CV and Motivation Letter for Master's Degree Application in International Security
Sample letter - 4 pages - International relations
This document contains a CV and Motivation Letter for a Master's Degree Application in International Security.
Racial or Ethnic-Based Profiling: A Violation of Justice in the Name of National Security
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
The profiling of race or ethnicity appears to be an inadequate and inappropriate practice that harms the core values of equality, justice, and human rights. Despite the propaganda that it is a must for national security, racial profiling has failed; we usually find that it produces...
The National Security Agency's Role in Counterterrorism
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
The NSA's counterterrorism operations go beyond surveillance to include information assurance. Modern communication technologies are linked and may threaten national security. Thus, the Agency aggressively protects key infrastructure and networks from criminal actors. Reveron &...
Human rights and national security
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Constitutional law
This document contains 15 short-answer questions on human rights and national security.
The impact of National Security to a Nation
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
National security is an extremely sensitive issue for any government. There have been various acts of crime that have led to loss of lives as well as property. However, the government has various doctrines initiated with the intent of helping to solve various crime problems. Crime...
Exploring the Genesis of the Department of Homeland Security: What Exactly Lies Within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence?
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
This report will investigate the root causes for the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). To help explain the genesis of its inception, history of the Bush administration's preoccupation with securing the nation from terrorist threats or attacks will be discussed....
UN Security Council Resolution 1559 and US multilateralism
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
The United Nations Security Council Resolution of 1559 was adopted by the Security Council on September 2, 2004 by a vote of 9 in favor (Angola, Benin, Chile, France, Germany, Romania, Spain, United Kingdom, United States), to none against, with 6 abstentions (Algeria,...
Short essay: Security Council Reform In The United Nations and Changing World Politics (Westview Press, 2007), the author argues that "a significant shake-up in the way the UN does business is essential" if the UN is to keep pace with changing world
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
The UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, called in September 2003 for the reform of the UN Security Council (UNSC), in order to make it more effective and more representative, given the changed geopolitical realities. Diverse problems affect both the efficiency and the representative...
National Security as an ambiguous symbol, by Arnold Wolfers
Book review - 2 pages - Political science
In this text written in 1952, Arnold Wolfers tries to point out the scope of the concept of national security, its meaning and its various implications as well as the way the states deal, and should deal, with it. We will first clarify the evolution of the notion of national...
How to reform the UN security council and why?
Thesis - 3 pages - International relations
The Security Council is usually considered as the most important organ of the UNO. Primarily “responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security” , the Security Council has huge responsibilities and thus needs legitimacy to fulfill its...
The Iranian Issue: The emergence of a main potential threat for the international security
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
The Iranian regime appears to be one of the main present sources of threat for the international order and security. The nuclear programme that has been undertaken by its president Ahmadinezhad is raising strong tensions between this country and the main part of the rest of the world, even...
Legitimacy & efficiency inside the security council
Thesis - 17 pages - International law
When the idea of a potential world organization first emerged in 1943, arbitration was soon to be made between maintaining effective power within the scope of a few powers, and the necessity to gain the support from small and medium States. The only possible answer to this dilemma was to initiate...
Is the environment an international security issue?
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
The last half of the 20th Century has been exclusively dominated by the Cold war conflict. There was little space in the analysis of the scholars in International relations for other minor issues of “low politics”, while the questions of the nuclear war and balance of terror dominated...
The American bureaucracy on national security
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
In his book The Power Game, Hedrick Smith speaks of the foreign policy game in the United States as a “bureaucratic tribal warfare”, using a tribal metaphor to describe the fierce fights which take place in Washington, DC. The notion of bureaucracy emerged in the early 20th century,...
The United States and the World: The Sources and Tools of American Foreign Policy
Course material - 8 pages - Modern history
There is undoubtedly an American exceptionalism: the US considers itself since the 18th century to be different from Europe. It has seen itself from the beginning as a universal model: the “American way of life” (linking most strongly liberal democracy and free enterprise, two notions...
The United States and the World: A New World Order?
Course material - 7 pages - Political science
We remember George Bush's optimism in 1990: he had announced "A New World Order", resting on the promotion of liberal democracy and free enterprise everywhere, resting on the UN (at last again effective due to the end of the Cold War) and on American benevolent hegemony. One could have the...
