Egypt and nuclear proliferation : oil and gas in the Middle East and North Africa
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
This assignment is based on an article published in the Middle East Economic Survey at the end of December last, entitled 'North Africa Nuclear Plans'. Considering the particular situation of Egypt, it outlines the incentives for this country to pursue a nuclear power program. Egypt is a...
Is realism still a relevant theory?
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
International Relations have traditionally focused on the State and its ability to survive. Major theories of international relations try to adequately explain and therefore predict security developments and constructing international relations in the world in which we live. The predominant...
What were the problems and successes, if any, of the coalition government in Cambodia? Why did it end in a Hun Sen coup in July 1997?
Dissertation - 15 pages - Political science
The Cambodian Peace Treaty' of October 1991 had been designed to end the two decades of armed conflicts in Cambodia. The objective was to end a civil war, that had been backed mainly by international patrons. The mission hoped to create a 'free and fair' environment, in which...
The failure of the Arusha Process in the Rwandese Crisis
Essay - 16 pages - Political science
The 1994 Rwandese genocide happened in the following of a civil war which had begun more than three years earlier. In October 1990, the Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF), which gathered the Rwandese who were refugees in south Uganda (mostly since the decolonization period at the end of the 1960s),...
The subprime crisis
Essay - 10 pages - Political science
Edward Gramlich in his presentation during the Jackson Hole yearly central bankers symposium of August 31, 2007, said that, 'productivity often improves in fits and starts, in other words, booms and busts play a prominent role. In the 19th century, the United States benefited from the canal...
Why did Eritrea become independent?
Essay - 25 pages - Political science
In 1993, the whole world was impressed by the state-of-the-art independence of Eritrea. Everything seemed to have been done by the rules : a declaration of independence in 1991, a notification to the UN and a referendum two years later. Being the last war of independence of Africa, it is tempting...
Can the proliferation of nuclear weapons of mass destruction be halted? - publié le 11/04/2008
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
Proliferation is a traditional issue of International Security and has always been at the heart of strategic analysis. In the last few weeks, the International Community has been worried about the situation in Pakistan. General Musharaff proclaimed a state of emergency and convened general...
People's Republic of China and Chinese Overseas: how did the Chinese "traitors" became developers of their country?
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
The chinese people have had a long tradition of migration, nevertheless, the intricacy of the chinese diasporic phenomenon and the fact that it is made up of complex elements of migration, makes it difficult to understand. Moreover, the consideration of the great ethnic, linguistic and cultural...
The Welfare state in Sweden
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
Since the end of the 20th century, Sweden is known for having one of the most extensive welfare states in the world. A welfare state is a social system whereby the state assumes primary responsibility for the welfare of its citizens, especially in matters of health care, employment and social...
The World Bank
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Political science
It is truly shocking the controversy that is stirred by the World Bank. What is even more shocking is how truly complex the group's operations actually are. With novels being published written strictly about “The Case Against the World Bank” (Danaher), it is probably imperative to a...
Controversy around memorial laws
Essay - 17 pages - Political science
A controversy recently arose in France in which historians played a significant role. This controversy involves a number of actors: The French government, which passed the so-called “memorial laws”; the interest groups that lobbied the Parliament to pass them; the historians who became...
Political governance and corporate governance
Essay - 18 pages - Political science
The 20th century was viewed as the age of management; the early 21st century is predicted to be more focused on governance. There is a distinction between politics and governance, where the former is regarded as cooperation between people with different points of view in order to improve the...
The impacts of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in France
Essay - 10 pages - Political science
The CAP is often considered as a debate of the specialists since this is a very complex and technical topic, but nowadays there is a huge public debate on this policy which is one of the most important European policy and also one of the most expensive one. In May 2006 there was the biggest...
The Truman doctrine
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
On March 12th 1947, President Truman spoke before the Congress to convince them to approve of his doctrine. The latter is one of the most important speeches in American foreign policy since it represents the beginning of the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union. Harry Truman...
To what extend is the EU's role as a civilian power compatible with its enhanced military commitments?
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
"As a union of 25 States with over 450 million people producing a quarter of the world's Gross National Product (GNP), the European Union is inevitably a global player. It should be ready to share in the responsibility for global security and for building a better world". This quotation of...
Mozambique: a cold war conflict?
