Big East Conference

The United States must continue to work with other democracies to promote democracy in the Middle East recognizing that quick change is a dream. The United States’ democracy promotion policy must be implemented consistently over the long term, which will last well beyond the end of President Bush’s second term on January 20, 2009. Our goals must be initially modest, and the commitment to change long term. The core elements of a democracy oriented policy are not hard to identify: sustained,…

reached by 2030 in order to push transforming the world! However, this year’s agenda was also overshadowed by other crises such as overflow of immigration from the Middle East, Syrian Crises or the Islamic State presence in the Middle East or the prolonged unresolved crises between Israel and Palestine. Though, inside the Middle East the prospect for a sustainable future can seem far beyond reaching mainly among the OPEC members who…

The series of revolts, protests, violent clashes and revolutions that occurred in the North Africa & Middle East (MENA) region between 2010 and 2012, which was later tagged the ‘Arab Spring’, received abundant media coverage within its region and on a global scale. On a regional level; according to Noura Alalawi, a 24-hour, round-the-clock coverage of the civil unrest and protests was made available by Al Jazeera, a Qatari state-funded broadcaster (Alalawi, 2015). By the same token, according to…

popular, many were restricted from going to the schools. In the Middle East, only the elites and middle class families were allowed to educate their children, mainly the male children. At the advent of education in the Middle East, women were severely under-represented in education. Women’s involvement in all levels of education has been increasing for the last forty years in the Middle East significantly…

Doraemon written by cartoonist Hiroshi Fujimoto writing under the pen name Fujiko F. Fujio, is a successful Japanese manga series. It is considered as a Japanese cultural icon and is popular around the world, especially in Asia. Doraemon is well known in many ways such as manga, television series, films, video games, or even musical and translated into 9 languages. The first Doraemon in manga version was launched in December 1969. Forty-five volumes of the Doraemon comic series had been…

capabilities had to be respected” (Licklider “Political” 213). In the October War, the Arabs were able to inflict some damage on Israel, so Sadat, the president of Egypt, declared that the war was “‘the first Arab victory in 500 years’” (“The Middle East”168). In addition to the military contributions from Syria and Egypt, the other Arab nations contributed to the war effort; “within the context of the October War, Arab oil-producing states agreed to restrict oil output and to embargo their…

Sorrows of Empire by political scientist Chalmers Johnson takes a cynical yet statistically backed view of American imperialism. Johnson backs his research with heavy statistics and examples from various military and governmental outlets. His focus throughout the book is on American imperialism through militarism, secrecy, and the fall of the empire. Chalmers Johnson’s thesis is clearly laid out in the first paragraph of the prologue. He comments on the notion that American’s are…

been beaten and persecuted. Racism in the Middle East is deeper than just race it is focused on the depth of economic and political past around the world that have led up to these times. Most foreign people in the Middle East have low in come jobs and are not given the same rights as Middle Eastern’s. Since 2011 the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has worked and strived to stop racism. Some countries in the middle east have started to treat each other…

In the late 1960s‘, after the end of the Second World War, Paris was not any more the romantic city, known from the last centuries. The French capital became the described definition of 'modern ' in the same sense of an international culture. This meaning was adapted by other folklores as African sculptures, American detective stories, Russian music, Neo-Catholicism, German technique, Italian desperation. Meantime a group called Nouveaux Réalistes was formed, where two artists were working…

refugee crisis is based. Ever since the terrorist attacks of September 11th, the United States has been exponentially increasing its involvement in these foreign countries for inconsequential reasons. The U.S. government has interfered with the Middle East for decades, causing destruction and chaos in countries such as Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. The United States must stop attempting to take control over these nations at the expense of innocent people and take responsibility…