Essays on Western Powers

The Tokugawa Shogunate had been peaceful and prosperous for many decades. However, when things started changing, and problems arose, the Tokugawa Shogunate fell and lost its glory. The Tokugawa Shogunate fell as a result of both internal and external factors. The internal factors came in the aftermath of the rise of the merchant class and the decline of power. In this case, the leadership fell since the Emperor did more of the reigning than the ruling, which means that more power is bestowed on the Shogun ("Tokugawa Period and Meiji Restoration"). Aside from the internal factors, there were external ...

Kwame Nkrumah’s “Unite Now or Perish” Speech As a ‘Classic’ Text in International Relations

Introduction In his May 24, 1963, speech at the inauguration of the OAU Conference in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, doctor Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first President, gave a stirring speech with a clarion call “we must unite now or perish.” In his speech, he advocated for a strong Union of Independent African States to form one block of states. Nkrumah was convinced that it was only through unity that African states which were getting themselves slowly off the colonial hook would achieve development or progress. According to him, with such a unity, the continent would be able to stand up ...

Iriye argues that the reason why war broke out between the United States and Japan in Asia was because Japan wanted to end its ‘cold war’ policy with the United States so that war would define all political and cultural activities that the Japanese government was pursuing at the time. This essay will argue that along the lines of Iriye’s arguments that a failed effort between the United States and Japan to maintain a peaceful, but hostile, relationship culminated in a Pacific war. There will be an examination of different arguments as to which country, or countries, were ...

Sovereign Statehood Is A Modern Fiction That Has Been Universalized Through Imperialism And Decolonization. Critically Analyze This Statement Using Examples From More Than One Part Of The World

Introduction

Sovereignty in international relations is a concept that indicates that a state is constitutionally independent. In politics, a state is considered sovereign if it exists in a legal, absolute, and unitary condition where the state is equal to other states in international law and is not answerable to any other foreign state (Biersteker and Weber, 1996). A sovereign state has clearly defined borders within which people reside and the government of ...

Main Argument: The Islamic state of Iraq and Syria has recently waged war on the two countries and annexed vast amounts of territory. Under the leadership of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the newly declared state has waged war in Iraq and in Syria that has caused the death and displacement of hundreds of thousands of people and massive damage to property. According to AL-QARAWEE, ISIS is the most recent re-creation of an outfit known as Tanẓīm Qāʻidat al-Jihād fī Bilād al-Rāfidayn formed in 2004. A critical analysis of the sectarian conflicts in the Middle East ...

China on Oil

Nowadays, the headlines now indicated that there is a rising power in Asia that can rival the United States in terms of political, military, and economic power, this country is China. News organizations see this rising power as the one who would ultimately dominate the world economy and state of affairs in the international arena. However, despite its growing international influence and power, China is still resolving several problems it had acquired from before they opened up its doors to the public. The major problem the Chinese had to face is their current deficiency in oil, a major energy source in ...

The history of racism and discrimination is a common occurrence in various parts of the globe since the early civilizations. Many people were persecuted because of their religion, race, belief, and sometimes, because of their skin color. Westerners had developed this thinking when the colonialization period took place, and as they navigated towards the east. Each country has its own history of racial discrimination and even though it is deemed as an act against human rights, there are still racist thinking amongst people especially if certain events that has been perpetuated by a specific race or group. These days, people who ...