is an important, but not a sufficient factor in economic and social developments of countries (Waschik, Fisher and Prentice, 2010). However, if left uncontrolled by the state, entrepreneurship can become just as harmful as the administrative-command system in an economy. Entrepreneurship is essential for the development of a competitive economic environment; in order to give the final consumers the freedom of choice, but does not content with goods offered ...

The practice of “Extraordinary Rendition” has been widely publicized and criticized. It involves the covert transfer of alleged terrorists, who are citizens of other nations, from one country to another country in which the questioning of imprisoned persons involve extreme measures because pertinent international laws there are either lax or do not exist. In actuality, these countries have low regard for the humane treatment of prisoners, more often times than not, prisoners who are victims of “Extraordinary Rendition” are tortured. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), “the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States and other U.S. ...

Recent years have seen significant changes in the economies of both Mexico and Chile. Given this, it can be useful to examine the current economic situation in Mexico and Chile, comparing the two. While many people in the United States might tend to think of these two nations as being identical in nature because of the fact that they have Hispanic cultures and the Spanish language, there are in fact many differences. For example, Mexico since the late 1990s has been able to benefit from the existence of NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement). This has allowed it ...

_____________ University Kosovo is a landlocked territory located in the South Eastern part of Europe known as the Balkans. On average, Kosovo gets hot summer and cold winters ranging from +30 C to -10 C (Independent Commission for Mines and Minerals, 2005). According to a 2013 World Bank report, the population of Kosovo is 1.8 million people. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) World Factbook lists the primary crops in Kosovo as being “wheat, corn, berries, potatoes, peppers, and fruit” (2005). Additionally, Kosovo produces dairy, livestock, and fish. The Kosovar industries listed in the CIA World Factbook are “mineral mining, ...

Importance of Entrepreneurial Activity to the UK Economy

Introduction Constantly growing and developing economic relations, both between countries and between participants within a country, are prerequisites for the creation of new forms of business. Entrepreneurship is an important, but not the only factor in economic and social development of many countries (Waschik, Fisher and Prentice, 2010). However, uncontrolled, no adjustable (wild) business (without the supervision of the state) is just as harmful as the administrative-command system. Entrepreneurship is essential for the development of a competitive environment, in order the final consumer of products has the right to choose, but does not content with goods offered to him/her ...

Introduction

As known in all contexts, Europe is a relatively small continent which is located in between the Asian and African continents. However, despite the proximity of the two continents, Europe is able to establish its own culture and becomes distinct with a pronounced uniqueness. One possible contributor for such outcome is its geography and the locations of the countries that composed the continent. Though Europe is relatively small, several countries are bounded and these boundaries are important for analyzing the geography of the continent. Looking at the physical and political maps of Europe, this paper aims to analyze the ...

Introduction and Thesis Statement

St. Aquinas believes that way is sinful and waging war is unjust. He argues that “those who take to sword will die by the sword.” According to him, war is a detriment of peace and therefore a sinful endeavor. However, St. Augustine explains the validity and the justifiability of war. He believes that war, to some extent, is just and necessary (White 269). However, for a war to be just, it has to follow three conditions. A just was must that that has been sanctioned by the highest authority. It will be unjust to wage war at a personal ...

Richard welch was born in 14th December, the year 1929, in Hartford, Connecticut. He later joined Harvard University to study Classics. At the age of 22, Welch graduated from the university, top in his class. At this point, Welch took the challenge of working with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The first position Welch got in the CIA was of the case officer. His duties involved walking all over the world to follow various cases relating to the agency. At the age of 55, Welch rose in the ranks to become a CIA station chief. In 1974, Welch was ...

Demographic

Geography Chile is one of the Southern South American countries that borders the South Pacific Ocean and is located between Peru and Argentina. The country geographic coordinates are 30 00 S, 71 00 W, and occupies a total area of 756,102 square kilometers that include 12,290 square kilometers of water and 743,812 square kilometers of land. Compare to other countries in the region; Chile is slightly smaller than the size of Montana (CIA). The general climate of the region is temperate climate with Mediterranean in the central region, desert in the north, and damp and cool ...

