Essays on Politics

In my point of view, I would recommend a change in the structure of the membership. At present, the permanent membership is comprised of five states that include France, the United States, Russia, China, and the United Kingdom (Sievers 14). In the council, ten non-permanent members are nominated by the...

Kingdon's Theory of Agenda Setting Kingdon places his focus on how issues get the attention of the government in the first place as opposed to how certain political decisions are made or how programs are put into place. He addresses the issue as to why some policies become agendas of the...

The Atlantic System and Washington Consensus which are some of the major alliances that have significantly influenced America's relationships with other regions of the world has faced various challenges, and election of Donald Trump as America's president has led to collapse of the previously mentioned alliances. According to Traub (1),...

Term Limits for Members of Congress Term limits refer to the number of terms that an officeholder is allowed by the law to serve. Whether term limits should be imposed on the Congress or not has become a debatable topic in America. I think that term limits should be imposed on...

The U.S. Political Parties: Democrats and Republicans The two main parties in the U.S are Republicans and Democrats. Though in the recent past other parties became prominent, Democrats and Republicans remain to be the largest parties in America with most of the seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate....

The United States since the end of World War Two (WWII) has been in a position to maintain its leadership throughout its allies. The leadership, as well as the homogeny of U.S is based on the mutual consent by its allies who include Western Europe, Germany, and Japan. The American...

Neoliberalism and its Dominance Neoliberalism is the elevation of capitalism as a mean of political imperative, mode of production, and cultural logic. Neoliberalism has dominated the globe since 1970 where it used reconstitution of states power to spread its ideologies. For neoliberalism to work, the influence of the state in the...

Texas is growing at a very fast rate of about 1.41 with an increase in population and according to recent Census Bureau estimates, the population stands at around 28.7 million. More and more babies are being born thus increasing the number of children in Texas drastically (World Population Review). Also,...

The fact that North Korea and Iran have the potential to manufacture nuclear weapon is not just a threat to the global security, but it also undermines the capability of the United States as a superpower (Hoge 65). When a country can manufacture nuclear weapons, they can be used to...

The Concept of Political Party Dominance and Democracy The concept of competitive political parties is often considered an essential factor in the pursuit of democracy. As such, in many aspects, single-party dominance showcase authoritarian governance since it ignores elements of democracy. Japan and Mexico are interesting nations for political analysts in...

Introduction It would be reasonable to claim that international relations, norms, and regulations have a great impact on the behavior of a state. In the modern world, it is impossible for a country to operate without contacting its neighbors. Nonetheless, state behavior is mainly defined not by international influence but rather...

There have been claims that democratic states are more peaceful than autocratic states. This led to refinement of the democratic peace theory. It is believed that as much as the democratic states do fight with other countries, few cases have been reported of a Republican state fighting against another democratic...