Without a doubt, almost all of the attempts to contain and deter the current Iraqi regime have eventually failed. The only policy that has a proven success against Saddam Hussein has been the use of military force. As the world's only superpower, the United States of America has the capabili...

If we were to take a moment to step back and look at the community that we are a part of, what would we see? We would see building after building making money and providing jobs, corporations contributing to our community. We would see people traveling to work everyday, which helps provide a stable ...

The United States wants to launch a pre-emptive attack on Iraq. The US alleges that Iraq possesses weapons of mass destruction with intentions to use them against the US and its allies. There is growing skepticism about America's claims and worldwide as anti-war demonstrations against any kind ...

As the countries of the world line up into increasingly polarized political camps, the United States is facing a wide range of foreign policy issues that have assumed critical levels in recent weeks. Not only are countries in the Middle East openly defying U.S. hegemony in the region, countries in ...

Recently, President Clinton signed into law the National Missile Defense Act of 1999. What is a national missile defense (NMD)? A NMD is in theory "a technological shield that could destroy all incoming missiles" (Cirincione and Von Hippel 1). A NMD would most likely employ ground-b...

The U.S. Federal Government should establish a foreign policy limiting the use of weapons of mass destruction by considerably increasing the funding to (1) prevent access to weapons of mass destruction by rogue states and terrorist groups; (2) prevent the use of such weapons, given access; and (3) m...

"War! Good God ya'll! What is it good for?! Absolutely nothing! Listen to me!" To whomever have heard the lyrics of Edwin Starr's War is likely to have had some opinion formulated about how war is a destructive force in itself. In a world where power is absolute and idolized like an omnipotent force...

Creation to Destruction The atomic bomb ended a war of massive death and destruction, but began what is now known as the Atomic Age. At the time of the disasters in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the bomb appeared as a promise of peace to the entire world. It had ended a costly and gruesome war, beg...

There have been many changes in the United States following the attacks of September 11th. In order to better understand the impact and resulting changes of the attacks, we must compare the mentality of citizens and political leaders now as well as during times of war previous to September 11th. We...

A professor at the University of London, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Political Sciences and Humanities, George Modelski; writes "Globalization is a process along three dimensions: formation of world opinion, democratization, and political globalization." Arnold Toynbee&apos...

Can War Be Justified? St. Augustine tells the story of a pirate captured by Alexander the Great who asked him how he dared molest the sea. "How dare you molest the whole world? Because I do it with a little ship only, I am called a thief, you, doing it with a great navy, are called an E...