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May 21, 2012 - 7519 words | Law and Justice » International Law
The issue of sovereignty lies at the very heart of interNational aviation because all aviation relations are built upon it. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the spectacular evolution of the concept of sovereignty in the air by adopting a multifaceted approach... Read Article »
April 7, 2012 - 4819 words | International Affairs » International Relations
Russia and Iran have a long history of being geographic neighbours, rivals, competitors and partners - a history which has coined mutual expectations, stereotypes and interactions. Still present in the Iranian collective memory, Tsarist Russia expanded territorially... Read Article »
April 3, 2012 - 7351 words | Computer Science » Cyber Security
Today, we live in the aftermath of the Internet revolution. Humanity has never before been more interconnected or had as much access to the same tools and information. As a driving force behind globalization and modern progress, the Internet enables instant communication... Read Article »
March 23, 2012 - 2595 words | Political Science » International Relations
The Internet is the world’s great equalizer. As the driving force behind globalization and modern progress, the Internet has enabled us to communicate with others across the world almost instantly and provides a medium for cultural, informational, and ideological... Read Article »
February 16, 2012 - 2494 words | International Affairs » Climate Change
Climate change negotiations have been on the interNational stage for almost four decades. They have a complex history, and act as a comprehensive example of the many variables, obstacles, environments, and processes that can affect any interNational negotiation. This... Read Article »
February 2, 2012 - 8184 words | Law and Justice » International Law
The very first air traffic controller was Archie League at Saint Louis Airport in Missouri. His control tower was a wheelbarrow with an umbrella for shade during the summer heat, a notepad and flags. He was instructing the pilot to proceed by raising a checkered flag... Read Article »
January 16, 2012 - 2893 words | Political Science » European Union
Does candidacy to the European Union (EU) increase a Nation’s Trade Openness? A good way to begin examining this question is by asking, what is Trade Openness? Simply put, it is a Nation’s imports plus its exports divided by its GDP ([imports+exports]/GDP... Read Article »
December 29, 2011 - 6598 words | Globalization Studies » Globalization
The rise of superbrands has many implications for the nature of work, workers, and organizations. This paper explores superbrands and their impact in three ways. First, the dynamics of the superbrand Nike, along with the implications of Nike as a superbrand, are explored... Read Article »
December 23, 2011 - 8201 words | Political Science » Lebanon
The political history of the Middle East is a complex story wrought with instability, conflict, religious and ethnic cleavages, and artificial imperial and colonial borders. These challenges manifest themselves in varied political systems, norms, and tensions--both... Read Article »
December 15, 2011 - 3320 words | History » Russia
Compared to other empires throughout history, the USSR was an exception. The rulers of the Soviet Union viewed empire and imperialism in ideological terms as ‘the highest and final stage of capitalism’.[1] By this Leninist definition, the Soviet Union did... Read Article »
November 8, 2011 - 9739 words | Psychology » Health Education
This study used Q-methodology in order to explore the diverse range of meanings and understandings that young males construct in relation to testicular cancer (TC) and testicular self-examiNation (TSE). Using both conventional and online methods of Q-sorting, twenty... Read Article »
October 17, 2011 - 3935 words | Education » Nigeria
This study considers the remote causes of examiNation malpractice in the Nigerian education system with a view to suggest new ways of combating the problem. Three research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Using the multistage stratified sampling technique... Read Article »
October 10, 2011 - 1301 words | Political Science » Samuel Huntington
While Samuel Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations presents a compelling argument for the events that happened in the former Yugoslavia, the main argument that was set forth by him using religion as the sole cause of the conflicts in the region–in what he regards... Read Article »
September 30, 2011 - 1877 words | International Affairs » Somalia
Since the early 1990s, rampant piracy off the coast of Somalia has become a major issue for global trade and security, prompting strong responses from the interNational community. In 2010 alone, the collective cost of ransom money, military protection and cargo insurance... Read Article »
September 14, 2011 - 4101 words | International Affairs » Egypt
