Humanitarian intervention

In 1945, the United States made a fateful decision: to drop not just one, but two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. These decisions would spur debate amongst historians for the next sixty-nine years and will most likely continue to do so for some time. One historian, J. Samuel Walker, wrote a book on the topic entitled Prompt & Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against Japan. This publication examines the decision-making process followed when the…

In the history of Social and Public Policy, the 1833 Factory Act can be asserted as a critical piece of legislation because it recognised that the state could intervene by establishing frameworks to enforce parliamentary decisions for humanitarian purposes. This decisive change helped meet serious needs through enabling protections for children’s working conditions using regulatory inspectors. While laying these foundations led to further reform that built upon new ways of thinking on how to…

The historical review of the United States’ foreign policy stance in the 21st century indicates that the nation has a national mission of leading the world toward peace, progress, democracy, and freedom. Supporting this mission is an integral ideology known as “American Creed” whose roots are extremely old (Holland, 2013). This ideology is instilled into American Children through agents of socialization such as the family, church, school, and media among others. Ideally, the “American Creed” is…

Bob devoted his life to spreading a positive message to all through Reggae Music. One of his most important concerts was The One Love Peace Concert of 1978, Marley brought on stage the Prime Minister of Jamaica Michael Manley and Edward Seaga the leader of political oppression and asked they shake hands as he was always using his music and hoping to inspire and forge bonds of love and peace between any in conflict. Bob was at one time awarded with a United Nations Medal of Peace for his efforts.…

OPINION PIECE Last month, my grandmother was travelling by train on the way home after meeting up with a group of friends. That day, though, will be a day that will traumatise her up to this present day. As she was standing up from her seat, a man assaulted her; he shoved her onto the floor, bit her and kicked her. Now, whilst her trembling bruised body will gradually relearn to sit up and her swollen face will learn to eat normal food again, she cannot shake away the memories from that day.…

On January 29th, 2002, American President George W. Bush delivered his annual State of the Union address. At the time, the United States was still reeling from the aftereffects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks just four months before, and the world’s eyes eagerly descended upon the White House in anticipation of President Bush addressing the next phase of the government’s response to the acts of terrorism. The public searched for tangible goals and promises from the government, anything to quell…

Article Review: Herfried Münkler (2003) ‘The wars of the 21st century’ This article review will critically analyze the aims, objective and findings within Herfried Münkler (2003) ‘The wars of the 21st century’. Primarily looking at the positives and negatives of the main arguments Münkler highlights as the prominent features of the twenty-first century and how such wars, constitute as ‘new wars’. The author explores three key features: asymmetry, demilitarization and the return of privatization…

Russia Francis Fukuyama and Samuel Huntington were both well known political scientists that had two very different views about the future of the nations of the globe. Fukuyama, in his essay The End of History and Man, argued that with economic growth countries would begin to focus on free market policies and democracy. This move to free markets and democracy would inevitable cause the nations to become so similar, his convergence theory. Samuel Huntington argued, in The Clash of…

Recognizing, Ending, and Preventing Cholera Outbreak Cholera is a bacterial, diarrheal disease particularly rampant in developing countries where water sanitation is lacking. The focus of this paper is primarily on cholera’s outbreak history and disastrous effects on populations. This paper also discusses varying solutions that have been implemented in numerous countries with a focus on vaccine use in Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the world with a turbulent history, versus long-term…

There has existed a long term debate about what it means to be a perfect society and what one could practically look like. From the medieval age to modern times, philosophers and scholars have strived to bring out the models and notions in their work to define what a perfect society could be. Although we are not well-trained philosophers, as a group of intellectual college students, our section developed the plan of a utopia named Tecchromeonde, which is a practical society based on today’s…