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for toxic waste dumps in the US (Carder, E. n.d). Today with the globalization of multi-national corporations and foreign direct investment (FDI), it has evolved into a world issue of unequal environmental damage between developed and undeveloped nations. Moral questions are being raised concerning…

Current Climate Foreign aid has been a major aspect of international relations since the end of World War II, when allied countries gave money to Europe in order to rebuild after war ravaged the continent. The concept of aid has expanded since then to help those who are living in abject poverty, to assist in the development of infrastructure, and to help those living under the threat of perpetual war. The West has put an emphasis on providing foreign aid to those in need whether it is through…

they wrote had already existed in a multitude of world governments constitutions or laws; the United Nations coalition only defined them in a universal sense. The world in the early twentieth century was an exciting time because it is when the world was becoming more connected than ever before. This was the period when the idea of internationalism and…

is no concrete evidence, then it is not necessary to act as the state should probably do more research first. Therefore, considering these two factors, anti-preemptive strike scholars can argue that if a state wants to launch a preemptive strikes against a terrorist group or a state hosting a terrorist group, they should ask for permission first from the (UNSC). This is an approach that Michael W. Doyle, a renowned scholar on international law argues for (Doyle,…

security to the Philippines. Meanwhile, the us army presence in the region has guaranteed the sovereignty of the nation. One of the critics of the President Duterte, is the increased threat of Chinses in the South China Sea and he demanded US reaction to the expansion of Chines in the region, but the US has not responded to his demand. There is no need of any force escalation against Duterte’s regime because Philippine is a close US ally, but the situation is concerning and requires an immediate…

Research Question: How do education programs like "Me to We" work against their own purpose either intentionally or inadvertently, for community development? Foreign aid to developing nations for decades has resulted in further dependence as oppose to independence as predicted by the forces instituting the aid. The “Me to We” charity’s educational program acts as a source of alleged development, however, despite its appearance of positive development it acts to exploit and subject’s…

defined as “the existence of rights that all human beings possess that even one’s own government cannot infringe on or deny and then can be protected by external elements, as through the United Nations.” There are 30 provisions in the Declaration of Human Rights that was passed on December 10th, 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly. However, not many of these are seen as universal. Most of these provisions depend on state interpretation, which relies on culture, norms, beliefs, history,…

lot of material and perspectives regarding the role of aid from developed nations to developing nations. How the undeveloped nations need to look up to the developed ones and follow their lead, do exactly as they did. The common factor about this week’s readings is that every country needs to walk their own path towards development. Here, I would like to emphasize their own path. For instance, how each underdeveloped nation need the right amount of capital stock aid in order to get out of the…

Is World Government Possible or Desirable While surfing the net, reading e-books I found some ideas, some predictions, about the possibility of World Government. Authors who worked on this problem, published their ideas and argued the situation on their books. However, since todays world is not lead as one government, authors write their discussions such as "What if ?", because as I said, this is just a thought that one day may occur or not. My goal in this paper…

State Sovereignty’s (ICISS) 2001 report, the benefits of intervention outweigh the importance of sovereignty (Evans et al., 2001: 69). Therefore, the United Nations legitimising the R2P is an important first step to a more prosperous Africa.…