Critical Assessment of an Intervention for Sustainability

Characteristic of the Place I’ve chosen Hong Kong as a site for this paper. Its total territory is around 1 108 square kilometers that is twice less than the territory of Tokyo or Moscow (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). At the same time, more attention is paid to the region of Kowloon peninsula as the most densely populated area in Hong Kong (more than 7000 people per square kilometer) (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). The Kowloon City is more specific site of Hong Kong for analysis in this paper. The chosen region differs by the high population density, ecological and ...

At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA is a memoir written by George Tenet and Bill Harlow. The chronicle focuses on the CIA happenings before and after the September 11 2001 Islamic terrorist attacks. In this memoir, George Tenet gives a real life account of his works as the director of the CIA and a chronological order of how things happened during his term as the chief of the Criminal Intelligence Agency. Tenet was the Director of the Criminal Intelligence Agency of the year 1997 to 2004. He writes a book where he recounts the ...

Abstract

The Irish leadership perspective has a crucial role in its national life due to the impact Irish political leaders have in the economic life of the country. Understanding this national leadership characteristics significantly contributes to the national awareness of its strengths and weaknesses. Based on Hofstede’s leadership categorization model, the commonly held leadership characteristics can be described as small power distance, weakly uncertainty avoidant, collectivist, masculine, and long-term oriented. American leaders who want to engage Irish leaders and population will have to make adjustments in at least three dimensions of differences, namely, individualism vs. collectivism, uncertainty avoidance, and ...

Introduction

Since the mid XX century, the oil industry occupies a leading position in the global energy sector. A prerequisite for the implementation of large-scale long-term investments in the oil industry under the condition of a favorable outlook for oil demand in the world market is the availability of relevant geological reserves of oil in a particular region and the world at large. OPEC-countries account for over 40% of world oil production. Especially, the Middle East, particularly the Gulf basin, where there are the largest oil fields in the world, is rich for oil reserves (OPEC, 2015). Oil is extracted ...

SWOT-analysis

Strengths include: Rio de Janeiro is the second most important economic center in the country after the Brazilian Sao Paulo. In Rio, there are many enterprises; service industry is well developed; there are many financial institutions and offices of international companies (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). Rio de Janeiro has almost all types of public transport, except for the trolley – there are subways, buses, and taxis, and regular taxis and trams and funicular, and even hybrid tram and funicular (wide assortment).

Low labor expenses (labor costs index was equal almost 115 points in February 2016 and average salary of about $600) (Trading economics, 2016).

High market entry barriers (the internal business is supported). Weaknesses concern: Extremely high crime level (over 90%) (Numbeo, 2016). ...

Introduction

The economy of Qatar is primarily dependent on petroleum and liquefied natural gas. These contribute to over 70% of the total revenues to the government (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). In fact, Qatar is the third largest exporter of natural gas in the world (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2016). For the progress of any economy, the financial sector is the backbone. It provides the financial resources for companies to expand and hence contribute to overall growth of the economy. In the current study we look at the financial markets and institutions operating in Qatar. The report provides an overview of ...

Abstract

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an agency that deals with foreign related matters. It is mandated to conduct missions and other covert duties under the directions of the president. The Agency is a foreign civilian agency tasked with the gathering and analyzing national security intelligence from all over the world. CIA has a very limited domestic role so unless it is related to the overall national security. With new threats to the national security like terrorism and cyber-attacks, the agency has expanded its functions so as to combat these new threats (Lowenthal, M., 2015, p.45). The agency is ...

Ukraine and Climate Change

This paper is devoted to Ukraine and its climate. Area of the country is 603 549 square kilometers (Central Intelligence Agency). It has land borders with Russia, Belarus, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Rumunia and Moldova. Also the country has maritime borders with Georgia, Bulgaria and other countries. Thus, one can say, that Ukraine is a quite big country with more than forty million people. The main ethnic group is Ukrainians and their main religion is Orthodoxy (Central Intelligence Agency). It should be noted that the population of the country is decreased gradually. The main reasons of it are war in ...

Australia

Population. Total Population and Growth. The total population of Australia amounted 22 751 014 humans in July of 2015 (Central Intelligence Agency). This country is at the 56th place in the world by population. During 1983-2013 years population of Australis increase by half. The current population growth rate of Australia is 7%. Thus, one can say that the population does not increase and is almost in balance. The birth rate is around 12 births / 1000 population (Central Intelligence Agency). The death rate is around 7 deaths/ 1000 population. At the same time, huge rate of migration is characteristic ...

