Essays on War

The war on terrorism has currently been intensified due to the rise in deaths and destruction that arise from terror attacks in the United States of America. Most measures that have been employed to deal with terrorism often touch on intelligence gathering and surveillance. In recent years, however, such measures...

The first project on carbon offsetting took place in 1989. The project was undertaken by Applied Energy Services where commitment to plant 50 million trees were made in Guatemala. In exchange, consent to construct a power station fired by coal would be granted (Smith, 2007, p. 14). Nonetheless, it took...

On a daily basis, many people die due to water scarcity around the world. Poor people are suffering of water shortage, while the rich consume enormous amounts. In most cases, insecurity, instability, and conflict in many countries are brought about by water scarcity. Technological advancement is changing the mode in...

1. The Challenge of Terrorism At any given time, the world is grappling with a particular issue, especially those that severe stability and internal relations. One of the challenges that require urgent redress is the issue of terrorism. The increase in terror-related activities that are propagated by different groups across the...

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...

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...

Every government has a responsibility of protecting its citizens/country against external aggression. During wartime, the decisions that the presidents make determine the fate of their citizens in the war and periods after the war. In this respect and considering my position as the president of a country in war, my...

The Vietnam War The Vietnam War also known as the second Indochina war was regarded as a resistance battle against the United States of America. The war occurred in the Vietnam, Laos from 1955 up to 1975. Furthermore, it was considered to be Indochina battles and was formally a war between...

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...

This logic asserts that the citizens have the power to prevent the cost of war should they reckon it to be too high through the electoral influence over their sovereignty (Rosato 2003, p.587). Democracies have also established systems of “checks and balances” such as political competition, pluralism and executive selection...

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...

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...