Sovereign state

the flow and reduce the trade of blood diamonds. The main official who has greatly helped the corruption of said resource is head of the Anti-corruption committee, Abdul Tejan Cole. He has just introduced a new system where each public official must state his assets before being appointed. Despite Cole’s efforts, there are many other ways that may be more effective than such law. The Kimberly process has been the catalyst of change regarding the trade by making sure the diamonds are conflict…

In a world as evolved and enormous as today’s, a striking question is whether we as humans can ever go back to a simple lifestyle. The simple answer is no; no matter how desirable and nostalgic a world without all the gadgets is. Ever since the industrial revolution, the world has run almost solely on industrial capitalism. The idea of a perfect socialist society with complete fairness and equality in its entirety is only found on TV shows like HBO’s Walking Dead. The world would need a…

The state system has been imbedded in international relations and international politics since the creation of the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648 AD. The Westphalian ‘state system’ saw the end to the destructive thirty-year war in the seventeenth-century, creating a peaceful resolution to end the conflict and establishing territorial sovereignty. The fundamental roles states have been assigned include create justice and order, welfare, freedom, unity and most importantly protection of the people…

“Feel the Bern. Vote Bernie Sanders for President.” Slogans like this are ads. Ads, though, are propaganda. These ads, we see them everywhere, but that is not the only type of propaganda. Propaganda uses persuasive tactics and these are used by both the government and by terrorist. Propaganda is defined differently according to different sources, but all kinds of propaganda have the same goal. For example, the Dictionary of American History defines propaganda as the deliberate use of…

1. In Locke’s Second Treatise on Government he proceeded and succeeded to define in his own words the “role of the civil government”. The first key point Locke tried to make in this documents was that to imagine there was no government and then imagine there was a government. Without the government there would be next chaos among large groups of people. So therefore, a government was needed, because he believed that man was made free however, was also made to be governed. This government is…

The Canadian government is currently $1.2 trillion in debt as more and more money is being borrowed. As a result they cannot pay it back. This trend is on the rise and it looks like it will stay like this for the next 10 years. From an economic standpoint, welfare may seem to be good for the economy since ideally, recipients would put the money back into the economy through spending. However, it is my view that welfare is a detriment. The government is spending millions of dollars on the welfare…

Georgia By: Samirah Roberson Period: 6 Introduction to Georgia Have you ever wondered how beautiful Georgia is? Well you should because it is a beautiful state, we invest in many goods and services to make you happy. In my research paper you will learn and read about Geography, Demographics, Economy, History, and more. Read the story and you’ll find out more about Georgia and its beautiful cities and physical features. Come and find out Geography The diverse landscapes of…

examined technical military details and assessed the larger risk, which had “political ramifications” with the French populous. The policymakers’ “continuous audit of the military’s judgment” serves to develop the planning required to meet the end state of the political…

"Do you like your internet content being monitored? Every single search on Google being monitored, every second even on a web browser being watched. Do you like that? Great, because neither do I. If the government cannot fulfill its duty to serve and protect its citizens then there is no point in having a government. There have been many instances where government officials have even agreed to abusing their power to invade our privacy and much more. ""Even if you're not doing anything wrong…

A country can not be run by one person. In the story "The Lady or the Tiger?” written by Frank R. Stockton, we learn that the king from the story thinks that it his his job to make up all of the laws for his land. In "The Lady or the Tiger?," there was a semi-barbaric King, that always somehow seemed to get his way. Even though the king said that the life or the death of the people was predestined, he could change their "predestined" path if he wanted to. The king made all of the rules that…