In the era since the removal of the monarchy in Egypt, a distance seems to have developed between the Egyptian people and the African aspect of their identity. This kind of sentiment has also been corroborated by Egypt’s elite such as Isma’il Pasha or Taha... Read Article »
August 30, 2011 - 2471 words | Religious Studies » Development
Development is closely linked to the idea of progress. Therefore the way in which progress is quantified, whether through economic, social or spiritual values, determines the way in which we conceptualize development (Power 2005). Religious beliefs are similarly ambiguous... Read Article »
August 23, 2011 - 4287 words | International Affairs » Somalia
Somalia is home to roughly 9 million people, the overwhelming majority whom are ethnic Somalis (UN Statistics Division 2010). The country has been plagued with conflict and disorder beginning just years after it attained independence. Following the overthrow of President... Read Article »
June 1, 2011 - 2790 words | History » Nuclear Weapons
As WWII ended, and the Cold War began, America began to strengthen its National defense against the Soviet Union. Alliances were created resulting in the formation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact. The United States began to create an arsenal of nuclear weapons in order... Read Article »
April 15, 2011 - 3712 words | International Affairs » Governmentality
This case study asks the following question: given the symbol of the European Union as the ultimate supraNational, rights-based, compliance-inducing interNational organization, why have member states France and Italy escaped punishment for their blatant violations... Read Article »
April 8, 2011 - 2732 words | Law and Justice » International Law
InterNational Humanitarian Law, based on the concepts of jus ad bello, is defined to be the law of war. This means that the laws involved are meant to be active in a situation of an armed conflict or during war. However, just like interNational law, interNational humanitarian... Read Article »
April 5, 2011 - 4259 words | International Affairs » Iran
The Islamic Republic of Iran today sits at the crossroads of Asia between the Middle East and Central Asia. This inherently places it in very close proximity to over half of the world's known energy reserves both in the form of petroleum and natural gas. Thus, an understanding... Read Article »
March 21, 2011 - 4932 words | Political Science » International Security
It is widely recognized that state security is no longer contingent upon a balance of power or the threat of conquering states, but global stability is now instead jeopardized by weak or fragile states. Fragile states represent chaos, disorder, and underdevelopment... Read Article »
March 16, 2011 - 2022 words | Political Science » Public Policy
Controversy, in its etymology, expresses a significant change to something deeply rooted. Hence, differing degrees of controversy in response to immigration can be explained in terms of two main factors: 1) countries’ historical experiences, and 2) changing patterns... Read Article »
March 14, 2011 - 6209 words | Health Science » India
Tribal communities in India mainly consist of forest dwellers who have accumulated a rich knowledge on the uses of various forests and forest products over the centuries. According to Article 342 of the Indian Constitution, the Scheduled Tribes are the tribes or tribal... Read Article »
February 25, 2011 - 3244 words | Political Science » Russia
The Republic of Chechnya in Russia’s North Caucasus region has drawn significant attention for being host to remarkable instability, thriving terrorism, and a staggering display of human rights violations over the past two decades, including torture, illegal... Read Article »
February 10, 2011 - 10273 words | Psychology » Memory
Previous research suggests that culture influences our autobiographical memories. This study sought to determine if the collectivism/individualism dimension of culture influences the process of imagiNation inflation. Forty college students were given an Life Events... Read Article »
January 23, 2011 - 5999 words | Health Science » Religion
Dealing with the issue of healthcare is not a small deed for any country, either rich or poor. For Ethipoia, health issues represent a major challenge. Tuberculosis, malaria, mental illnesses, and especially HIV/AIDS are health issues with which Ethiopia must grapple... Read Article »
January 3, 2011 - 5649 words | International Affairs » Human Security
“Human security means protecting vital freedoms. It means protecting people from critical and pervasive threats and situations, building on their strengths and aspirations. It also means creating systems that give people the building blocks of survival, dignity... Read Article »
December 13, 2010 - 3552 words | Political Science » International Relations
John Howard, then-Prime Minister of Australia, claimed that, ‘I count it as one of the great successes of this country’s foreign relations that we have simultaneously been able to strengthen our long-standing ties with the United States of America, yet... Read Article »
