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On Saturday, January 16th, “implementation day,” Iran's nuclear program was declared peaceful and international sanctions against Iran were lifted. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, an agreement between Iran, the US, and six other world powers, was and is the subject of what is currently America's most divisive foreign policy debate. Some see Iran as a threat to America’s dominance over the Middle East, while others see decades of ineffectual enmity with Iran and believe that compromise…

The Iranian problem is real. Iran’s hegemonic intentions are not covert. It is easy to decipher that Iranian backs several proxy wars within the Middle East region and is asserting its influence. Iranian allies in the region include Hezbollah, Hamas, the Iraqi Shiite militias, the Syrian army, and the Houthis. Iran and its allies share revolutionary concepts rooted in Shia thinking. The Houthis are now engaged in a civilian war in Yemen, which borders Saudi Arabia to the…

One major issue is the tactics Israel uses during war on Palestinians. One very well known method is the use of Palestinian children as Israeli shields, despite Israeli forces claiming Hamas does so (Khalek). All aid is blocked from neighboring and outsides counties attempting to bring in medical, psychological, and financial aid. While Palestinians only have the defense of rocks, which can give stone-throwers three years of prison in…

The 1990s began with the presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton, George Bush and Ross Perot. The 2 questions we have to ask is how a sitting president with an 80% approval rating in 1990 lost the election 2 years later and what caused the right to left political shift. Republican’s seemed slightly lost after the Persian Gulf War and were leaning to a more conservation right. With no major foreign affairs to focus on all eyes were on the economy. George bush then uttered those 6 famous words…

In the article, “Peace process or war process? Israel and its enemies” by Daniel Pipes talk about how the peace process should be termed the war process. The main attempt in peace in the Arab-Israeli conflict was in 1993, where the prime minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, shook hands in the white house with a Palestinian leader, Yasir Arafat. They shook hands on the Oslo accords and this handshake was considered as a resemblance of peace. The Oslo Accords are a set of agreements between the…

was thrashed after ten rounds before nearly 60,000 onlookers at Yankee Stadium. While the German took a battering against the ropes in the tenth, the referee leapt in to stop the fight. The fight, combined with a follow-up loss to contender Steve Hamas early the next year, left many wondering if Schmeling was still a world top-class…

transnational criminal organizations that operate within the United States and abroad, the Mexican drug cartels represent the most exponential threat. In many regards the cartels are being compared to foreign terror organizations such as Hezbollah, and Hamas. This assimilation means that they are not only representative of a criminal enterprise but that of a sophisticated,…

The 1905-1911 Iranian Constitutional Movement stands as one of the most significant events in the Middle East history, particularly in the history of Iran. This movement showed the desire of Iranians for freedom, dignity, equity, and independence. Despite the years of political and economic issues of Qajar period, Iranians tried to shift the policies of their government in the benefit of the people. During the Pahlavi period, Iranians achieved a relative modernization and development. However,…

In the United States, Muslims have become the target of an alarming rise in hate crimes and verbal abuse. As the country continues to reel in the aftermath of the horrific acts conducted by ISIL, Hezbollah, and Hamas, Anti-Muslim sentiment has become widespread and accepted. Muslim-Americans report an increase in verbal and physical abuse. There has been an increase in the number of news stories which report women who wear hijab being spit at and having their veils torn off. Similarly, mosques…

Sleep Paralysis and Anxiety Disorders Studies have suggested that individuals who suffer from an anxiety disorder are more likely to experience isolated sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is the inability to make voluntary movements during the onset of sleep called hypnagogic sleep paralysis or upon awakening called hypnopompic sleep paralysis. During sleep, the body alternates between REM (rapid eye movement) and NREM (non-rapid eye movement). During REM sleep, the body goes into a state of…