Category: Politics & Government

  • Operation Popeye and Operation Commando Lava

    Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion Reference Introduction Both Operation Popeye and Operation Commando Lava are fascinating efforts of the U.S. military to use scientific approaches to have an advantage in the war. Both of these operations involved the application of geographical knowledge and scientific facts. However, despite the efforts taken to either artificially induce…

  • Hobbes on Sovereignty: Political and Legal Validity

    Amongst the great works on political philosophy, ‘The Leviathan’ by Thomas Hobbes holds an eminent place and is a subject of much debate even today. Hobbes, through his political construct of ‘the Sovereign’ laid the foundations for the development of modern Western political and legal structures. It must be remembered that in 1651A.D, when Hobbes…

  • Difference between Restraint and Isolationism

    Table of Contents Comparison between restraint and selective engagement strategies Strategies of Preponderance Bibliography Footnotes Restrain is a policy taken by a government to inhibit or deter from through influence. Isolationism is a government’s policy of not being related to another country either economically or politically. The government can take up any of the above…

  • Problem-Oriented Policing Using the SARA Model

    Table of Contents Problem-oriented policing The SARA Model POP in Handling School Violence Diversity in Battling Crime References Problem-oriented policing Problem-oriented policing (POP) is a technique used to address problems in a criminal context. The strategy of problem-oriented policing is directed toward the identification of problems in high-risk zones. POP consists of various stages, beginning…

  • Trademark Laws Between the US and China

    Table of Contents Historical Overview of Intellectual Property Laws in the US and China The US-China Intellectual Property Complaint China’s New Trademark Law Comparison of Trademark Law in China and the US Protection of Unregistered Well-Known Marks in the Two Countries Conclusion Works Cited Comparing with the US, China has a short history of trademark…

  • Supra-state actors

    Table of Contents Definition of Supra state actors Overview of the supra-state actors How the supra-state have taken over function of state Works Cited It is intriguing to note that virtually all nation-state have been transformed into a global village through globalization and technological advances. Capital, goods, knowledge, people, weapons and communications, as well as…

  • Public Policy: The Stages Model and Its Flexibility

    Table of Contents Introduction Agenda-Setting and Policy Formulation Final Adoption, Implementation, and Assessment About the Flexibility References Introduction As a unique phenomenon of a functioning and self-aware human society, public policy has existed since the first ancient states, such as the Sumerian and Egyptian kingdoms. According to Kraft and Furlong (2019), “public policy is what…

  • E-Government Barriers in the United Arab Emirates

    Table of Contents Introduction The research problem of e-government Research Designs (formulation & objectives) Methods of Data Collection Data preparation and analysis Research Conclusion References Introduction According to the World Bank website (2009), e-government is the use of modern technologies in information and communication such as the internet, wide area networks, and mobile computing by…

  • The UAE and Singapore Mediation Convention

    Table of Contents Introduction Mediation and the Singapore Convention The UAE and the Singapore Convention The Reasons to Sign the Singapore Mediation Convention Conclusion References Introduction Mediation has long been considered one of the most efficient ways to resolve a conflict between two parties. An impartial third party with successful experience in mitigating crises in…

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Amendments of 2006

    The US amended its constitution in 1965 to include everybody in national voting process. The law outlawed discriminations based on ethnic and racial qualities that had been practiced since independence. In this regard, Africans had been disenfranchised because they could not elect leaders of their choice. The Act followed the 15th amendment, which prohibited states…