November 29, 2010 - 2896 words | Political Science » Nationalism
The term ‘Nation’ is notoriously hard to define, not only because it has multiple meanings, but because the prevailing definitions change in response to various social and political factors (Ozkirimli 2000). In its most basic form a Nation is conceptualized... Read Article »
November 8, 2010 - 1827 words | Globalization Studies » International Development
Learning to play guitar is painful. For the first months, the coarse steel of the guitar strings shreds the soft skin of the player’s fingertips into a disgusting bloody mess. A reasonable person who does not play guitar would be entirely justified in thinking... Read Article »
October 15, 2010 - 3923 words | English » Female Writers
Female writers of the Eighteenth Century often focused on the role of the female imagiNation in novel writing, poetry composition, and as an outlet for temporarily escaping a harsh world.  In Maria, or The Wrongs of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft focused mostly on... Read Article »
October 14, 2010 - 3195 words | Psychology » Memory
The specific purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the factors that would permit an individual to dissociate himself from his true identity, including at a minimum threshold the change in knowledge of some personal events. It is not required that a person believe... Read Article »
September 13, 2010 - 3800 words | International Affairs » International Health
A country of approximately 37 million people, Kenya has struggled to build a health system that can effectively deliver quality health services to its population. Access to health care varies widely throughout the country and is determined on numerous factors, though... Read Article »
September 1, 2010 - 3518 words | International Affairs » Kenya
Postcolonial Kenya has seen a significant amount of development, both politically and economically, since its independence in 1963. Starting with the presidency of Jomo Kenyatta, the Nation prospered -- experiencing economic growth of at least 5% for over a decade (... Read Article »
July 27, 2010 - 6907 words | Political Science » George W. Bush Presidency
The United States presidency is a complex role, encompassing both domestic and foreign policy responsibilities. As a major world power, the United States has a large role in the realm of foreign policy, and it is the duty of the president to assume the role of an interNational... Read Article »
June 28, 2010 - 5227 words | International Affairs » Taiwan Strait
In 2005, during a period of heightened tensions between China and Taiwan and with the United States deeply embroiled in two major wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the leading authority on East Asian security within the National Security Council nevertheless made the... Read Article »
June 21, 2010 - 1188 words | Opinion » Iran
"When can we expect a pro-Western, pro-business government in Iran?" asks a US government official in the quasi-fictitious film Syriana. Today, it is highly probable that the same question is still being asked by anxious diplomats the world over. Iran’s nuclear... Read Article »
June 16, 2010 - 7009 words | Political Science » George W. Bush Presidency
In his eight years as President, George W. Bush appointed two Supreme Court justices, 61 Appeals Court judges, and 261 Federal District Court judges. This article examines his appeals court nomiNations. Specifically it looks at eleven of the most controversial nomiNations... Read Article »
June 16, 2010 - 2600 words | Political Science » Iraq War
Martin Luther King, Jr. once wrote that “to ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it.”[1]  Although this statement was meant towards the civil rights movement, the idea equally applies in other instances, especially in times of war.  In March... Read Article »
May 13, 2010 - 6235 words | Political Science » George W. Bush Presidency
To understand an administration, you need to understand the key players. Through analyzing the Bush presidency, it is clear that the agenda was constructed and shaped by more than just one man. The President’s choice for executive cabinet members is the first... Read Article »
April 13, 2010 - 8503 words | International Affairs » China
Confucianism was one of the dominant political philosophies of Imperial China. Confucianism’s influence declined throughout the 19th century coinciding with the end of the Qing Dynasty in 1911. Some Chinese intellectuals, like Lu Xun, attacked Confucianism believing... Read Article »
April 5, 2010 - 2343 words | International Affairs » Africa
Angola today is framed by a history of violent conflict that has left the population far behind on all major indicators. Lacking a democratic culture, the country faces two significant challenges: first, the challenge of completing a long-stalled transition to democratic... Read Article »
March 25, 2010 - 4918 words | Environmental Studies » Historic Preservation
