International Security Assistance Force

intervention, we can learn a great deal about the American failure through the consequences of Somalia. Domestic politics drives foreign policy, and in the case of Somalia, the domestic backlash sheds light on what was a step in the wrong direction for security as seen through Presidential Decision Directive 25. After the tragedy of the battle of Mogadishu and Black Hawk Down, President Clinton was facing mounting domestic pressure to ‘bring the boys home’. Congress was calling for a withdrawal…

Migration is a key dimension of both globalization and development, and international migration has become one of the foremost development topics of the 21st century. According to the United Nations, as of 2012, more than 215 million people live outside their countries of birth and over 700 million migrate within their countries. Every state has been touched by human mobility. Owusu-Ankomah (2006) argues that about two million Ghanaians migrated to far and near lands ostensibly to seek greener…

Military Assistance Command in 1961. Nobody was able to take control of all South Vietnam until when Nguyen Cao Ky was made premier in 1965. U.S. military aid grew immensely after the Senate of U.S. made the Tonkin Gulf resolution in 1964 was made by President Johnson. In the yeah 1965 US started raiding Communist North Vietnam. These soldiers grew until they reached 190,000 U.S. soldiers by 1966 in South Vietnam. While the soldiers grew in the south The Soviet Union was giving assistance. Even…

of the United Nations. The United Nations was an organization created in 1945, composed by various countries around the world. Its initial purpose was to maintain international security and foster social co-operation. Joining the United Nations was a defining moment in Canadian history because it enabled Canada to reform international interactions by supporting the UN, develop a more asserted identity, and to establish Canada’s reputation to the world. Essentially, the United Nations allowed…

democratize, the international aid must toe the line between distributing humanitarian aid, and allowing the Haitian populace to become reliant on aid. To be sure, Haiti does require the assistance of the international aid community, with their resources, Haiti would be much worse off than it is today. Still, the aid community should be cognizant that they should be both disbursing aid while at the same time giving Haitians the tools to succeed for themselves when the international community…

Habyarimana. Which was to become the catalyst for the Rwandan genocide. The international community must bear the majority of the blame for the genocide as they became bystanders to the systematic killings of over 800,000 innocent Tutsis, largely women and children. The question then must be asked: how can such a calamity, with more than 7 Tutsi men, women and children killed every minute, last a total of 100 days? The International community is to be blamed much of the genocide in Rwanda.…

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are a vital part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). One of the major tools that agencies have between departments across all levels of law enforcement is a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) or a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA). These documents contain concepts of mutual understanding, goals, plans, responsibilities, and actions for each party that is involved. For example, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) established…

related crimes in a specific situation, or advance the cause of peace and stability, he/she issues public statements. The Special Adviser is also responsible for bringing situations to the attention of the Secretary-General and, through him, of the Security Council, and for making recommendations on “actions to prevent or halt genocide” (Work of the office). Family of victims safety should be prioritized first in case they are being targeted specifically. In the case of a genocide, alerting the…

just as frustrating international problems seem to be escalating. Disease outbreaks, poverty, a refugee influx in Europe, and the problems that ISIS poses are just the beginning. People are beginning to wonder why we should even feel the responsibility to help struggling countries when many of our own citizens are destitute and our national…

For centuries, if not millennia, the nature of international relations was largely defined through the continued practice of attempting to achieve a nation’s own interests, no matter the cost directed towards other states. However, after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States emerged as the victor of the Cold War and as the new unchallenged global hegemonic power, with no other state able to match its power and influence. This resulted in some experts believing that this would…