Karl Marx is one of the founding fathers of international theories, whose ideas are still being used in today’s society to drive the socio-economic and political growth of the society. Marx propounded the theory of socialism and modern capitalist society, which offers paths and models to societal development and economic...
Identification of Policy Issue Violence in America is a major public health issue requiring urgent evidence-based policy solutions. National data indicates a recent rise in gun violence, which encompasses suicide, homicide, mass shooting, criminal violence, and fatal or nonfatal injury (American Academy of Family Physicians [AAFP], 2021). According to Centers...
Leadership is one of the most important aspects in the modern world. It is set to progress human civilization and it is hard to imagine any industry or area without an effective leader. At the present time, the topic of leadership is even more popular since in grave times people...
In social psychology, the notion of confirmation bias has been applied as the best-known and widely accepted notion of inferential error. Philosophers and psychologists have believed that a long-recognized phenomenon is a critical determinant of both thought and behavior. The idea that individuals tend to approach evidence in biased ways...
Introduction Media bias can be described as the prejudice of news producers and journalists in selecting stories and events to report and how they will be covered. Political bias has been a standard feature since the inception of mass media and the invention of the print press. Historians explain that...
Introduction Although Americans widely believe that the country’s immigration laws require an overhaul, the federal government has been unable to implement comprehensive reforms for the last decade. People migrated to the US in the past attributable to similar reasons as in the present times. The major reasons for immigration encompass...
Introduction Army service is challenging and dangerous; Subordination is vital for the Army; The basis of leadership in the Army: History; Relationship with the state; Accountability; Foundation documents; Serving in the Army is a difficult task, and it requires dedication and readiness to face challenging situations. In many cases, soldiers...
Introduction The level of dissatisfaction due to inequality has revealed a remarkable increase in current years. Still, it has yet to advance into a substantial anti-capitalist political force. Socialist practices intend to donate to overall progress for socialism. There are no major socialist movements in countries such as the United...
Introduction The 9/11 terrorist attack heralded an era of heightened monitoring as security agencies sought to improve the safety of Americans and national security. One of the aftermaths of the attack that became controversial was the increased use of law enforcement cameras. The use of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) for...
Introduction The expression critical infrastructure refers to the assets of physical and logical systems required for economic and government minimal functioning. Critical means essential, assessed, examined, at or near a tipping point. Infrastructure is the overall word for a company, region, or nation’s core physical infrastructure. According to CISA, “critical...
Inequality is an issue with a long history taking its roots thousand years ago. As the societies started growing in population, the inequality based on gender or race started occurring. The government as a source of legislative power must take action in order to minimize inequality and provide equal opportunity...
Introduction Police corruption has become rampant over the past decade as many departments and countries globally struggle with the vice. Police corruption is grave misconduct as the officers abuse their power for personal gain. Police corruption hinders the public from getting the required service from the disciplined officers and taints...
It sometimes happens that policy advocates try to promote a positive change but face oppression from policymakers. Various reasons can make politicians oppose proposals, but the current post focuses on how it is possible to overcome this resistance. In particular, if I were to communicate the needs of vulnerable populations,...
However, in recent years, the effectiveness of the UN has been called into question and greatly criticized. The criticism mainly addresses the UN’s inability to solve civil war-related problems and inappropriate use of resources. Although there are multiple obstacles to the UN’s effectiveness, the UN makes all the possible efforts...
Introduction It is a rare case in US history that a third-party presidential candidate received a large share of public votes. On July 9, 2019, the story of one such man, Ross Perot, ended as he died from leukemia at the age of 89 (McFadden, 2019). Ross Perot is famous...
Benjamin Franklin was a famous politician, scientist, and writer, and he is known as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He played a significant role in the period of the American Enlightenment and made a substantial contribution to physics, history, literature, and other fields. A scientific part...
Introduction The notion of populism occupies a significant place in political science and is often included in discussions regarding democracy. Various authors suggest different connections between these concepts, which range from populism providing support to democracy to threatening it. Although the populistic ideology is generally referring to the necessity to...
Enli, Gunn S., and Hallvard Moe. “Political Networks on Twitter: Tweeting the Queensland State Election Axel Bruns and Tim Highfield.” Social Media and Election Campaigns: Key Tendencies and Ways Forward, Routledge, 2017. The book chapter focuses on Twitter activities covering the politics of Australian Queensland State elections. The author provides...
Flora Shaw was born in Woolwich, the child of a Royal Artillery captain. When Flora was in Woolwich in 1870, she attracted the consideration of John Ruskin, who had just been elected educator of fine art at Oxford (Nupur & Strobel, 1992). The subject of Ruskin’s first lecture was imperial...
Merit System principles were incorporated in the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 with a desire to create competent, political, and efficient public administration. Actually, the merit system is the consequence of reform movements that were carried out forcefully in the USA in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The motive...
The advantages of the European Union lie mainly in providing the smaller European states a formidable platform to compete economically with the United States and other rising economic powers. For example, “in terms of shares of world GDP and trade, the EU and USA are highly competitive.” The second advantage...
