Essays on World Affairs

In Soviet Deception in the Cuban Missile Crisis, James Hansen argues that Moscow’s central tenet has always been “to prevent an adversary from discovering Russian intentions by deceiving him about the nature, scope, and timing of an operation,” conceding the idea that there exists a pattern of covert political or militaristic tactics at work in the world. The clandestine affairs nature of world affairs, politics, and strategic military moves between superpowers has always raised curiosity of how individuals act, plan, and engage behaviors that intertwine uncertain outcomes. In the case of the Cuban Missile Crisis, according to the ...

Introduction

The victory of the allied powers in the Second World War was highly associated with the American entry into the war. The United States of America brought with them a military muscle consisting of state of the art mechanization and strategic military geniuses. The citizens of the United States of America had been through the most devastating economic depression in their history as the nation was followed by the ensuing regimentation just before the war started. The Second World War is probably the most mechanized and dreaded war in the history mainly due to its outcome and effects on ...

CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF CRISIS IN INDUCING POLICY CHANGE

Introduction Most nations make policies after they enter serious crisis. There is a general notion that a critical problem requires a critical solution. Thus, nations that came under Nazi or Japanese attack in the eve of the Second World War declared a state of emergency and made sweeping changes to their national policies. These changes had far-reaching impacts on the functioning of the arms of governments and the entire nation had to suspend various activities to implement the policies in response to the crises. However, after World War II, significant events have been considered as turning points in national ...

Since its very inception, the Syrian conflict has become a threat not only for the local residents and neighboring countries, but also for the whole world. The IS militants crossed all limits in their radical methods of waging war against a number of Syrian and Iraqi peoples; moreover, "the Islamic State’s rise has shaped the battlefield in Iraq and Syria, as well as shifting alliances between the United States and countries in the region" (Phillips 351). Kurds, taking into account their minority over other nationalities, have become one of the main targets of the ISIS' troops. Kurds have ...

Introduction

The human family in all its forms and all its habitat has undergone struggles to restore the world in order and create a peaceful society. As long as we can remember, the struggle to attain security and peace has been reflected in the various lifestyles of the entire humanity. The nation-state remains the largest single component that comprises of human grouping willing to achieve a peaceful coexistence. It has not been easy to maintain peace in the world we live as nations have engaged each other in conflicts. The detrimental effects that resulted from the first and second world ...

The Russian Empire

Russia had a vast empire until 1917 when the Romanov royal family was overthrown and executed with the resultant imposition of Communist principles. Still the empire was at best loosely defined in places and the Russians were mostly composed of serfs with little or no civil liberties at all for several centuries. In fact, serfdom was the predominant political consideartion in the days of catherine and Peter the Great when vast sums of money were spent to embellish and build massive royal palaces as well as the building of great cties such as St Petersburg.

Serfdom created a situation where most ...