Abstract

With the increased competition in the airline industry, especially in the low fare segment, Ryanair, the initiator of this segment in Europe, is faced with various pressures, coming from its competitors, external environment or industry trends. While the company has the resources to manage the challenges of the 21st century, which tops with the necessity to become a global brand, it also requires a sound strategy. This report starts with analysing the internal and external environment of Ryanair, in order to identify the strategic directions that it can pursue in its globalization approach and it further proposes a global ...

Introduction

Finances have such a tendency as to influence production, distribution, and consumption. At the same time, one ought to note that they have an objective character. The role of finances in economics is constantly enforcing and reflecting distributing relations of the increasing complexity within society.

General Information

Definition of Financial System If we just proceed to the definition of a financial system at all, it should be therewith noted that this phenomenon stands for a complex of controllable finance-legal norms of financial affairs and financial establishments that help a state to form, to distribute, and to use both centralized and decentralized ...

The modern science of warfare assumes that in armed conflicts and local wars of the new century the winner is the one who will be able to quickly collect multifaceted, ever-changing data on the course of the battle, to analyze them, to make the right conclusions, make the right decision and quickly bring it to a subordinate. To ensure victory over the enemy is necessary to achieve the so-called information superiority, which allows preempt it in the evaluation of the rapidly changing situation on the battlefield, making the right decisions and planning the operation progress (fighting). According to the ...

Japan

Currently, Japan’s economy is one of the most developed economies in the world. In terms of industrial production and GDP, the size of the state ranks third among the countries of the world, yielding the position only to the United States and China. Japan has a very advanced high technology (robotics, and electronics), automobile and shipbuilding sectors (Central Intelligence Agency, 2015). Special attention is paid to the development of science and education. State program of research and development (the development of a national system of research and development activities) contributes to the development of its own technic achievements ...

Senegal is a medium-sized country located in the westernmost part of Africa. The country covers a total land area of 197,000 square kilometers and has a population of about 13 million. In this newsletter report, the author focuses on the economic and resource development issues that the country is facing in light of the current issues that the world economy faces as well. The fact of the matter is that Senegal is one of the poorest countries in the West African region. With a GDP of only $15.65 million, it is the 120th biggest economy in the planet, ...

International Business & Strategy: Individual Assignment 1, Netflix Case Study

In many ways, Malaysia reflects a good balance between the eastern market structure and the western market structure (Lupo et al. 2011). It has a complex economic structure, and the disparate parts of the Malaysian economy are important to understand when gauging success in this particular market. The macro-environmental factors that should be considered when looking at the Malaysian economy can be split into important categories, reflective of a PESTLE-style analysis: the political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental factors are all important when considering the potential future for Netflix in the Malaysian economy (Johnson, Scholes, and Whittington 2009). ...

An essay exploring the effect of the macroeconomic environment in Italy and Russia as it relates to Proctor and Gamble’s international economic activity. Procter and Gamble [P&G] is the world’s top producer of household products. P&G manufactures a wide range of products from toilet paper and sanitary products to food and cleaners. It can be said that the company produces everything a consumer could need to stock their homes comfortably. June 2014, P&G reported over eighty-three million dollars in revenues during that fiscal year (MarketLine, 2015). P&G’s headquarters are located in Cincinnati, Ohio but the massive ...

Executive Summary

The purpose of the paper was to assess Canadian market for the ability of CBT, the UK-based supermarket chain, to enter it. Environmental analysis was made taking into account political situation in the country, economic overview, legal aspect and socio-cultural perspective. It was found that CBT is going to have more opportunities than threats. Competitive analysis showed that supermarket industry in Canada is monopolistically competitive. The characteristics of such market were properly described. In general, there are three main CBT’s competitors and numerous small, therefore, the company should enter Canadian market with some competitive advantages. In order to ...

Abstract

With the increased competition in the airline industry, especially in the low fare segment, Ryanair, the initiator if this segment in Europe, is faced with various pressures, coming from its competitors, external environment or industry trends. While the company has the resources to manage the challenges of the 21st century, which tops with the necessity to become a global brand, it also requires a sound strategy. This report starts with analysing the internal and external environment of Ryanair, in order to identify the strategic directions that it can pursue in its globalization approach and it further proposes a global ...

