Today's Date:
January 05, 2025
The Current State of the International Arms Trade: Historical and Political Considerations
The current war in Iraq makes a discussion of the international arms trade particularly timely. As Southall has observed, “the international arms trade is the substrate for global armed conflict” (1457), causing threats to the health and welfare of people, →
Questioning the Viability of the One State Solution in the Israel and Palestinian Conflict
Tilley (2005) argues that the one-state solution is the only feasible strategy that exists for achieving “real democracy, through a bridging of peoples and their histories” between Palestine and Israel (p. ). Rejecting the two-state solution as an “obsolete” and unrealistic model because →
Offering a Definition of Terrorism : “The Clash of Civilizations” and “Unholy War”
Terrorism is very difficult to define, but still harder to define, perhaps, are the motivations that prompt individuals and groups to commit acts of terrorism. Furthermore, although the physical consequences of terrorism are often painfully visible, the effects that terrorism →
The Fundamental Causes for Islamic Terrorism in the Middle East
Numerous explanations have been offered to explain the etiology of political violence and terrorism, particularly the terrorism that has its roots in the fundamentalist Islamic groups from the Middle East. Telhami (2004) advances an argument that prioritizes a political-economic perspective →
Recommendations for U.S. Foreign Policy Regarding China
For at least two decades now, the Chinese have been expanding their sphere of influence and power in political and economic matters around both in terms of their interactions with the United States as well as globally. China has been →
Socialization and Women’s Political and Gender Equality
With the increasing number of women in politics and in the public eye in the context of positions of power, it is becoming clear that there is still a divide between how we tend to view women and men and →
The United States’ interest in the Russo-Georgian Conflict By SASHA SAFONOVA
The five-day war between Russia and Georgia in August of 2008 shook up the international community’s relationship with the Russian government, letting it resemble the times of polarization again. Despite Europe’s dependence on Siberian fuels, the European Union and the →
An Extended Definition of Political Culture
In recent news, both domestic and international, a great deal of attention has been given to the new buzzword, political culture. Any definition of political culture must understand both the leadership of the country in question and the society that →
Natural Disasters And Government Responsibility
There are certain regions of land on our planet, on this soil, on our Mother Earth that simply should not be inhabited. The lands intended purpose was never meant for man to occupy. Barrier Islands for example. For thousands of →
The WTO Controversy – by Sasha Safonova
One can describe the modern world using numerous adjectives. These may include “hectic,” “post-industrial,” “multi-polar,” or “unpredictable,” but “perfect” is the one word that does not fit the description of present-day humanity. In order to modulate unstable interactions between states, →
