Political Science

Hope for the future vs. A desperate clinging to the past. Differences between the 2004 and 2008 United States elections are myriad to say the least. Some of the more apparent examples being non-incumbent candidates during war time, stark age differences between the leading candidates and the apparent in-fighting of the democratic caucus. However, there are two key differences or events that seem to define the political cultural changes between the two elections. In the following, both the seeming...

According to Merriam-Websters Dictionary of Law (1996), a democratic form of government is the one through which the political leaders are elected by the citizens in multiparty multi candidate free electoral procedures. The leading and the opposing parties have equal legal chances of participating in and attaining power. This is the form of government where leadership is reliant on the voice of the people either directly from them or through their representatives. The responsibility of acting on...

Globalization refers to the integration of national economies, cultures and societies. It is a process through which national economies are linked to the international economic networks. Through globalization, many people all over the world are able to exchange ideas, goods and services. Several factors affect globalization such as technology, diversity in culture, political systems, and economic conditions, social and biological elements. Through globalization, countries become interdependent on...

The conflict that ignited in the Spring of 1982 between Great Britain and Argentina had made the world upside down. Even in the present generation, there are a lot of emotions which are triggered whenever the Falkland Islands, the British or the Argentine name is used  or even mentioned.   Falklands War which is also known as Falklands Conflict or Crisis was a war between Argentina and United Kingdom in battle with the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich...

According to Richelson (2008), the intelligence community is an alliance of decision making divisions, groups and associations which conduct their duties either in conjunction or separately on matters of intelligence. President Ronald Reagan on 4th December 1981 signed the executive order 12333 that led to the establishment of the intelligence community.  Some of the members of the intelligence community include intelligence agencies, armed forces intelligence, and civilian intelligence organs...

Intelligence is defined as the ability or capacity of human being to think, analyze life situations, and use brain to solve problems and to understand norms, social values and customs. Every human being has the capacity to reason but the degree matters. This brings out difference in respect to reasoning capability of an individual. There are two main forms of intelligence that is used as a way of assessing intelligence. First there is verbal Intelligence which is the ability of human being to understand...

Climate change is frequently characterized as an ecological threat. The problem of global climate change could create a world of resource wars, failed states and environmental refugees to already vulnerable and fragile regions of Africa, Middle East and Asia if unchecked. It has become a mainstream issue and threats appertaining to climate change should be understood so as to be able to plan to reduce them. Dangers lie mostly in the future but there are current concerns threatening states and governments...

Over the past couple of decades the definition of a security threat has considerably evolved. From hostile countries to terrorist groups and insurgencies, the threats that countries face today have taken up many different forms. Changing times have stressed the need for us to re-examine our notions of security. A rapidly expanding but still relatively novel idea is to examine the overlap between security and health issues. While most people would agree that health issues can cause security concerns,...

Many people in western countries believe that foreign terrorists are the only groups that should be feared however, since 1995 it is apparent that terrorists within our own nations are just as deadly if not deadlier. Internal terrorists know the lay of the land, they understand security, and even know the best way to get all the needed supplies to make their bombs. Most of the time, the bombers are reacting against the government or a specific issue.  While this is the most common reason it...

In the current world where globalization is taking place at a fast rate, crime has featured very prominently. It can in fact be considered to be part of the culture of globalization as well as other consumerism forms. Crime globalization charts its evolution as it becomes more and more complicated as more advances are made in the world of technology. Through globalization, material crime has been greatly enhanced making millions of people around the world to become vulnerable to several forms of...