Humanitarian intervention

Despite its literal massive size, the world is becoming increasingly smaller as a result of technology and globalization. Countries are no longer isolated from one another by oceans, terrain, or distance. As a result, it is impossible for an individual to remain oblivious to international events whether they are positive or negative. Each individual must determine what their role will be in this global society, and many factors contribute to this decision. I began this class focusing on…

prevented early intervention if the patients did not visit a primary care provider (Liberman, 2011.) Free clinics are mostly nonprofit organizations that “provide medical, dental, pharmacy, and mental health services or prescriptions” to uninsured patients (with any immigration status) and rely heavily on volunteers, who are physicians, medical students, or other medical professionals. “Free clinics provide care to underserved communities, yet collaborative partnerships with such organizations…

following Kant’s presented notion of represented republics and the example it presents, liberals in contemporary society rush to interventionism as the only means to prevent violent conflict. For instance, the military intervention of Afghanistan and the policy of nation building, US intervention in Somalia during the Clinton presidency and the current situation with ISIL in Syria and Iraq are a few examples of liberal governments rushing to armed conflict…

Normative vs. Descriptive Why Sun Tzu’s moral law could still lead to the destruction of world? The Art of War is one of the most influential military treatises in the world, it precisely details the necessary factors to win a war in just thirteen chapters, which is probably the reason that, even in contemporary history, this book is still considered as the reference or guide in the battlefield. In this way, The Art of War is undeniably a successful battle book, and Sun Tzu a talented…

“The Myth of the Robber Barons” by Burton W. Folsom, Jr sheds a different perspective about early entrepreneurs in early America. The book portrays some key entrepreneurs as the reason for economic growth of the United States and America’s greatness. It also argues the misconception and mislabeling of “Robber Barons” of the 19th century. People named “Robber Barons” had a negative connotation attached to their name but Folsom argues that Robber Barons tremendously helped America and have been…

The myth that abuse only occurs in poor, “ghetto” areas has been put to rest by the Domestic Violence Intervention Program which states that “Approximately one-third of the men counseled for battering at Emerge...are professional men who are well respected in their jobs and communities. These have included doctors, psychologists, lawyers, ministers, and business…

It was so useful for me when I started to write my essay because I had the main information that I needed together in one place. At the beginning of my essay I found it hard to do, but later I knew how I want in to look like and what I want to say write. I wrote out a rough draft which was too short so I had to add more details about the event. ESSAY ! The word Genocide means killing or destroying members of an ethic group because of their race, nationality or religion. It is one of the…

Recognition of ASL as a full-fledged language would help to obviate some of the problems we 've been grappling with for the past century. This is our major humanitarian mission. 2. Fair representation—schools for the deaf, businesses, organizations, agencies serving a Deaf population, Federal agencies overseeing testing and intervention with deaf children, should have Deaf people on their boards of directors. Schools for the deaf should have a Deaf majority on their boards. 3. Educating…

Is cooperative engagement only an idealistic strategy or could it be the first step to a very effective foreign policy that leads other nations towards the goal of international peace and security? Issues like, climate change, infectious diseases, or economic crisis are problems that can reach beyond a state’s borders, yet they have the potential to cripple a nation. The world is facing a new type of war, one that is different than other wars in the history books. The United States’ new foreign…

International relations, like most things in the political arena, is influenced by ideology which is at the root of the competing impulses driving U.S. foreign policy, internationalism and unilateralism (Kaufman, 2014). The decisions political leaders make are often influenced by their preconceptions about how the world works. These preconceptions are often created from theories. In his “One World, Rival Theories”, Jack Snyder makes the case that out of the three dominant theories guiding…