European union and regulation of the peace process in the Middle East since 1991
Essay - 10 pages - International relations
Launched with the Madrid Conference in 1991, the israeli-Palestinian peace process led to the historical handshake between Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres at the White House in Washington. American president Clinton, thus sealed the signature of a statement of principles, and reaffirmed the...
"The U.S. operations of peacekeeping in Africa ", A. Sarjoh Bah and K. Aning (2008)
Book review - 3 pages - International relations
The US engagement in Africa after the cold war was rather half-hearted but the 9/11 attacks led to a renewed interest in the continent, as the US now fight a war of terror and wish to prevent failing African states from providing sanctuary to terrorist groups as well as to reduce its dependence...
Becoming lost and found: Peace, Christianity and anti-oppression
Thesis - 3 pages - Philosophy
With reference to oppression, the author contests that lessons of religion, namely peace and forgiveness, can and should be implemented to teach the values of inclusively. This article sets out to discover why people, most of whom are inherently religious at least practicing faith to some...
The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace - by Dennis Ross
Book review - 7 pages - International relations
The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace' is a book by Dennis Ross, it was published in 2004, by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Ross is an American diplomat, he served as the Director of Policy Planning in the State Department under President George...
The Dayton peace agreement and its consequences in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Thesis - 7 pages - International relations
In the early 1990s the unraveling of Yugoslavia was well under way, and by the time war reached Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Yugoslavia was almost nonexistent. Croatia, Slovenia, and Macedonia had already proclaimed independence with relatively little military conflict. When the time came for...
David J. Francis, Uniting Africa: Building regional peace and security systems
Book review - 3 pages - Literature
“Africa today is faced with a stark choice, either unite or perish. ” So opens David J. Francis' intriguing study on the state of African nations in relation to one another. Frances spends a great deal of attention outlining the serious social and economic problems facing the African...
To what extent has Europe benefited from a "peace dividend" through the European Union and its budget? - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 4 pages - European union
The notion of “peace dividend” was forged in the 1980s to convey an idea that had already been analysed before: the link between security/peace, and economic growth. Without going into further details, one may wonder if this economic theory can be applied to the European...
Greenpeace - publié le 19/03/2009
Case study - 8 pages - Ecology & environment
Greenpeace, an environmental organization, was founded in Canada in 1971 in order to protest American nuclear testing in Alaska. This is a non-violent and a non-profit organization. Its action takes the form of direct confrontation with the government to contest a policy for its estimated adverse...
Reading note on Kant's perpetual peace - publié le 07/05/2009
Thesis - 5 pages - Literature
Immanuel Kant was born in Königsberg, Prussia in 1724. He studied philosophy, mathematics and physics at the University of Königsberg, and became a renowned teacher and scholar thanks to his works on reason, knowledge and judgment. Indeed, he intended to explain rationalism, and therefore...
How has the nature of war changed? Has it changed the way of making peace? - publié le 13/01/2009
Essay - 6 pages - Journalism
“War appears to be as old as mankind, but peace is a modern invention” . This quotation of Sir Henry Maine seems obvious: wars have been a common feature of mankind history. On the other hand, implementation of durable peace, and not only end of the war, is a more...
UN peacekeeping operations - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 4 pages - Journalism
Peacekeeping operations (PKOs) illustrate both the successes and the difficulties of the United Nations in the fulfillment of their primary goal: "the maintenance of international peace and security." They symbolize the ambitions of the organization but also its adaptation: it is thus...
Globalisation and peace in the twenty-first century: a structuralist approach - publié le 13/01/2009
Thesis - 15 pages - Philosophy
In his Glance at today's world (1931), French poet Paul Valéry wrote "Le temps du monde fini commence" (1). By "monde fini", he meant that the world now had well-established geographical limits, implying there was no more Terra incognita or utopia where to transpose our dreams, either in...
The millennium of peace
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The word millennium comes from the Latin words mille (1000) and annus (year), and means a thousand-year period of time. The word millennium, or its Greek equivalent, does not appear anywhere in the bible, but The Revelation to John mentions a period of time lasting 1,000 years six times in...
How an EU military could affect world peace through international law
Thesis - 12 pages - International law
There is no greater motivation for European unification than the desire for peace. Just like the UN, the EU wants to avoid the “scourge of war” for its future generations. In times of peace, the world forgets that the EU is not an economic coalition, but is instead a...
Theoretical explanations of the period of peace between Japan and the USA (from 1945 onwards) - publié le 16/01/2009
Essay - 9 pages - International relations
On the 7th of December 1941, Japanese submarines and carrier-based planes attacked the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, killing 3000 military personnel, and destroying a great part of the fleet. This led to a 4-years war culminating in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a milestone in human history....