The Defense Intelligence Agency is an important asset to our country. They work along the side of the military and induce safety in regards to our country. “The DIA enforces plans to execute towards foreign attacks, terrorism and warfare” . They gather intelligent information based on foreign attacks, and terror that could harm our country. The employees who put their lives on the line every day to keep this country protected follow the upmost integrity and ethical standards. The team works with foreign policy makers to assist with concerns of global issues that could affect our country. “In 2014 they ...

Law and Ethics in Intelligence

1. An element of the National Security Act of 1947 stated: ‘No United States intelligence information may be provided to the United Nations or any organisation affiliated with the United Nations.’ Briefly defend this position from an ethical position. There are many concerns about the United States sharing intelligence information with the United Nations as a lot of the information is highly confidential. Other countries have failed to commit themselves to protecting the information that the United States contributes, which makes intelligence sharing highly problematic from an ethical perspective due to the sensitivity of the information. Instead, the United ...

Chapter One: Introduction

1.1. Background The arrival of new technologies as helped improve many aspects of life. For example, License Plate Recognition is a modern technology that has helped improve mobility and safety in transportation (Rashid, Aibinu, Rahman, Suhaimi and Yunis 93). Many car parks have resulted to the use of technology to help in the logistics of operating a car park. Rashid et al., (93) argue that automatic parking systems are progressive because in addition to improving logistics, they also increase the convenience of public parking, eliminate the hassles of fee collection and also enhance the security, especially when the car ...

Conclusion on Pest Analysis

The political, economic, socio-cultural and technological trends significantly affects the performance as well as the strategic marketing plan of MCRI. From the research on the political trends it shows that MCRI is affected by the upcoming election in 2016. In 2012, Obama won for a re-election which supported the sustainability plan previously initiated under the same administration prior to 2012. However, in 2016 remains to be seen. It is identified as a threat because of the uncertainty in how the new sets of leaders would address the concerns of the industry where MCRI belongs. Policies, laws and stipends might be revoked, ...

Egypt is a country that has a highly-centralized economy with a high annual growth of average 4-5%. Egypt is moving forward towards a market-oriented economy that would help the country to have a higher standard of living. In recent years, Egypt has adopted many economic policies including monetary and fiscal policies, structural reforms, etc. These reforms have a crucial role in strengthening the country's economy. Also, Egypt is taking steps to increase economic growth rates by improving productivity, investing in human capital, tourism sector and adopting laws that promote competition on the markets.

Economy of Egypt is also determined by the fact that ...

Overview of the South African Economy

South Africa is a country located in the Southern tip of Africa. The country is the 25th largest in the world by area the 24th largest by population with 51 a population of million, (Central Intelligence Agency-CIA, 2013). It is Africa’s most prosperous economy and the World Bank ranks it as an upper-middle class income economy. Lately, various global economy agencies such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank consider South Africa as a newly industrialised country (CIA, 2013). The country is now part of a team of countries that form BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and ...

Argentina is the second largest country in South America and the eight largest in the world with a land size of 2,780,400 km2 (Central Intelligence Agency). As of July 2012, the population of the Spanish speaking nation is estimated to have reached 42,192,494 people (CIA). Buenos Aires is an autonomous city, the capital city and the largest city in Argentina with a population of 12 million (CIA). Other large cities in Argentina include Cordoba, Rosario, Tucuman, Rosario and Mendoza. 86% of Argentineans are of European descent (Italian and Spanish), 8% Mestizo (People of mixed heritage) ( ...

Question 1

Bureaucracy is a method in which private and public sectors, governments and universities organize employees to work uniformly and in a compatible way through hierarchical individual role definition. The video starts with a man who confesses that he was a bureaucrat. According to him, bureaucratic organizations are deeply complex, and permanent with professional staff of higher expertise who differ in skills. The federal bureaucracy in American politics consists of the Executive, judicial and the legislature.

The legislature bureaucracy includes the congress and senate house; legal bureaucracy entails the court system, while the executive consists of the president, vice-president, and president's ex-office. The ...