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
The colonization of Mozambique by Portugal began in the 15th century. The first settling was made in 1498, near the mouth of Zambezi River by Vasco de Gama himself. A few years later, the Portuguese founded a city in Lourenço Marques bay, nowadays known as Maputo. Thanks to the trade of slaves...
On the paucity of the english national symbols
Book review - 8 pages - Political science
Jeremy Paxman in his book entitled ?The English: A Portrait of a People', reveals a fact that appears to be nonsense. He says that the proud English people do not have strong national symbols. Worse, they have rejected the few existing patriotic ones, such as the Tudor rose, St George's...
The HIPC (Heavily Indebted Poor Countries) initiative in Uganda
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
In August 2005, the G8 decided to cancel the multilateral debt of 18 countries which are part of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, in Uganda. This Initiative was launched by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) in 1996 in order to reduce the debt...
International journalism: Freedom of the press in China
Essay - 8 pages - Political science
First, China as a growing power in the world is a country which fuels many observations and issues. And as a student in political science I need to learn more about the Asian miracle and obviously what the main obstacles remain in the Chinese race to modernity. Then, we had the opportunity,...
The city and the stake of sustainable development
Essay - 11 pages - Political science
I chose this subject mainly because I am very interested in urbanism. Indeed, I'd like to start a master called ISUR in French, which means: “Ingénieurie des systèmes urbains en réseaux”. It is a special program that allows to work in the urbanism sector in developing countries. It...
EU decision-making
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
France is administratively divided in “communes”, the smallest territorial division of the country, usually corresponding to a city or a village. The number of communes in France, including overseas territories, is 36 782. This high number leads to huge disparities in terms of...
Building democratic institutions: East and West Lecturer: A. Dimitrova
Essay - 8 pages - Political science
The accession in May 2004 of eight countries from Eastern Europe to the European Union and the future membership of Romania and Bulgaria in 2007 tends to show the importance, for these post-communist states, to find a new order and to gain more stability and security. Indeed, the end of the Cold...
The national minority of Finland
Essay - 13 pages - Political science
From a foreigner's point of view it was so interesting to learn about the minorities in a country which is not your motherland. Since immigration it is such a touchy issue in France we wanted to know a bit about how Finland copes with it? Thus, we wanted first to deal with that...
Post 1965 immigration to the US
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 represents a crucial shift in the history of American immigration. This reform set the basis of the modern immigration policy as we know it today, by implementing a new system based on two criteria, called "preferences". These are: family reunification...
U.S. policies towards the United Nations and the development of international law over the next two years
Worksheets - 3 pages - Political science
Two years before the presidential elections of 2008, the context of the relations between the United States (U.S.) and the United Nations (U.N) is at a turning point. The new Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, will enter into office on January 1, 2007, and it is likely that he will bring a new...
International Law and Organization: Weighing the Democracy Deficit
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
The history of the relationship between the United States and international law and organization has always been a love-hate one. While historically the U.S. has unquestionably been one of the strongest proponents of the development of international organizations such as the United Nations...
The John Birch society
Essay - 17 pages - Political science
This paper aims at presenting the John Birch Society with a special focus of their fight against Communism in the 50s-60s. It will try to answer to many questions such as: Why was an organization like the JBS created? What kind of anti-Communism was the Birch Society was designed to promulgate?...
Re-branding junk food: firm strategies
Essay - 10 pages - Political science
American food habits are known to be particular: quickness and convenience are the key-words to describe this food culture that started up the fast food phenomenon, which rapidly spread around the world. Similarly, with ingenious marketing strategies, the Coca-Cola Company managed to reach the...
Saving souls or saving the world: The Jesuits and politics in the 20th century
Essay - 17 pages - Political science
On Monday 7th January 2008, the 35th “General Congregation” of the Society of Jesus, the famous religious order founded in 1540 by Ignatius of Loyola and some followers, met to elect its 29th “General Superior”, after the demission of P-H Kolvenbach for cause of old age. The...
Critical review of Robert Putnam's Making Democracy Work - publié le 13/03/2008
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
In the 1970s, new representative institutions were created in the twenty regions that make up Italy. The Italian government wanted to bring governance closer to the people, so that 'the citizens of Seveso and Pietrapertosa were now directed to nearby Milan and Potenza rather than distant...
