United States Foreign Service

Foreign aid is the exchange of goods, funds, and services from one nation to another. America has a long history of providing aid to foreign countries, and American’s have a long history of questioning it. In the United States, many citizens, cannot justify the idea of sending our money to other countries. Opponents of foreign aid say aid is, “being wasted, used to support dictators, or being spirited away to Swiss bank accounts” (Sachs pg.39). Others feel that the money is better spent…

I was born in the United States of America to parents who were born abroad eight years after their nuptials. Born in Kings, Brooklyn I moved to Port-au-Prince, Haiti as an infant with my parents and three siblings. In Haiti, my father stood as a sentinel retired with Forces Armèes d’Haiti and Police Nationale d’Haiti, and my mother employed, as a National Airport Supervisor Safety Authority of Operations at International Airport Toussaint Louverture. Studying French in Mikaline Kindergarten…

Introduction The United States (The US) got its independence from Britain in the year 1776. The treaty that made it a nation is the Treaty of Paris that was signed in 1783 (Yang 2012). Before the 19th Century, only 13 states were members of the US. However, during the 19th and 20th Centuries, 37 more states became members of the union. The country expanded through North America, acquiring more land than before and more possessions than it originally had. There are two main traumatic experiences…

CLAIM: The United States, currently, ineffectively utilizes sanctions as a measure to pressure the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). ESTABLISHING EVIDENCE: Despite North Korean inhabitants suffer because of sanctions, their government seems to prevail. One of the major reasons the state firmly persists their nuclear ambitions is China’s (PRC) support. While the entire world slashes North Korea from trade, the PRC remains one of the staunch opposers in sanctioning the DPRK. EVIDENCE:…

Haiti hosts one of the largest and best-funded international aid deployments in the world. Haiti has an estimated 12,000 non-governmental organization deployments from all over the world, yet 2,500 people died of cholera which is a disease that is easily controlled. In Haiti there is poor governance and they have a weak judicial system. The President controls the judiciary, with consent of Parliament. Donors have tried to assist the Haitians in reforming their judicial system. Its shortcomings…

Project 20 Imperialism vs. Anti-Imperialism In the final decade of the nineteenth century, the United States transformed itself into an imperial power. Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt carried out the tasks important for this imperialism in that era by -enalrging the navy -constructing a cana that linked Atlantic and Pacific oceans - and got stations and army bases in the Pacific to service the fleet. U.S. officials disregarded the nationalistic views of freedom fighters in…

Foreign affairs can be a very controversial topic in this day in age, but there is no doubt that it has massively changed in our country since the age of Monroe and Washington. Monroe had the specific view that the United States should not become involved with European affairs. But a lot has changed since those days, not only have countries have changed, but people have changed dramatically aswell. This essay will discuss why and why not it is no longer possible to stay within the boundaries of…

Sacrificing certain things for a greater freedom: long hair, piercings, and tattoos to name a few. This is why many soldier having a desire for tattoos wait until their service or enlistment time frame has been served before being tattooed. An aspect of military culture is uniformity. It is impossible for the military to govern the type of tattoos individuals place on themselves. Tattoos depicting sexual provocative imagry or gang related symbols that can be hidden in a variety of different ways…

New appliances helped the women in the home get their chores done faster leaving time for women to go shopping and purchase more products for the home. Women started seeking jobs outside of the home so that families could afford more products and services. Learning about nutrition helped individuals live longer…

country in particular that I used to live in and, that country is Japan. In Japan, anything that is labeled, manufactured or produce in the United States of America is often expensive when the seller is selling the…