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The Foreign Policy Priorities of the Obama Administration

day in office he would instruct military commanders to this effect. Obama stated that the war in Iraq should never have been start...

Why the West Is Losing the Wars in the Middle East

(Parker, 2005, p. 2). The result was that technological innovation "and the equally vital ability to respond to it, soon became an...

Narcotics Trade Funding Insurgency in Afghanistan

country of Afghanistan has become a synonym for the "narco-state and the spread of crime and illegality" (Felbab-Brown, 2009, p. 1...

Afghanistan, Iraq and the Western Way of War

gain battles, but it is a great element of success."3 That is, while armament increases a commanders chances of winning a battle, ...

Staying the Course

body of all-source reporting indicates that activists identifying themselves as jihadists, although a small percentage of Muslims,...

The Taliban as Freedom Fighters

finally, again according to Beaviss website, nations are rational and "think strategically about how to survive." Looking at this ...

Private Security is No Security

in Colombia" (CSC/DynCorp). They were called "Colombias Coke-Bustin Broncos" by Soldier of Fortune Magazine, the bible for mercena...

More Troops to Afghanistan

power in the region (Obama, 2009). Unfortunately, as U.S. attention turned to Iraq (which Obama opposed from the outset), b...

Addressing World Wrongs with Blood and Iron

votes are simply insufficient to address our problems today and they were just as insufficient in Bismarcks time. Bismarck ...

Bad Intelligence Equals Losing Battles

gone by in the war in Afghanistan, and the United States Intelligence Community (IC) and its allies have developed only a marginal...

Ahmed Rashid's Taliban

into an object of political power by Persians, the Mongols, the British, the Soviets and the Pakistanis over the centuries. From t...

Afghanistan and the Negative Effects of Humanitarian Aid

The reasons for the failure of the intervention is, in fact, related to the interrelationships of these contributors and the greed...

Pakistan and Afghanistan Islamic Fundamentalism

nature, in order to accomplish the goals of fundamentalist sects requires firm control of the political and social apparatus of a ...

Cold War Ideological Separation of the United States and the Soviet Union

erupt. The years which fell during the Cold War was perhaps one of the most interesting periods of world history. The inte...

Terrorism and U.S. Military Retaliation

halt the terrorist behavior of bin Laden. Clearly, President Clinton ordered the bombing as a means by which to send a message to...

Why the U.S. Should Have Bombed Afghanistan After September 11th

power and international relations is a task that draws its conclusion upon a very fine line; indeed, while both of these entities ...

Afghanistan and Iraq: Military and Culture

different culture and a different military entity. An important element to note in the nature or culture of the Afghanista...

War Concept and the 'Language of War'

Language. Orwell explains that in his time at least, political speech and writing were primarily done to defend the indefensible (...

An Exploration of Authoritarianism

where people are bestowed no natural rights or ability to pursue their desires. The student will readily note that there is littl...

Feminist Views on Women in Afghanistan Under the Taliban Rule

An article on the Taliban rule in Afghanistan and how it has oppressed women is discussed through an application of Joan Scott's f...

War Reporting and a Media Utilitarian Approach

In eight pages this paper examines war reporting with the emphasis upon Afghanistan terrorism in a consideration of how the media ...

Leonid Brezhnev's Policies and the Afghanistan Invasion by the Soviet Union

In ten pages this paper examines the Brezhnev Doctrine and the factors that culminated in the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanist...

International Upheaval in 1979

In this five page report the author discusses several key political events occurring with Supertramp in the backstage. The Irania...

Democracy, Work, and Women

In a research paper consisting of eleven pages this paper contrasts and compares Afghanistan and Sweden in order to detect a relat...

Practicality of Democracy Everywhere Assessed

It states, "Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representative...

Afghanistan and Women's Education

ethnicities. This is reflected in its make-up today. In the seventh century, however, the Muslim influence would contribute heav...

Post 1900 International Women's Rights

own children. For example, if a woman were abused by her husband, the Catholic church wouldnt help her (since they held that women...

Afghanistan and Czechoslovakia Invasions by the Soviet Union and the Reaction of the United States

year war that has often been referred to as the "Soviet Unions Vietnam." In general, the U.S.S.R. invasion has proven to have bee...

Major League Baseball, Drug Testing, and Ethics

They also promised tough penalties for testing positive ranging from a ten-day suspension for a first positive testing and a possi...

The Guillermo Furniture Store; Flexible Budget

unlikely to be with the same use of skills. With many firms consolidating there may not be alternate job opportunities and this mo...