Essays on Politics

Why Different Paradigms Interpret Anarchy Differently As we known, all the three major paradigms agree that the international system is essentially anarchic. However, they interpret the anarchic system differently. Realists argue that anarchy essentially mean potential of conflict, liberal scholars argue that anarchy does not essentially mean conflict, and constructivists argue...

The Bergen County, NJ The Bergen County, NJ has a population of 939,151 individuals with a 41.7 median age and $89.023 mean domestic income. The populace of the Bergen County has been growing steadily over the years, for instance, between the years 2014 and 2015, it increased with a 0.53% while...

The current American president, Donald Trump instituted an immigration ban which would help prevent seven nations, which included: Libya, Iran, Somalia, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, and Sudan from accessing America (Adam, 2017). Donald Trump argued that these countries were subject to the Arab world and thus acted as a conduit where...

A government shutdown refers to a situation whereby government operations and agencies are closed due to lack of funding when Congress fail to pass appropriations, or the Presidents fails to sign the same. Most federal employees are forced to take temporary unpaid leave for the period of the shutdown (Wolfe)....

This article presents and examines the looming immigration policy to be enacted by President Donald Trump. The President uses the word “sanctuary” with disgust to refer to cities such as New York City for welcoming; shielding and supporting immigrants of whom he believes should be deported to their countries. Furthermore,...

The formation of European Union dates back to 1945 when the countries in Europe developed the desire to have close ties and synergetic relations to protect against any risk both on security and economy. The ties boosted the economic stability of the block by improving businesses, contributions and subsidies to...

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...

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...

The Functions of Cabinet Appointees The primary functions of the cabinet appointees are to advocate and support the policy decisions of the President. The cabinet appointees also possess the element of independence in suggesting or proposing policies which express their perspective or opinion (Bennett 225). However, as much as they enjoy...

The Electoral College is one of the famous voting systems in the United States which was formulated, devised by the framers of the US constitution to generate a method of election that was desirable, feasible as well as consistent alongside with the republican form of government. This paper discusses in...

I support the use of electronic surveillance of U.S citizens without a court order in cases of suspected terrorist activities. Advancement in technology has enabled terrorists to exploit any security lapse and attack innocent people. Terrorism remains to be a threat to the national security, and the act of National...

Hillary Clinton's Career in Politics Hillary Clinton’s career in politics has been one of many firsts. In 2001, she became the first American first lady ever to win a public office when she was elected to the United States Senate. In 2009, she became the 67th United States secretary of state,...