Populism is quickly gaining track with modern politics. At the very basic, populism can be described as the tendency to advocate for political policies that delineate the public against the established political entities. It creates the furor about "us the normal folks" against "them who subjugate and control us (Schuster...
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A great power in the discipline of international relations is one that excels in competence, size of population, political stability, size of territory, military strength, resource endowment and economic stability. These characteristics collectively referred to as power capabilities are a source of assurance for such a power the ability to...
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The manufacturing industry in the US has been declining over the past few decades due to a number of factors which has seen investors put their resources elsewhere. The decline has been attributed to a number of factors which include the high corporate tax rates, the high cost of operation...
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Narcissism refers to a well-defined trait that groups together a set of build-ups which contain an individual’s beliefs about oneself and others, intellectual mannerisms and the guiding principles that direct an individual’s actions. Therefore, it would be incorrect to think that narcissism only means increased belief in one’s self importance...
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Part 1: Orthodox liberalism as presented by Adam Smith was developed to present an argument against the theory of mercantilist as well as the theory of colonialism. The classical liberalism theory is an IPE theory; it provided a different approach on how the economy and the importance of the state...
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Inter-state relations are the relationships between various nations in the union. The connections require a prosperous administration state and harmonious cooperation among the member countries. The principal role of inter-state diplomacy is to build alliances, networks, and coalitions with other countries to accomplish common goals such as attracting investments or...
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Immigration Policies and the DREAM Act Immigration policies have been used to define the social and political stability of many countries. In the US, several immigrants are undocumented. Over 1.3 % of the US population are illegal immigrants (Pang et al., 185).The DREAM Act policy introduced in 2001 to cover those...
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Al-Shabaab started as an equipped wing of the Islamic Court Union that later split to smaller divisions when it was defeated by the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia and Ethiopian army in the year 2006. The group defines itself as conducting jihad against the enemies of the Islam religion, and...
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Democracy and its Definition Democracy is a word that is familiar to most people but often misunderstood and misused especially when specific democratic groups pin labels upon themselves. There is a famous phrase on the definition of democracy by Abraham Lincoln where he defines it as a government of the people....
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Among the six types of conflicts Three are connected with the phenomenon of nationalism, and they are religious fervor, ethnic hatred, and ideology. The sources of international conflict based on the identity that is modeled by nationalism act as the linkage between internationally recognized statehood and citizenship. A nation includes a...
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The paper intends to explore the possible ways of making a positive change regarding Venezuela's economic, political, and social crisis. The country faces problems of soaring rates of crime, medicine shortages, as well as an increasingly authoritarian executive. In reality, Venezuela's woes result from the years of the economic mismanagement....
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The end of the Cold War saw major political changes in world security policies. During this particular era, there occurred a heated debate over the role of a nuclear weapon in security matters. While some scholars, policymakers, and various world leaders felt that possession of a nuclear weapon was irrelevant,...
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