Essays on Conflict

The Russian/Ukraine crisis is known to the turning point of the security in Euro-Atlantic. Since it came as a surprise, a few senior Western politicians and officials have debated about the change of the European security landscape and how both crises developed new security realities in the 20th century due...

Israel is the only Jewish state, whose location is found on the eastern side of the Mediterranean Sea. Palestine on the other hand is an Arab population that also claim ownership of the land that the Israelis currently occupy as they refer to it as Palestine. Their hope would be...

World order is the power and authority distribution on the global stage by political players (Duncan et al. 30). The term "world order" may seem strange in the face of conflicting realities. Although it is assumed that states are the same in a formal sense, there are blatant inequalities between...

Nuclear Weapons and the Decline of Inter-State Wars Nuclear arms are volatile devices that stem their damaging force from nuclear energy generated from a combination of fusion and fission reactions (UNODA). Nuclear devices can devastate large areas by fire, blast, and radiation. Because of the destructive nature of nuclear weapons, their...

Terrorism as a Global Issue Terrorism is currently a global issue affecting most nations. Initially, terrorism was thought to be a problem associated with a few nations but has turned out to be a global threat. The terrorists have spread their ideologies to various individuals in different countries. They have made...

Thailand has experienced rapid economic growth since the 1980’s. The country has experienced contractions and troughs in its economic cycle on only three occasions since 1980; in 1998; during the 2010 world, during the Great recession in 2010 and in 2013. Currently, the country is ranked at 26th by the IMF...

War results from the perceived opposition of values, interests, and needs. Both realism and liberal perspectives explain the state of conflict together with its resolution (Mac Ginty and Richmond 2013, p.769). Realism is a view of global politics that emphasizes on conflictual and competitive dimensions of war. Nations are thus...

The table compares the number of terrorists’ attacks in the worst-hit countries around the world in the year 2015 and 2016. The table offers a quick comparison of shifts in the number of terror attacks as well as arranges the countries according to the order of frequency of attacks. Iraq...

Guy-Uriel Charles, the writer of the article, “Stop Calling Quake Victims Looters” points out that the use of the term looters against victims of earth quake is contemptuous making of moral judgment. The author argues that the term looter characterizes an individual as a criminal contrary to describing or defining...

Article 1: On Ukraine, President Putin and Russia Face a Choice This article is an address given by John Kerry which was delivered on the 14 April 2014 at the State Department in Washington. He outlines the state of the current conflict between Ukraine and Russia. His states that Russia is...

The Changing Approaches in Conflict Resolutions The approaches in conflict resolutions have been rapidly changing globally since the collapse of the Cold War. The old system in the world has evolved, but it is not clear whether the new system has kicked off. The old system of colonialism was unstuck, but...

The Nigeria Civil War of 1967 to 1970 is a significant event that drew much international concern. It was significantly caused by the struggle for power between Nigeria state and the civilians of Eastern Nigeria. The war had severe effects including loss of life and property which led to a...