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As the United States become more involved in international issues, the American public is expecting a new leader who can bring prosperity and wellness to the nation. Currently, the United States is attempting to compromise and resolve long-lasting issues with the Middle East, a region that has sparked the alteration of the United States’ national interests and foreign policy in the past decades. Many Americans believe that the best solution for America is to become an isolationist and avoid…

little or nil authority) communist state with the political belief of “One state, One party” since 1959. Lead by General Raul Castro who heads the Cuban Communist Party, which is the only authorized party in the country. Cuba has seen a volatile political scenario with changing and rejection of constitutions, official lies and unofficial truths about political status quos, lack of diplomatic relations with political states like The U.S., Czech Republic, South Korea and Costa Rica among others,…

As the name suggests this model focuses on exports but it also employs a heavily controlled labor force. To keep the country exporting a substantial amount the regime must repress consumption demand within its own country. “Relying on an external source of revenue fosters weakly institutionalized states because the ease of financing state expenditures provides no incentives for government officials to build strong institutions” (Weinthal and Luong, 282-283.) This model…

fire of gender inequality. As of 2016, women comprise of 49.5% (Population, 2018) of the world’s population and about 39.4% are in the worldwide workforce (Labor force, 2018). In the United States alone, 47% of the workforce is women (DeWolf, 2107), which means that women have a huge impact on the socioeconomic status of the United States. Since the population of women in workplaces has grown, the problem of gender inequality has grown more prevalent to the public eye. There are many women…

196). Cut to the 1990s, the claims of “Gam Saan” were still prevalent and with the promise of a better life, countless immigrants again traveled from China into the United States. One of the most important factors that were unique to the 1990s was the prevalence of the Communist party in the immigrant’s decisions to make the journey. With leaders like Deng Xiao Peng and Peng Zhen, a “tug of war” started between the villages…

Of the numerous themes we have covered, the issue of war and its impact on society still resides in societies globally. In the United States for example, there has been fear of a potential world war due to rising tensions between the United States and North Korea. War for our American society is only an underlying fear, but it is a reality for countries around the world such as Iraq (which we covered with the film Battle for Haditha) that still has American troops stationed there. War will…

For instance, an article from The Washington Post states, “Texas’s social studies standards are more politicized than any other state, said a historian who reviewed state standards for the conservative-leaning Thomas B. Fordham Institute in 2011. He gave Texas’s standards a D and wrote that the board was molding the telling of the past to justify its current…

2.2.2 Constraints and costs of bandwagoning Bandwagoners have to pay considerable costs. The ECE state example showed domestic disagreements on whether a state should bandwagon put constraints on the degree of bandwagoning behaviors. One cost bandwagoners paid is the loss of autonomy in making security policy. Taking Japan and Canada as examples, their alliances with the US constrain them from making security policies fully as they are occasionally asked by Americans to devote efforts in…

2017) For comparison purposes this is three times higher than the United States. Canada has twice as many immigrants compared to the United States and that figure is growing. Half of Canadian immigrants arrive into the country with a college degree compared to just “27 %“ in the United States. (Tepperman, J., 2017) Immigrant children in Canada also read at the same educational level as there native born counterparts. The United States has a way wider gap when it comes to reading levels of native…

In the novel, The Ascendant, by Drew Chapman, the United States was in a cyber war with China, where literary elements such as plot development, foreshadowing to create suspense, and point of view are skillfully used to drive the novel. Each of these elements help to convey the story’s central theme: when a war begins to break out, the military are not the only ones whose lives will change entirely. The team attempting to fight back in this covert war against the Chinese faced many struggles,…