The argument posed by the anti-federalist is justified because they supported the centralized system and the bill of rights, unlike their counterparts who supported a decentralized government system and the constitution. The federalists thought that the constitution was sufficient without the bill of rights. However, this system strengthened the mandate...
Arkansas has traditionally been a Democratic state, with substantial support provided to this party. However, starting in 2010, a radical change was observed as local people began to alter their preferences and support Republicans. There are several factors explaining this change and shift of priorities. First of all, Arkansas is...
Canadian politics are diverse and varied depending on the party one chooses to examine, and people choose those which align with their political beliefs most closely. While the liberal and conservative parties can be considered the official ruling and the opposing party, there are also other candidates and their own...
Iran’s republic has received a perception of security threats from countries such as Pakistan, Iraq, Israel, and the United States. For this reason, western nations have seen a need to intervene in Iranians because the state supports groups of terrorists. Therefore, Iran has also had to consider reasons such as...
The revolution of nuclear weapons has played a significant role in the insurgency of military affairs and has helped different states maintain stability. First, nuclear weapons have had greater strategic than operation implications. In this case, a high level of interdependence has developed among countries that possess these nuclear weapons....
President Trump’s significant personality-based limits included the constant urge to be impulsive in his actions without appreciating policy impacts. He also demonstrated an inability to grasp complicated situations, an inclination to be bored by routine, and a tendency to substitute competence with political loyalty in his appointments. According to Singh,...
The United States’ political system is a democratic design with the personal qualities of the top leader impacting political outcomes. According to Prasch, the constitutional provision for power separation and autonomy in President’s power has enabled the country’s leadership to place a personal stamp on the national policies since its...
Public opinion is essential as it provides a foundation on which a democratic government is based. Public opinion being stable means that a particular ideology or viewpoint expressed at a particular time sustains for a long period. The idea that political elites have polarized the political arena in the U.S....
The different models of democracy discussed in the book include participatory democracy, elitist democracy, and pluralist democracy. Participatory democracy is the model where the citizens are allowed to be active in making policy decisions. This model ensures that people are involved in passing essential regulations. In this arrangement, politicians represent...
Certainly, Ronald Reagan’s first inaugural address was a very effective speech in boosting the morale of the people and in setting the stage for the country to begin a new era that would see a complete transformation in the way the government would work in sync with the people keeping...
The main actor in the lost international order is the United States, but alongside China and Russia as the opposition to international liberalism. The United States was the most powerful country, especially in the 1990s. Most countries looked up to it for political and social powers. Indeed, most countries had...
The main argument put forth by the two authors is that America’s decline has not started with Trump’s leadership but has been an ongoing situation. Indeed, America losing power has been a process of poor actions taken by leading teams. Although the decline of the US has been continuous since...
The global issue is that America has lost the power to keep international order. The international order is controlled by all countries, but the main source of order was from the US; consequently, many signs indicate that the world is in an order crisis. One example showing a global crisis...
Role of the Government Democrats favor the idea of strengthening the role of the federal government and expanding its control over the economy. This, subsequently, would lead to an increase in the number of federal officials, as the party proclaims. Republicans, on the other hand, believe that the government’s intervention...
Bruce Russett, the author of “Grasping the Democratic Peace,” presents numerous points that are to be discussed throughout the work. Firstly, there is a complex idea that within the modern international system democracies rarely fight each other, as they believe that this should not happen, and they have other ways...
There are two main points discussed brought by David Von Drehle, the author of the article “World War, Cold War Won. Now, the Gray War.” Firstly, it is stated that while it is possible to directly compare Pearl Harbor and the 9/11 attack due to some shared characteristics, these cases...
Authoritarianism is one type of political regime in which power is concentrated in one person’s or group’s hands with the partial preservation of human freedoms. Its main characteristic is the lack of democracy, in which citizens freely and honestly determine the government in elections. Although formally, with authoritarianism, elections are...
There has been increasing criticism of liberalism, challenging this ideology. Any phenomenon that denies the universal equality of people can serve as a source of disputes about the liberal order. Alternative political views also hamper its principles: environmentalism, populism, neo-conservatism, and similar approaches. Postmodernism and extremism, which question the foundations...
Social security and healthcare programs are effective tools to support the adult generation and people whose health or other issues allow them to receive social protection. It is essential to take an honest and responsible approach to social security regulation, as the lives of many people, including those with disabilities...
A representative in the state legislature is an individual elected by citizens through casting votes. The public believes that the leader is their servant and should work hard to improve society’s situation. Other than being a politician, a leader requires statesmanship by showing integrity and willingness to serve others. However,...
The power transition theory focuses on the nature of war and its relation to power. According to this conception, the likelihood of war increases in the condition of even distribution of capabilities between states. Consequently, peace can be guaranteed in case of a power imbalance. Organski emphasizes that the power...
Balancing against power and balancing against threats are the two interconnected strategies of international relations. The balance of power implies that the similar strengths and capabilities of states reduce the risk of conflict. In this situation, the military, political, and economic powers are considered the most significant resources. This type...