Diplomacy

1. An activist is a person who is striving to bring political or social change. Famous activist Martin Luther King Jr. was a social activist who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States to bring justice for African Americans. 2. To annex means to add to a document or to something. When the United States annexed Alaska would be an annex. 3. The central government is the government that only has power over an individual state. The executive position of a central government is the…

US Intel Community 1. An element of the National Security Act of 1947 stated “…No United States intelligence information may be provided to the United Nations or any organization affiliated with the United Nations...” Briefly defend this position from an ethical perspective. Whenever the National Security Act of 1947 were precisely constituted, it would have been addressed the National Subversives Security Act since it constituted the administrative model for revolutionists to the United…

The relationship between the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) is made special by its virtual removal of the possibility of conflict between the two nations. It lives within an individualistic security system in which these states share collective meanings that provide them mutually understood identities and interests, increasing the possibility of collective action during a time of active threats. Because of this process of socialization, the United States and the United Kingdom…

and thus escalation is a notion that is avoided when the situation permits it, certainly while on the defensive end of a crisis. Although, during a crisis decision-makers may often choose to employ strategic escalation as a part of the coercive diplomacy process. By carefully and thoughtfully projecting power at an adversary force through increasing the scale…

Is there any way to truly know who’s making decisions in North Korea and what their ultimate motives might be? Eric Talmadge admits in his opening statements in his article for the Associated Press, that knowing the true goals of the North Korean regime is difficult at best, but then writes an analysis to explain his opinion to the minds of the Western world. It is Talmadge’s view that North Korea will never willingly abandon its goal of nuclear weapons regardless of any repercussions from its…

One of the clearest distinctions among Native Americans is between the natives of North America vs. the natives of South America. In North America, though certain groups like the Hopi, Zuni, and Mound Builders formed large cities (Foner, 6), and some other groups had at least semi-permanent settlements, these were nothing to compare with the immense civilizations of South America. The largest Native American community North America was the city of Cahokia, which reached between 10,000 and 30,000…

at times, but the compisition is usually good and easy to read. I believe it is strongest when viewing at Napoleon's political aspects and the nature of his government. However, his examination of Napoleon's international affairs, policies and diplomacy is stereotyped and he fails to highlight the number of key political figures and treaties. He blames Napoleon for the start of wars without full examination of the situations. In one instance (p. 623) Englund writes that "Bonaparte didn't have…

The nature of a fiscal stimulus are up to the discretion of politicians and Keynes was aware of political motivations that would steer spending policies towards war, but he hoped: “that in the future we shall not adhere to this purist financial attitude, and that we shall be ready to spend on the enterprises of peace what the financial maxims of the past would only allow us to spend on the devastations of war.” (Keynes, “World Economic Outlook” 1932). Progress in spending on the “enterprises of…

As of June, Scanthon’s refusal to divest from Russian weapons producers has threatened them with devastating economic sanctions which may have led us astray from our American virtue of diplomacy, as Kissinger said: “the art of restraining power.” While the intention of the sanctions may not be to inspire fear, our negotiations can appear to transpire from hostility rather benevolence. Negotiations cannot happen justly if they appear to transpire from power; just negations unfold from a desire…

1947, a traveling exhibition of contemporary art titled “Advancing American Art” was put together by the State Department in an effort to display the freedom of expression for artists living in a democracy such as the United States. The cultural diplomacy project was quickly shot down by the media, politicians, and public alike who denounced the exhibition as communistic and un-American. In a letter to Assistant Secretary of State William Brenton, President Harry S Truman stated, “…modern art is…