Geopolitics

Impact of Brexit on Britain and Eurozone European Union (EU) members are part of the custom’s treaty that ensures that there no tariffs on the movement of people or goods within member states. Nonetheless, there is a common tariff applied on goods and services entering EU. The union does not allow any member to function under independent trade policy, for instance forming trade agreement with other countries outside EU without informing the union (Miller 22). The multilateral or the bilateral…

The Influence of Gorbachev and Reagan on the Fall of Communism and the End of the Cold War The collapse of the Soviet empire in 1991 was a complex historical event, influenced by multiple leaders and movements. This essay will look at the influences of the Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev and the American president Ronald Reagan. The importance and influence of the two on the fall of Communism is still a debated topic. A short overview of the ideas that academics have about the duo will be…

Literary Witch To Powerful Feminist Symbol. Retrieved from Huffpost: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hermione-granger-feminist-symbol-20-years-later_us_59381659e4b0b13f2c65d5c6 Kirby, P. (2015). The Girl on Fire: The Hunger Games, Feminist. Geopolitics, 460-478. Lips, H. M. (1994). Female Powerlessness: a Case of 'Cultural Preparedness'? In R. L. H., Power/Gender. Social Relation in Theory and Practice (pp. 89-107). London: SAGE Publication. Pharr, M. F. (2012). Of Bread, Blood and the…

Dealing with the Kremlin 1. Importance The Russian Federation is playing a game of risk, showing an aggressive hand just enough to provoke condemnation, but slight enough to avoid another international arms race- as of yet. Succeeding the Soviet Union as a permanent member of the U.N Security Council, the latter half of our 21st century has seen the Kremlin all but reject the principles of allegiance and armistice the United Nations was fashioned to uphold. Deep-seated into the fifteenth year…

Discuss the relationship between energy and society. The principle question to ask when examining the relationship between energy and society is whether society drive changes in energy or energy stimulates societal change. The most common answer is that as society innovates and grows more forms of energy are harnessed and so our use of energy changes. However, at a more fundamental level, every major change in human history has been caused by the availability of energy in its various forms. The…

Funding for drones has increased dramatically since the year before 9/11 where it stood around 284 million. Currently, $4.6 billion dollars is spent in drone related technology, a reduction from FY16’s budget by $1.2 billion. This reduction in spending for aerial type drones is due to the need for other unmanned drone technology, such as the Navy’s new line of unmanned undersea vehicles that are used to detect sea mines, or the land drones used in the army to disarm bombs or perform…

and the term “energy security” crept slowly, but surely, in the energy lexicon. The limited discourse about the nature or its fundamental assumptions was totally eclipsed by a focus overwhelmingly won by securing primary energy sources and their geopolitics. An examination of this concept leads to the conclusion that the concept of energy security is one that can produce polysemous sideslips due to its nature, capable of holding several dimensions and characteristics due to a country (or…

On Postcolonial Theory/ists And Beyond The history of colonialism has been one of turning points in today’s cultural discussion. One major criticism is directed to modernism. Within its history, eurocentric perspective becomes major narrative rejecting that of the third world countries as part its progression. This is linked to the power that narrates the history through colonialism. Furthermore, this issue relates to the idea of representation. How the non-European cultures connoted.…

caused this world to become more interconnected. During the late twentieth century there was a surge of Cuba migrants into the US. The US has a Cold War policy allowing Cubans who arrive on US soil to become political refugees. This effected the geopolitics, especially in areas like Florida. Many diplomatic issues developed between the United States and Cuba over immigration polices. At heighted times of tensions, such as custody battles, the embargo would tighten. Any migration of people to a…

Air power influenced each member of the Allies and Axis powers uniquely through the context in which they viewed the effects of air power in World War I (WWI), the development of theories and technology in the interwar years, and the geopolitical situation facing the nations at the outset of World War II (WWII). These situations and experiences created a perception of the capabilities of air power that drove the creation and employment of the nations’ air arm. In turn, each belligerents’…