War and Peace: An Examination through Relativity
Essay - 8 pages - Philosophy
Human beings are not inherently desirous of war and destruction. Antithetically, their basal concern is preservation preservation of land, property, rights, religion, and life. War has no innate locale in the souls of man; it is a device, and many consider it flawed in nature and profoundly...
Can we say that peace is a "recent invention"?
Essay - 6 pages - Politic philosophy
"Man is a wolf for man" wrote the 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes. He meant that men, according to nature, were constantly fighting against each other. The history of International Relations fits completely in this analysis since groups, ethnicities and later nation -states have always...
Russia in the 20th century: The Geneva Conference and peaceful coexistence
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
A study of the Soviet press' portrayal of the Geneva conference and the Western powers provides an insight into the role of the press in shaping public opinion for the state and against the West. Furthermore, the image of Soviet-American relations in the press undercuts the tense reality of...
Rigoberta Menchu Tum: A peacemaker from the start
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
Rigoberta Menchu? Tum, a great nonviolent leader, born in 1959 in Guatemala, struggled through many hardships with her family. Her mother and father, community leaders working towards their goal of giving power to the peasant workers, fought through to the end when tortured and killed by the...
Empirical feasibility in Kant's Perpetual Peace
Book review - 8 pages - Philosophy
In his essay Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch, Immanuel Kant prescribes the means of attaining a worldwide peace among nations. In theory, Kant's idea of achieving Perpetual Peace relies not on reactionary peaceful measures of ending wars once they have begun, but...
Theoretical explanations of the period of peace between Japan and the USA (from 1945 onwards)
Essay - 11 pages - International relations
On the 7th of December 1941, Japanese submarines and carrier-based planes attacked the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, killing 3000 military personnel, and destroying a great part of the fleet. This led to a 4-years war culminating in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a milestone in human history....
An analysis of one of Winston Churchill's most famous speeches: "The Sinews of Peace" or the Iron Curtain speech.
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
Throughout the course of history, notable social and political leaders have offered up their opinions on specific subjects and pressing issues of the day. While many of the leaders have given impassioned, well-reasoned and well-delivered speeches, only a few have gone down in history as truly...
The Taste of Peace and Practice of Love in North Indian Drumming
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Arts and art history
The knowledge gained by practicing the North Indian tabla drums situates the musician within two spiritual modes of the Hindu tradition: the tantric, via rasa, and the yogic, via bhakti. Is there a limit to the spiritual efficacy of such musical practice? Citing the lack of “common measure...
To what extent has Europe benefited from a "peace dividend" through the European Union and its budget?
Essay - 4 pages - European union
The notion of “peace dividend” was forged in the 1980s to convey an idea that had already been analysed before: the link between security/peace, and economic growth. Without going into further details, one may wonder if this economic theory can be applied to the European...
Reading note on Kant's perpetual peace
Book review - 6 pages - Political science
Immanuel Kant was born in Königsberg, Prussia in 1724. He studied philosophy, mathematics and physics at the University of Königsberg, and became a renowned teacher and scholar thanks to his works on reason, knowledge and judgment. Indeed, he intended to explain rationalism, and therefore...
European union and regulation of the peace process in the Middle East since 1991 - publié le 29/10/2007
Essay - 10 pages - International relations
Launched with the Madrid Conference in 1991, the israeli-Palestinian peace process led to the historical handshake between Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres at the White House in Washington. American president Clinton, thus sealed the signature of a statement of principles, and reaffirmed the...
Globalisation and peace in the twenty-first century: a structuralist approach
Essay - 14 pages - International relations
In his Glance at today's world (1931), French poet Paul Valéry wrote "Le temps du monde fini commence" (1). By "monde fini", he meant that the world now had well-established geographical limits, implying there was no more Terra incognita or utopia where to transpose our dreams, either in...
Seeds of Peace: Triumphs and Trials
Tutorials/exercises - 6 pages - Political science
How can one solve an ancient conflict? Is it possible for reconciliation to occur after years, even centuries, of dispute? How can one even attempt to play a constructive role in such a conflict? Seeds of Peace has attempted to make a change in such ancient battles as the...
How has the nature of war changed? Has it changed the way of making peace?
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
“War appears to be as old as mankind, but peace is a modern invention” . This quotation of Sir Henry Maine seems obvious: wars have been a common feature of mankind history. On the other hand, implementation of durable peace, and not only end of the war, is a more...
Can we say that peace is a recent invention? (Michael Howard)
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
A broad definition of peace would be the absence of war. War, it has been proved, does relieve the masses from boredom and monotony. This is also evident in the fact that we enjoy watching war movies for the excitement and thrill they provide. But peace can be as fulfilling as war,...