The United States and the World: Bush's Second Term and Current Trends in the US Foreign Policy Establishment
Course material - 9 pages - Political life and election
After Bush's re-election in November 2004, there were some doubts about the kind of policy he would now follow, after the occupation of Iraq had revealed itself as a much more difficult undertaking than what the Administration had contemplated. Many felt at the time the President would vastly...
Final Communications Audit Report for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Case study - 7 pages - Communication
The Department of Homeland Security was created after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, with the primary aim of securing the U.S. from terrorism and other threats to national security. DHS is a dynamic agency that has expanded to include a variety of tasks, such as...
The Interplay of National and European Considerations in the Foreign Policy of EU Members - France and Germany
Course material - 11 pages - Political science
Since the origins of the European project, Europe has depended on close Franco-German cooperation. As we have seen, all the big moves forward were possible because of the basic Franco-German agreement; the last major instance was Maastricht in 1992. The other countries had to follow. Of course,...
How Does the Constitutional Council Carry Out the Constitutional Review Under the Fifth Republic?
Essay - 5 pages - Constitutional law
The Constitutional Council is defined by the articles of Title VII of the 1958 Constitution. Its arrival in seventh position in the order is indicative of the lack of importance that the constitution grants it. The introduction of a jurisdiction in charge of priority preliminary rulings...
How to Maintain Inmate Security and Control in Correctional Facilities?
Essay - 4 pages - Management
'Prison overcrowding has become one of the major issues in our correctional facilities and criminal justice system. Overcrowding in the correctional facilities could lead to increased violence and the spread of many preventable illnesses due to unhygienic conditions, among other problems that...
Information security system management for Swift Courier Company
Essay - 40 pages - Management
This paper focuses on the information security management of Swift Courier. Swift Courier is a relatively small company deals in courier services involving the delivery of various goods and services. The company is based in Abu Dhabi and has clients across the United Arab Emirates (UAE)....
How has the Belt and Road Initiative played a part in China's cross-regional political and security relations?
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
The announcement of the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013 was meant to signal China's interest in building stronger global economic links, but it has been argued that the BRI also serves to improve Beijing's cross-regional diplomacy in other ways, including strengthening the country's...
To what extent has European integration promoted security and stability in post-Cold War Europe?
Internship report - 5 pages - European union
According to E. Bomber and A. Stubb (2003) , the European integration is ‘a process by which sovereign states relinquish (surrender or pool) national sovereignty to maximize their collective power and interests.' We notice that European integration involves different institutions...
Core values of International Relations - Saudi Arabian national Constitution
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
The Saudi Arabian national Constitution and concept of rule of law is based on the Qur'an, which identifies itself as the rule of law. The 1992 Constitution or the Basic Law of Saudi Arabia clearly states that the kingdom is a sovereign State with Islam as the religion of the nation....
Data Security and the Benefits for Users and Companies
Dissertation - 7 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology
In today's interconnected digital world, data becomes the life-sustaining fluid of every part of existence, whether we are talking about individual communications or global trade. (Lopez, 2023) illustrates that, ultimately, the role of the SOC becomes a validation of the importance of...
Security and Risk Management - IT Database security
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
The IT infrastructure of the organization makes it susceptible to external intrusions. For example, there are more than 1000 access points with no security awareness programs and no deployed security software programs or reporting to protect the access points. In addition, there is...
Virunga National Park
Case study - 7 pages - Ecology & environment
Virunga National Park is subject to numerous ethnic conflicts. This is due to the presence of numerous groups, the main ones being the Nande, Hutu, Tutsi, Hunde and Bashi (Bodson et al., 2009). The Tutsi genocide in Rwanda in 1994 led to the arrival of refugees, increasing insecurity...
Information Security Program - Security Risk Assessment and Audit
Case study - 12 pages - Educational studies
An information security program is one of the fundamental aspects of security management that must be properly implemented to ensure that information within the computer systems are appropriately protected (Krause & Tipton, 2007). Threats to information systems include unauthorized...
History of private security : the path to professionalism in the security industry
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
In the United States, private security started as far back as in the mid-19th century. During that time, private security personnel could only be used to fill in the gaps created by the public police forces within major cities which were just forming. Private security...