The inevitable integration of historic preservation and environmental protection is a subject that needs to be defined and understood. If historic preservation does not think outside of the box, the field could diminish and become more obsolete, in favor of more &lsquo... Read Article »
March 9, 2010 - 3629 words | Literary Criticism » Bohumil Hrabal
Bohumil Hrabal was born in 1915, and lived through some of the most tumultuous years of Czech history. Hrabal grew up in the time of the First Republic, when literature moved away from Nationalism to a more aesthetic view. In this frame, Hrabal likely grew up reading... Read Article »
February 23, 2010 - 2011 words | English » Immigration
In “Amor de lejos: Latino (Im)migration Literatures,” B.V. Olguin writes, “Latino/a (im)migration narratives…often illustrate the traumatic aspects of displacement by focusing in part on how immigration, migration, exile, and colonization place... Read Article »
February 2, 2010 - 2372 words | Education » Education in the Developing World
The Karimojong people of the Karamoja region of Uganda are perhaps one of the few groups left on the planet that remain mostly disconnected from modern civilization. This semi-nomadic community has lived in the northeastern region of Uganda for many centuries. Their... Read Article »
February 1, 2010 - 565 words | Opinion » Real Id
The level of data collection mandated by the REAL ID Act of 2007 should raise concern for all American citizens who enjoy their privacy, because it mandates unprecedented levels of data collection and an equally unprecedented level of Nationwide access to that data... Read Article »
January 27, 2010 - 6432 words | International Affairs » International Arms Trade
It has become undeniable that illicit weaponry, specifically small arms and light weapons pose an unprecedented global security threat. In fact it may almost be acceptable to say that with the turn of the 21st century, we witness a world which is more further armed... Read Article »
January 26, 2010 - 1455 words | International Affairs » Nuclear Weapons
Throughout the twentieth-century, nuclear weapons got deadlier; their range and power have both increased, bringing the potential for greater devastation to the globe. To limit the spread of nuclear weapons, the interNational community adopted the Non-Proliferation... Read Article »
January 22, 2010 - 3305 words | International Affairs » China
Since 1989 when economist John Williamson first conceived of the economic and policy recommendations known as the Washington Consensus (Williamson, 1989), this Consensus became generally accepted as the most effective model by which developing Nations could spur growth... Read Article »
January 20, 2010 - 1970 words | English » Shakespeare
In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare plays with the themes of love, art, imagiNation, and dreaming to forge an overall meaning for his work.  His play within a play, found in Act V, expands on his themes and portrays the relationship between the audience... Read Article »
January 20, 2010 - 1576 words | Communication Studies » Women's Issues
Mass media is perhaps the most powerful tool in the world for creating, changing or perpetuating society’s ideas about an issue or group of people. It works both overtly and subconsciously: deciding which issues are important, how to frame those issues, who to... Read Article »
January 4, 2010 - 1940 words | International Affairs » International Health
In 1994 South Africa's regime of apartheid, under which the black majority was suppressed and discriminated against by the white minority, came to an end1. The African National Congress (ANC) won the first free elections in the same year, and the paty has held power... Read Article »
December 8, 2009 - 8781 words | Linguistics » Human Language
What critical evolutionary events does the span of human progression include? Anthropologists agree that decisive transitions such as sedentism, domestication, the use of language, and the arrival of culture and complex societies are associated. Although this is... Read Article »
December 7, 2009 - 1370 words | Opinion » Nationalism
Nationalism is defined by Merriam-Webster’s dictionary as, “loyalty and devotion to a Nation; especially: a sense of National consciousness exalting one Nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed... Read Article »
November 2, 2009 - 4258 words | Sociology » Machismo
The simultaneous allure and repulsion of Mexican machismo belies its ambiguous nature as an identifying characteristic of the Nation itself and as a phenomenon that some claim is unique to Mexico and others say is endemic throughout patriarchal societies worldwide.... Read Article »
October 27, 2009 - 6511 words | International Affairs » Congo
At the time of the incident, I was living … in the bush, hiding from the war. One day, I had gone to the fields to collect some food to eat. As I was cultivating, I heard someone screaming loudly and the next minute armed men appeared in front of me. I tried... Read Article »