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George Kennan’s Containment Doctrine Revisited By Aizaz Khan I would like to review George Kennan’s Containment Doctrine through the lens of a splendid article written by Chalmer M. Roberts, “How Containment Worked”, which first appeared in the 1972’s summer edition of the Foreign Policy journal. Roberts, was the chief diplomatic correspondent for The Washington Post who covered the Cold War, the nuclear arms race and the seats of power in Washington in the 1950's and 60's, The article gives a…

George Washington’s Secret Six is about “The Spy Ring That Saved The American Revolution.” The Spy Ring is a group of people from and around New York that helped each other get and transfer information about the British Soldiers in New York. The Spy Ring was created when Nathan Hale, the first American Spy, was hanged by the British. Washington then decided that one man could not do the job all alone, a spy ring was needed. Maj. Benjamin Tallmadge, under the direction of Gen. Washington, began…

one that shows how approval of the president can affect the impeachment process as well as how the nature of the scandal or events in it can skew what the public decides to pay attention to. In the Whitewater Scandal, Bill and the First Lady, Hillary Clinton. While Bill Clinton was the Attorney General of Arkansas, he made a deal with Jim McDougal and his wife, Susan. They became business partners. Their partnership was called the Whitewater Development Corporation. During this partnership, they…

In recent discussions of Edward Snowden, a controversial issue has been whether he was wrong for leaking government information. On the one hand, some argue that he is an American hero. From this perspective, it is a good thing that he exposed the inappropriate surveillance tactics of the American government. On the other hand, however, others argue that he is a traitor. From this perspective, he betrayed his country by leaking information to other countries. In the words of President…

Moreover, the safe heavens also allows al Qaeda to keep a steady flow of new recruits since it gives al Qaeda an opportunity to interact with the local people who may be at a vulnerable point, which makes them an easy target for al Qaeda to recruit them. Hypothetical Future Attack Al Qaeda could very well conduct a terrorist attack based on the attack model of the agroterrorism attack that was carried out by the Rajneeshee cult that occurred in 1984 in Dalles, Oregon. During the 1984 terrorist…

Your book, 1984, is a truly interesting piece of literature that’s been introduced to the developing minds of 16 year olds. The concepts in your book holds hidden meanings to what society is and what it could become.We, as millennials, recognize that we are vulnerable to a situation of 1984, but we can overcome it by truly understanding surveillance and how the government controls that, and censorship. Although this book was written in 1949, 35 years later, your warning is still being withheld…

When you think of a spy, you think of a strong man, a person with a large supply of the coolest weapons and a guy dressed in a slick Tucci to. But for spy’s in real life, this isn’t the case. In real life, as ‘spy’ isn’t the ‘contract killer’, but a normal person. This could be a kitchenhand at your local Nando's, or a barrister at your local coffee shop. These people are designed to blend-in, as that is what a spy's job is. However since the late 1950s’, the “spy genre” has become wider known…

Rachel Lowry writes in her essay “Straddling Online and Offline Profiles, Millennials Search for Identity” that according to a recent online study, one out of four Millennials say they can only be their true self when alone (p. 500). But in this modern age of social media and smartphones, are we ever truly alone? Everyone can be connected with people all over the world in a second, and everyone can easily find out information about whoever they want with a simple Google search. Consequently,…

Imagine this you are spying for the Americans during the American revolution then. BOOM! You wake up on the Prison ship HMS Jersey. All you see is blood and sickness. This is was Agent 355’s home when she was captured for spying. Agent 355 had interesting ways of spying during the American Revolution that eventually got her arrested. General George Washington relied on spies, like Agent 355, to give him Information on British troop movements. Agent 355, who is assumed to be a woman, was…

Washington, a former aid to Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has turned over security logs from Clinton’s private server to the FBI. Records of these security logs show no signs of foreign hacking. Former aid, Bryan Pagliano, describes how he initially set up the server in her home in New York. As secretary of the state, Clinton’s work related emails have been made public as part of the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. After receiving sporadic emails, somebody clicked on a malicious link…