United States Foreign Service

Over the years, The United States has faced many crimes that can cause an individual to suffer long lasting effects. Individuals all over the country have become victims to all types of crimes; however, there is one crime where victims can be victimized on a daily basis leaving them feeling helpless. In addition, like many other crimes, victim’s ranges from all ages, sex, gender and foreign nationals. It is a widespread exploitation of humans which to this date continue to occur unseen in…

The Greatest Threat to U.S. National Security Victor Hollifield INTL443 Foreign Intelligence Organizations Dr. Valerie Davis May 22, 2016 The Greatest Threat to U.S. National Security The United States is known to have the most technological advanced intelligence collection capabilities compared to other countries such as China, Iran, and Russia. However, since the end of the Cold War and the global expansion of the internet, nations such as those mentioned before have amplified…

root of the competing impulses driving U.S. foreign policy, internationalism and unilateralism (Kaufman, 2014). The decisions political leaders make are often influenced by their preconceptions about how the world works. These preconceptions are often created from theories. In his “One World, Rival Theories”, Jack Snyder makes the case that out of the three dominant theories guiding international relations no single one is sufficient for guiding foreign policy. Instead the theories are at their…

the United States and my life in Togo. I was born and half-raised in Togo. I moved to the United States in 2006 primarily to live with my father after the death of my mother. Instantly, I noticed the better quality of life that Americans enjoyed. The complete reality of life in the United States juxtaposes the preconceived utopian image of a land flowing with honey and milk that immigrants, including myself, have. For example, poverty, homelessness and hunger also exist in the United States.…

The root cause of the conflict is the ethnic tensions between the people in Angola. In Angola, ethnic divisions existed even before colonialism. The pre-colonial state formation was carried out mainly along ethnic lines. When Angola was discovered, it was not one homogenous state but instead many different ethnolinguistic groups varying in levels of development and sizes. Some were small tribes while others were larger nations. Portugese’s colonial presence forcibly included different…

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is a cabinet-level agency that oversees the American farming industry (Allgove.com). Farm and foreign agricultural services, rural development, food nutrition, and consumer services, food safety, natural resources and environment, marketing and regulatory programs, research, education and economics are all areas specialized by the USDA (FY 2015). Arising from Abraham Lincoln’s desire to revive farmers from the outbreak of ravages from the Civil…

Exhaustion of the sugar agro-export model The sugar industry was for many years the key player of the national economy, where most of the investment and credit were concentrated and where most foreign exchange and tax revenues were generated. If production and sugar prices raised much, there were enough foreign exchange to import consumer goods for the population and inputs and techniques for businesses. In turn, the bank recovered loans and the government raised its revenue. In other words, the…

to have a diverse group of people working together because more ideas and/or opinions pop up. When hiring potential employees in a foreign market, a company should have an adequate mix of skilled, well-trained individuals that are able to work efficiently and effectively, regardless of being independent or in a group setting. Expanding a company from the Unites States to a country like Russia, a business/company would want both Americans and Russians involved in the marketing aspect of the…

the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Pat Akers Howard Payne University Abstract This paper explores three of the four major primary law enforcement agencies within the Department of Justice; which are (The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS). An overlook of the overall functions and responsibilities of these agencies, and the role…

In terms of the economy, the amount of defense spending of the United States’ during the Cold War Era was significantly smaller compared to the spending during World War I and II, with the second World War being the largest of the three. With that being stated, at the end of World War II, defense spending sharply decreased, but increased again in 1947, being the marked beginning of the Cold War, and proceeded to fluctuate, notably in the early 1950s signifying the Korean War and from 1955-1975…