Essays on Peace Treaties

Terrorism is one of the biggest Global threats. Terrorists are born out of communal discord, financial instability, oppressive governments etc. The Jehadi Terrorists are communal terrorists who fight for their own interpretation of Islam. The ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is a Sunni extremist group, formerly known by the name of Al-Qaeda, renowned for its terrorist activities all over the globe.

The ISIS practices and propagates Jihad, a form or religious war against other religious and cultural states and uses extreme interpretations of the Qur’an as ...

European Military Struggles

Over the past centuries, the European zone has often been characterized with military struggles. These military struggles came about because of the development of numerous different states and their struggle for power. This paper explores on the European military struggle through the method of compare and contrast of the causes and outcomes of the French and Indian war, the American Revolution, and the War of 1812. There exist a number of similarities pegged to the causes of these wars. They include; firstly, all the wars began on the basis of issues relating to struggle for supremacy. More specifically, the French ...

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The specter of Civil Wars has plagued mankind throughout history. Though most of these conflicts have eventually ended, there has been no tried and true negotiation blueprint to the effective ending to a Civil War. By examining Civil Wars fought between 1940 and 1998, Barbara Walter and the team of Carline Hartzell, and Matthew Hoddie attempted to begin to develop such a framework. In so doing, they examined the factors in Modern civil war peace agreements that led to lasting peace. Walters begins her observations by noting that only about 1/3 of peace agreements attempted lead to lasting peace. (Walter, ...

The first gulf war, also termed as the Persian Gulf, emerged as a result of conflict of the Iraq nation and the merging of quite a number of nations 32 in number. These nations include Egypt, the United States, France, Britain, and Saudi Arabia. The theory of the world system explains that the world is divided into three groups. The first is the main developed countries; North America, Western Europe, and Japan. The second includes the underdeveloped countries in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. The third group include the countries in Eastern Europe, Russia and Asian societies who struggle to outweigh ...

The Westphalian system came about because of the peace treaties of Westphalia and Osnabruck in 1648 that officially marked the end of the 30 years war that destroyed a larger part of Europe between 1618 and 148. It is viewed that the treaties did not only end the war but also triggered the beginning of a new international system considered as the foundation of the present-day nation state system based on sovereignty often referred to as the Westphalian system (Zwierlein, 2013. 38, 1, pp. 65-95) The Westphalian model and sovereignty have been key debated issues since it is claimed that ...