International Security Assistance Force

privacy of their homes not daring to step out in fear of the streets run by the Taliban. Everyday women must be accompanied by a close male relative to be able to leave her household and even so, they are scrutinized for their apparel by the police force well know as the "Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice”. Ordinarily there'll be public lashings with cases of some women being underdressed. According to more of the Taliban codes, women who have been repeatedly raped…

The AFOSI website is organized just like any other official Air Force website. There are tabs at the top for Photos, New, Library, Units, Questions, and such. There is also a latest new box with articles relating to Air Force topics such as Happy 68th Birthday Air Force and National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. There is a box with just AFOSI Highlights that have to deal with specifically AFOSI like joining AFOSI and an anonymous tip line. The tip line brings you to a form you can fill out with…

In the international system, states seek security. Traditionally, this security was that of the state and the absence of threats to its existence. In the last twenty years, there has been a broadening of this concept with the introduction of “human security”, described as a “freedom from fear and want”. In the advent of increasing intrastate conflicts, the international community has faced a compulsion to aid the enhancement of human security when the state itself is unable to do so. This…

and in the past, has been able to have a significant impact on many aspects of Afghan life and on Afghanistan as a whole. This nation managed to do this by working hard in order to increase the number of participants enlisted in Afghanistan's armed forces. Canada also put forth endless hours and incorporated many different departments in helping with the mission in Afghanistan. On top of that, this country broke down the resistant barriers of the terrorist groups, Afghani civilians, and more;…

of the twentieth century the world took on a liberal approach in regards to national security, during this time nations were provided with global institutions aiming to eradicate global conflict and promote world peace; unfortunately most of these institutions were faced with nations following their own interests and placing their own motivations ahead of the collective agreement. Subsequently international security should set about towards realism, as it embraces nations tendencies to follow…

these authors contend, to some degree, that any apparent progress toward a secure Iraqi state and stable political environment is probably illusory and likely fragile if it indeed exists, and that the premature departure of a stabilizing external force could result in the worst possible outcome for both Iraqi and American national interests – a regression…

“War is thus an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will.” First it must be clarified, what military strategy means. Weighley presents the following definition which is also officially recognized in the US military: Military strategy … is the art and science of employing the armed forces of a nation to secure the objectives of national policy by the application of force, or the threat of force.” At the highest level, the National Security Strategy (NSS) outlines enduring US…

World order is defined as the activities and relationships between the world’s states and other significant non-state global actors that occur within a legal, political and economic framework, and thus implies a requisite level of international peace and stability. The success of global cooperation is evident through East Timor, in comparison to other interventions such as Syria and Rwanda through legal and non-legal measures. The effectiveness of the United Nation’s legal response and non-legal…

in conflict zones around the world. They come from nearly 120 countries. Thanks to their efforts, life-saving humanitarian assistance can be delivered and economic development can begin. " Ban Ki-moon, the 8th and current Secretary-General of the United Nations. The peacekeeping operation involves the military forces, police and civilian personnel, who work to deliver security, political and early peacebuilding support. During peace operations there are several moving parts that have to take…

as of March 2007, Canada ranked 59th out of 114 countries in terms of military and police contributions to UN operations. While a growing number of states are recognizing what Canada has long acknowledged, that peacekeeping is beneficial to the international community, Canada’s financial contribution to the UN peacekeeping budget is minimal. Canada contributed 3 percent of the 2006 assessed contributions to UN Peacekeeping Budget of about $4.75 billion. Canada has an exemplary record in UN…