FBI & CIA

Intelligence-gathering is an integral part of a country’s security exercise, and the FBI and CIA are the U.Ss security agencies. “The FBI, as a law-enforcement agency, apprehends wrongdoers, while the CIA, the other security agency, monitors and keeps suspicious people under surveillance, rather than arrest them,” says Stephen (2012). It would be hard to distinguish their predominant working styles, but in a nutshell, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is the law agency that works within the country to gather intelligence information and fight federal crimes, while the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is the intelligence agency that collects information ...

Is Information Sharing Too Regulated? Has a Lack of Sharing Caused a Key Intelligence Failure?

Government agencies unanimously agree that they failed to know in advance the September 11th plot for lack of information sharing. The September 11th attack was the demonstration of the government agencies’ failure to have a network among themselves that would have enabled them to know the plan to attack well in advance and to actually to prevent the attack from happening. The U.S. Government admits that it could have prevented the 9/11 attacks if the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and state and local law enforcement had shared among themselves their knowledge about the hijackers ...

India Economic Analysis

India’s population estimate as in July 2014 was 1,236,344,631 as noted by the Central Intelligence Agency (2014). The figure can further be divided into about five groups of age structures. The 0-14 year age group makes 28.5%, 15-24 years constitute 18.1% while the 25-54 years make 40.6% of the total population. The group with 55-64 years forms 7% and those aged 65 years and above make 5.8% (Central Intelligence Agency, 2014). The pyramid clearly shows that the age group 25-54 years takes the largest percentage of the population and constitutes the working group in the ...

Sri Lanka is a country located on the same island in the Indian Ocean. It is a unitary state with a presidential form of government. In the history course Sri Lanka was under the domination of India, Portugal, the Netherlands and the UK. In 1948 Sri Lanka gained independence and in 1972 changed its name of Ceylon to Sri Lanka, which means “blessed land”. Colombo is informal capital city, and the official – the nearby town of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. Under the current constitution of 1978, the President is the chief executive and the chief of the armed forces. Traffic on the island ...

Abstract

The research tests the Independent variables in the hypothesis of rich oil versus less oil countries. The occurrence of conflicts served as the dependent variable, and the countries that have proven access to oil deposits have served as the unit of analysis. To prove this research hypothesis, the research methods that have been done by collecting information regarding the presence of oil deposits in the subject countries and other economic indicators such as the national GDP (Gross Domestic Product), among others. The collection of data focused on: Oil income, GDP, and Fail States. The analysis was done using the ...

Introduction

Central Intelligence Agency is an Agency that was established by the government so as to override on the matters that are pertinent to security. It started operating in the United States of America more that seventy years ago. In essence, the agency has manifested its relevance in the society because, all security matters have been at its most regarded discretion. In as far as events are concerned; the central Intelligence Agency has been conducting searches for people who engage in activities such as drug trafficking and other criminal activities. In most instances, our historical line has been marked by ...

International Marketing

Introduction

The geography of Kenya is highly diverse. The Western and Central Kenya is categorized by the Kenyan Rift Valley, Mount Elgon and Mount Kenya. Kenya is present across the equator within east-central Africa, on the Indian Ocean coast. It is two times the total size of Nevada (Central Intelligence Agency, 2014). Moreover, Kenya borders Ethiopia in the north, Somalia in the east, Uganda in the west, Tanzania in the south and lastly, Sudan in the northwest. Additionally, in the northern region, the land is barren while the southwest area is within the lush Lake Victoria Basin. The climate ...

Introduction

Djibouti is a small country, situated in the horn of Africa. Djibouti city is the capital of Djibouti. Irrespective of its size, the nation is one of very talented and ambitious nations. The nation is surrounded by several nations and almost all of them are indulged in various kinds of disputes or warlike situations but Djibouti is unaffected by these disputes and remains in a very peaceful and stable state of affairs. This paper intends to discuss the Djibouti and several other related aspects.

Geography

The nation is surrounded by Eretria in the north and Somalia in the southwest while it shares ...

(Course/Major)

Swanson (1) avers that the uses of drones have both positive and negative uses for the use of drones in both commercial as well as law enforcement applications. However, Swanson is stating that with the absence of any actions by authorities, on the state and the Federal levels, to enact any policies or legislation to regulate any of the flights conducted by these “unmanned aerial vehicles” in America’s skies as these operators see fit. Federal authorities allowed more than 30,000 drone flights; police departments, for their part, have used drones to a low altitude of 400 feet, ...

