Influence of Cold War on Politics in US and Soviet Union

In the following essay I will claim that the Arab-Israeli conflict has been one of the central themes in Middle East politics since 1948. The creation of the state of Israel and subsequent claims of territory has been the cause of many wars in the region. The displacement of the Palestinian population has caused resentment among the Palestinians and aggravated neighbouring states that were the recipients of the displaced populace. Backing by the imperial power of the United States of America…

The Prince is most relevant to modern western politics if the sections about military strength are changed to economic influence. The political sphere has changed from a game of Battleship to a game of Monopoly. Rising to power is an arduous task, and in our current system, the key to securing power is financial influence. Modern leaders utilize economic warfare to secure global status. To make The Prince relative in modern politics, replace financial strength for military might, for in the…

Middle East. In this presentation, I will share the key developments over history in this ongoing crisis crisis. The concept of wars fought over differences in religion, or holy wars, is not a particularly new idea. Since the dawn of time, various groups with opposing viewpoints have commonly struggled to spread their own influence over each other. Such examples of holy war include the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, and of course, the highly controversial “modern-day” jihad.…

However, it was not until after World War II that these started to come into fruition. The major one was the United Nations (UN). However, the Cold War undercut its influence, as the two superpowers – the United States and Soviet Union – pushed to expand their spheres of influences. This resulted in numerous proxy wars – Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, etc. – but the two never fought each other directly. In fact, compared to the 65 to 75 million casualties of World War II, only 41 million people…

The Cold War was an era of prosperity, of excessive fear, and of great change. It was a war of ideologies and world control between the Soviet Union and the United States. Though it was never resulted in actual combat supposedly, it could be seen as one of the most influential wars of the world. Specifically to the United States, it significantly changed its social, cultural, and technological progress. However, one of the largest changes was to US foreign policy, especially during the…

During his presidency, Eisenhower managed Cold War-era tensions with the Soviet union under the looming threat of nuclear weapons, ended the war in Korea in 1953 and then authorized a number of covert anti-communist operations by the CIA around the world. After the war, Eisenhower strengthened Social Security, created the massive new interstate highway system and worked behind the scenes to discredit the…

may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.”——John F. Kennedy. AKA JFK, the 35th president of the United States, the youngest president in the white house. Ever since Kennedy graduated at Harvard, he had a strong interest with foreign politics, and in particular he is an anti-Communist. During his presidency he deal with many conflicts with other countries, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the bay of pigs invasion, the space race, and the building of the Berlin Wall… But the Communist…

In international politics, the driving forces behind many of the world’s actions possess similar characteristics. They are driven predominately by material interests, power statuses, and wealth, or realism, as opposed to a combination of ideologies, identities, loyalties, and emotions, or liberalism. Political speech may be riddled with these emotional calls for action, but behind closed doors, politicians discuss the language of realist goals. Realist interests are exemplified in the notion…

however ordered The US Marshals to protect the group of Freedom Riders as they took shelter in a first Baptist church. In 1963, during incident involving the attempts to end segregation in the University of Alabama, John F. Kennedy sent in the National Guards to assure black students were safe to attend class and any-type of wrong doings towards the black students wouldn’t be…

on world affairs, align themselves peacefully for a mutually beneficial existence or will their relationship be marked by increased completion and conflict as they encroach on each other’s territorial and economic interests? The rise of Chinese influence and power is having a significant effect on the global equilibrium. The once quantifiable power gap between China and the United States is shrinking, as China rises to the worldwide economic table; the United States will no longer be the solely…