Essays on Military Capability

Thesis: As of the present time, the absence of democracy and Western ideals of peace in areas such as Ukraine and North Korea emphasizes a possibility of America failing to act as a global police because one move they make may be read differently by the opposing side and declare war, which America is trying to prevent. - Since the end of the Cold War, the United States had been active to stop the onset of war or conflict in highly tensed nations which were either marred by terrorism or the lack of democracy under the Wilsonian foreign policy made ...

‘Warfare state’ or ‘welfare state’: which better describes the British State in the 20th century?

Great Britain has been a witness to many conflicts that had led to a shift in international and regional politics, triggering the onset of policies and programs directed to either war or welfare. As a veteran of the Great Wars and one of the world’s influential hegemons, Britain had succumbed to both victory and immense loss especially in economic and social development. With the trauma caused by the Great Wars to the nation, the British government alongside the monarchy had revised its programs to revive the once dominant British state towards the 20th century. However, experts have argued as to what ...

According to the book entitled “Building Democracy in Japan” by Mary Alice Haddad, Japan had realized that it was time for them to revise their constitution to prevent another onset of a world war. The 1947 constitution introduced Article IX which clearly stresses the renunciation of war and the removal of permanent military power. However, despite Article IX, it is visible that Japan’s military posture is becoming more “muscular” as their response to the changing security environments threatened by terrorism and territorial disputes which requires active military action. As stated in the article “New Fighting Power!” by Richard ...

Being the world’s superpower, a country ought to have a good economy, strong military capability, high per capita growth, science and technologies, and influence in the global community. One of the things that had aided China’s phenomenal economic growth is international trade and foreign direct investment (Sigurdson 37). These two policies helped China in gaining international financial earnings such as the dollar, which helps in making the country independent. In addition, China is known for undervaluing its currency in order to export more of their goods and services to the international market (Gifford 87). This shows that the China has ...

Q1: Place your cursor on the world map and find where the U.S. ranks relative to other countries. Is the ranking higher or lower than what you expected? The rank of the U.S. compared to other countries was noted to be 88th among 158 countries as of 2012. Therefore, its rank is considered even below that of the mid-point which is rank 79 (Peru) . This rank is deemed lower than what one expected. Q2: Click on 2012 GPI Findings in the left column, and then open Map of 2012 Results and Rankings under 2012 RANKINGS in the ...

- Introduction & Background The Cold War was a period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union resulted after the end of the World War II in 1945, which left both the United States and the Soviet Union as the World Super Powers. A bipolar international system spurred competition and suspicion between the United States and the Soviet. This suspicion emanated from the fact that both powers fought for the balance of relative power. This means that the progress of one power would negatively severe the power of ...