Social relation

Hesiod, an important Greek poet, created The Ages of Man which depicted the deterioration of mankind over five generations. The first generation of mortals placed on Earth by Zeus was the race of Gold, the races that proceeded to follow are the Silver Age, Bronze Age, Heroic Age, and lastly the Iron Age. Many people consider our race to be the Iron Age and although there are striking similarities, I feel as though the meaning behind our race delves deeper than that. In my opinion, our race can…

Lluis Mas et al. (2017) analyze the impact of sound and music in the creation of a brand, specifically in the 2016 Presidential election. The study they conduct analyzed six campaign ads and the party conventions from both candidates, looking specifically at how they use sound and music to build their respective brands. Music is said to be the language of human’s emotions; thus, music can easily be used to create brand associations through emotional experiences. During political campaigns,…

The articles for this week argue the positives and negatives of the foreign policy of Deep Engagement. In Barry Posen's "Pull Back" he argues that Deep Engagement is a detrimental foreign policy and is not viable economically, politically, or militarily. Therefore, Posen advocates for Retrenchment as the new Grand Strategy of the U.S. On the opposing side, Brooks, Ikenberry, and Wohlforth in "Don't Come Home, America" argue that Retrenchment does not fully understand all the positives of Deep…

The theory of uses and gratifications is analyzed in the article from October 21st. This article highlights the different gratifications obtained from using “new media.” Social prestige, emotional appeal, interpreting escape, boredom, simulation and just some of the gratifications analyzed within this article. This article also works well to analyze audiences and why we should pay attention to audiences in the news and the…

It focusses on other implications of U.S. policymaking while not deviating from the normal cultural, social and military norm. It shares the understandings that assess the military, political, fiscal, social, cultural, psychological, and even moral implications of U.S. policymaking since 9/11. It reiterates how the US has shifted dramatically its priorities after the attacks from national-states to transnational…

Foreign policy – like all policy making- is about pointing out and prioritising what a government can pay attention to. It is ongoing and changeable. There has been debate for some time among academics and politicians as to what Australia’s position should be in the world. Countries including the UK and USA are known as traditional superpowers and have never had that title challenged. Despite the label ‘middle power’ being a contested title in regards to Australian policy when approach from a…

After George W. Bush’s presidency, which left President Barack Obama with a war in the Middle East and economic difficulties in the U.S, Obama strived to maintain the U.S.’s global leadership and dominant role at an inexpensive cost. With the help of the National Security Council, Department of State, Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, Department of Agriculture, and intelligence agencies. The Obama Administration succeeded in its endeavors to ensure the country's progress and…

080 to countries that are administered assistance. We provide foreign assistance to furnish global tranquility, stabilization, and also provide improved human welfare. Over the years foreign assistance has been viewed as positive and a new way for relations to be formed with other countries.It all began in 1948, The Marshall Plan was the first plan to deal with foreign aid, and the goal was to help underdeveloping countries. The State Department had stated to sustaining a peaceful and prosperous…

The vast interconnectedness of the globe alone determines the importance of foreign policy and the decisions made. Not only do we have trade agreements, treaties, and deals with different nations, but we are also the world power in a unipolar system. This came to be after years of foreign policy decisions throughout history. The importance of foreign policy has been seen decade after decade. Walter Mead suggests this in his article The American Foreign Policy Legacy when he discusses nineteenth…

According to Washington’s farewell address “The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible” (Washington, 1). This ideal became the underlining view of American foreign policy which essentially was to promote commerce as the only form of political connection with other nations…