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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…

became an international issue when countries such as the U.S. and Russia began taking sides in the Syrian conflict, while Saudi Arabia led military intervention in the civil war of Yemen. The civil wars are causing a massive refugee crisis in the Middle East. The displacement of these refugees is the biggest humanitarian crisis in modern history because a mass dislocation on this scale has not been seen since WWII. The biggest humanitarian catastrophe of the 21st century is the Syrian Civil War…

reach to Middle Eastern countries, such as Turkey and Israel. However, Arabia was one of the primary focus because it was the most challenging one. MTV tried to established itself in the middle east; however, the company had to face various challenges. MTV established a television channel in the Middle East. It was called MTV Arabia, and was launched on November 17th. However, MTV understood the difficult challenges that will be hard to overcome. To expand upon this, a case study called “MTV…

The literature on persistent authoritarianism relies on a variety of hypothesis to explain the exceptionalism of the MENA region to maintain authoritarian regimes. Certain variables or prerequisites of a state to achieve a democratic reform are considered in Bellin’s article. Bellin stresses that these variables are not enough to explain authoritarian resilience in the region nor either the success or failure of states to transition to democracy. This essay will aim to validate proposed…

entanglements with the Middle East that the United States has experienced throughout the past two decades have raised much controversy among the American people. As the wars and strife continue, many people have either grown bored and stopped discussing the issues regularly or have become disgusted with the American governments approach to the issue. With relatively few exceptions, it seems that the majority of American citizens wish to see out militaries interaction with the Middle East change…

The East Asian media has become an important tool for conveying important ideas, knowledge, and skills that influence both commercial and political-engaged forms of pop culture in the society. East Asia, especially japan has rich cultural and in the recent past, they have incorporated this in the mainstream media as a way of promoting the contemporary cultures. The East Asian countries highly regard their culture and as such, they have made it an important aspect of their modern day technology.…

insurrance lawyer at that time, was chosen to be his defender. Francis Gary Power, a pilot of US army, was arrested by the Soviet Union after failing his misson. In the meantime, the young Frederic Pryor, an American college student, was captured in East Berlin. Mister James Donovan took his job extremely serious and did his best to save Abel from being executed by convincing the judge and trial jury that Abel could be useful for the exchange with the Soviet Union in the future.…