The application of ethical practices in the Central Intelligence Agency is inadequate.

Hypothesis The ethical application in the Central Intelligence Agency is inadequate. Research questions Does the Central Intelligence Agency apply ethics in its practices? Is the ethical framework adequate? Is there need to legislate on the ethics necessary in the operations of the Agency? Null Hypothesis The ethical application in the Central Intelligence Agency is adequate. Independent variable The Central Intelligence Agency has an ethical practice. Dependent variable The dependent variable is the adequacy of the ethical practices in application within the agency. Conceptual definition The current ...

Introduction

The report is a discussion on Egypt’s current political influences on my business of exporting gypsum boards from Canada to Egypt. As can be learnt from Central Intelligence Agency website, Egypt has a republican form of Government that is guided through a new constitution affirmed most recently through a nation-wide referendum. The interim head of the Republic is currently President Adly MANSOUR following the Republic’s military ousting of Mohammed MURSI from the presidential helm in the mid of July 2013. On the same note, Prime Minister Hazem el-BEBLAWI holds the interim Government leadership position as the next elections schedule falls on ...

It is argued that nuclear weapons pose one of the greatest dangers not only to human life, but also the environment as a whole. According to the environmental scientists, nuclear weapons could cause climate changes, commonly known as nuclear winter, which could endanger the life on earth. Through extensive research, these scientists argue that a few Hiroshima-sized bombs, about 50-100, could generate more than enough soot and smoke to cause climate change (Harrell). Furthermore, nuclear weapons production causes water, soil, and air pollution. Many of the substances released in the process remain hazardous for several years. This kind of pollution poses ...

Ethical Issues in U.S. Drone Program in Pakistan <Name of the Academic Institution>

Introduction

The part of the War on Terror, which is commonly known as a U.S. drone program in North-Western Pakistan has traditionally become the area of ambiguous guesses and various speculations of political, legal, cultural and ethical nature. Unlike the invasion in Afghanistan or Iraq, this drone operation did not cause any formal violation of sovereignty of the nation, however it gave a lot of reasons for dissatisfaction for the Pakistani government and residents, American institutions and individuals as well as international organizations. The topic remains highly ...

Figure 1: Map of Africa showing the countries selected for this study

Introduction

Population dynamics affects a country’s development and the general contribution of the country or region to the global society. This paper examines the relative population growth of Africa using ten countries from the continent (Libya, Angola, Kenya, Cameroon, Guinea, Mauritania, Botswana, Ghana, Chad and Madagascar) in comparison to five countries from other regions. The U.S.A, Ukraine (former Soviet Union), South Korea (Asia), Qatar (Middle East), Brazil (South America) are the countries selected to compare to the African countries. This paper presents ranking of the fifteen countries above ...

The Central Intelligence Agency was established courtesy of the National Security Act in 1947. The agency has by large retained its structure and form until the recent changes introduced in 2004 courtesy of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act. However, by and large, the agency has often remained with one primary mandate. This entails the collection of intelligence for the consumption of policymakers in the United States of America. This role calls for a higher threshold of ethics and moral conduct given the sensitivity of the function in question. It is imperative to appreciate the fact that intelligence forms ...

Introduction

After the September 11 bombings in New York and Washington, the United States tightened their counterterrorism efforts to thwart further plans of terrorist groups. This does not mean that policies were ineffective before the attacks, but there were murmurs of intelligence failures. It was argued that it was the Central Intelligence Agency’s and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s faults for not being able to intercept the plans of the groups that attacked the World Trade Center (Lewis, 2004).

Intelligence and Strategies

The Intelligence Community or IC of the United States consists of executive agencies. These agencies are separated to prevent ...

Introduction

The United States has the interest of African growth among its global growth and development agendas. The US government does all it can to ensure Africa remains a dynamic continent. It is true that the United States cares about Africa. In particular, the government has concern over the growth and development of Zambia. Although, it is not the only country in Africa requiring growth the government finds it good to offer outstanding support to Zambia. The government has allowed its Non-government organizations to work in the African land to eliminate poverty and give hope to the generations of the continent. ...