Violent non-state actor

Political violence is defined as the use of force by states or non-state actors to achieve political goals. Usually, political violence occurred between states. In some circumstance, states use political violence to achieve political goals. Many times political violence occurs because civilians who are rebelling against their government or because a politician is trying to achieve their political goals by coercing the people and government officials. This creates a problem because it creates a…

raped you?”, she states, “it most certainly is” while attempting not to face him. These actors’ performances position the audiences to feel remorse and disgust in the conviction of Tom…

Iran, the funds from which were used to support rightist Nicaraguan freedom fighters (Contras). Also members of the Reagan administration believed that they could use the Soviet threat as a basis for cooperation between Israel and moderate Arab states. A violent affair between Israel and the Lebanese caused Regan to implement a cease fire and used 800 U.S. Marines and facilitated an evacuation of PLO fighters in August 1982 (Bass, Jeffrey…

The use of such strikes to eliminate targets that pose credible current and future threats to the lives of the American people warrants such a violent response. Nevertheless, a major criticism – one which Hayden highlights in his article – which is laid against the use of the drone program is the uncertainty of the targets and the inability of the strike to be 100% precise. Hayden reveals that “…other…

in the United States in September of 2001, its government started to mobilize in order to fight terrorism and be able to give its citizens the security they expected. In order to do so, Bush’s administration, after a series of negotiations with Iraq and the UN, decided to invade the Middle East country in an effort to end terrorism and make the world, and mostly America, a safe place. However, it has been broadly discussed whether this war was in the best interest of the United States and the…

individual’s tie to social media is stronger than all other ties. In modern times there are various examples of the ties of social media and the Internet on people. Take for instance how ISIS/ISIL is recruiting new members throughout the United States and the world. The are using Internet and Twitter campaign. They are reaching out to younger people and talking to them via the Internet to convince them to join the group and travel to a select destination to fulfill what they view as the…

war is a costly endeavor that only an unreasonable actor would contemplate it as a means to resolve conflict. This theory looks at interstate conflict and goes to prescribe solutions as to how states must act once presented with conflicts that don’t end in the usage of nuclear weapons. Under this theory of deterrence there is strategic uncertainty because you can never be certain of the intentions of others. There is rationality, because each state picks a strategy that will harvest the maximum…

1990 study by Jeonghwa Choi and Ronald Tamborini,which showed that exposure to the behaviors as represented on television, could be misconstrued as normal and acceptable. The outrageous behavior could also reinforce existing stereotypes among United States citizens. The research conducted by Woo and Dominick shows a relationship between television viewing and assumptions about cultural norms. The best comparison is the late night TV show that featured Aliens who lived in Earths Suburbs. Why…

Rise, one is exposed to John J. Mearsheimer’s subjective view which states that Chinas rise will be one absence of peace and one accustomed to war. In accordance, the United States, due to the theory of international politics, will ensure that China’s attempt to establish regional hegemony will be challenged by the United States. According to John J. Mearsheimer’s understanding of international politics most prominent goal of state survival and to maximise power over the world and the overall…

motivated violent crime and abuse turns up in our newsfeeds. It is no surprise that forms of racial discrimination have seeped into the American criminal justice system. In fact, racial dispraises in capital executions per capita dates back to seventeenth-century colonial America where a greater number of blacks were executed compared to white citizens. This trend continued from the 18th century to the Civil War, where not only more blacks received the death penalty but were executed for…