Foeign Affairs Essay

Imperialism is the control over an uncivilized country socially, politically and economically. Imperialism affected many countries. China, Africa, India, the Americas and Euurope were all affected by imperialism. Imperialism was caused by nations wanting to expand their territory, their army and develop a better trade system. Imperialism began in the late 19th and early 20th centuries due to political, social and economic forces.

Imperialism is when one country that has a lot of strength and takes over another country that is weak. The British only had control on India for 89 years. How was India affected by the imperialism of the British. Before India got taken over by the British they had a perfect government, had good wealth and ate plenty of food. I guess not enough.

Imperialists like Europe and The United States created a huge significance on the people of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Imperialism is the takeover of a country or territory by a stronger nation to control their political, economic, and social life. The imperialists brought different economic, social, and political philosophies to these countries. Which drastically changes their way of life forever both positively and negatively.

America received numbers of reports stating claims of Jews being murdered in concentration camps all across Europe, but swept them under the rug. American’s like Breckinridge Long, the head of the State Department, strongly opposed letting more Jewish immigrants into America. Through his exaggerated testimonies of how many Jews were actually being let into the country, laws were passed that drastically affected the ones still living in Europe. Visas were postponed leaving many Jews stranded, crushing their last resort for hope; America. Numerous Americans saw the destruction our immigration laws were causing and tried to show that we needed to help the Jews. Henry Morganthal started a Jewish pageant that toured five major cities in order to raise awareness of the Jews horrid fate. Finally, in 1944 after over 4 years of staying silent, President Roosevelt passed the War Refuge Board. This was a plan to rescue all of the Jews being held captive. Although this plan of action saved over 200,000 Jews, it was activated a little to late compared to the six million lost over the years before. We, who could have been the hero, sat back and watched as innocent victims of violence and evil were over powered. America knew of the severity of the situation but still chose to ignore it. Because of this, millions suffered and although we could not see it, it was very much real. It is lived out

The US response to the Holocaust was a very mixed one. On one side, the American public was misinformed about the brutalities of the Holocaust. On the other side, several government people were sympathetic towards the Jews. A few major polls were given to the American public during the Holocaust. In one of these polls, around 42 percent of Americans thought that the Germans violated the Jews due to their unfavorable characteristics. This, obviously untrue, statement shows how misinformed the American public was during the Holocaust about the harshness and laws such as the Nuremberg Laws. Another poll was given and the results showed that only 4 percent of the Americans knew that over 5 million Jews had been killed. (Response to the Holocaust

On Monday night, Denver city council passed an immigration ordinance that forbids city officials from asking about anyone’s immigration status or requiring anyone to discuss it. This law makes it difficult for the federal government to track and arrest immigrants. As a result, people have become fearful that these immigrants will cause harm to the public. Many people are afraid of the unknown and seeing the kind of damage immigrants have done, automatically makes them assume that every immigrant is the same. For example, the field director of ICE made a statement that “this irresponsible ordinance...deliberately obstructs our country’s lawful immigration system..and undermines public safety” (Murray). Ultimately,

Desmond Tutu once said, “if you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” The United States of America knew about the atrocities being committed in World War II, and still did nothing. America is complicit in the deaths of all those we turned away. When the St. Louis brought us Germany’s huddled masses yearning to breathe free, we turned away, dooming so many souls on that ship. But why? Are we not a nation created by immigrants fleeing persecution? The cold, hard truth of the matter is that the United States let six million people die because of institutionalized anti-semitism, which impacted the economic crisis and isolationist policy within the government.

As of today, the United States of America is considered the largest global force in the history of the world. From their humble beginnings, America has made a large comeback, from surviving under the British rule, to becoming an independent and successful country that other nations look up to. However, ever since ancient times, even the most powerful empires have always had their problems, which eventually led to their downfall. For instance, various empires that were at the height of their time, including Rome, the Chinese, and the Abbasid, have always fell, and not one has survived to this day. However, what has not been taken into account is that this could happen to the “Empire” of America. Currently, the U.S. has been involved in multiple

     The United States and its people take great pride in knowing that the U.S. is the greatest nation in the world. That is why it’s our duty to father the rest of the world when conflicts arise. American culture and ideals are also thought to take precedents over all other cultures and ideals. In the book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall down, written by Anne Fadiman, there are many great examples of how American culture is imposed on the people residing with in its enclosed boundaries. The U.S. going to war in Vietnam is also a great example of how the U.S. tried to impose American values on the “less fortunate.” Through understanding America’s so

Should America strengthen ties in foreign nations, or remain neutral when external conflict arises? This question has faced every United States President who has served, and will continue to stare the chief executive in the face. Whichever way the United States decides, neutrality or involvement, there are certain pitfalls and triumphs that come from either decision, but in some incidents the wrong decision can be detrimental. At the start of the nation, George Washington led the country through times of both involvement and neutrality, eventually bidding his country a goodbye with his “Farwell Address,” in which he warned his fellow citizens to remain neutral if at all possible. As time goes by and the face of war has changes, Washington’s advice may have lost its relevance. In his time, Washington’s advice to remain neutral was a word of wisdom, but as new threats against American liberty arises, the United States President cannot avoid foreign involvement, but rather engage in it for the sake of the American independence.

The Jewish Holocaust, one of the most horrific mass murders in human history, took place from January 30, 1933 until May 8, 1945. Hitler blamed the Jewish population for Germany’s downfalls at the time, and his anti-Semitic views eventually led Germany to create a complicated scheme of Jewish extermination. Over six million Jewish lives were lost in this mass murder. America, usually portrayed as the country that lends a helping hand to all nations in desperate need, did absolutely nothing to aid the vulnerable Jews. America entirely neglected the Jewish Holocaust, did nothing to prevent the catastrophe from worsening, and strongly opposed publicizing these issues in its media.

     Will racism ever come to an end or will its path go on infinitely? For the most part, the majority of people respect those who are different either in color, race, and/or heritage; however, there are those few that hold bigoted views towards people who are different than they are. The movie American History X by Tony Kaye displays an example of people who hold bigoted views. Derek, a Neo-Nazi leader, must contend with his actions relating to his past racist views and actions. This powerful movie explores its characters thoroughly and gives reasons why people become so callous and turn towards a racist group. It also exposes insight to problems that plague America when it comes to racism in

Once again, another conspiracy theorist, David Meade, claims the world is ending on September 23rd, 2017. Supposedly, Planet X will crash into the Earth and wipe out everything on this planet. Meade, a wealthy research scientist, who has three different books on “Planet X” made this claim about a week ago. The “end of the world” has happened six times already, based on the six people who have made this argument. Each time, they were all proved wrong and came up with an excuse as to why the world turned out perfectly fine. After the 23rd, Meade will be just another conspiracy theorist proven wrong. His claim was dismissed by NASA stating that “if Planet X were real… astronomers would have been tracking it for the

The first paradigm of international relations is the theory of Realism. Realism is focused on ideas of self-interest and the balance of power. Realism is also divided into two categories, classical realism and neo-realism. Famous political theorist, Hans Morgenthau was a classical realist who believed that national interest was based on three elements, balance of power, military force, and self interest (Kleinberg 2010, 32). He uses four levels of analysis to evaluate the power of a state. The first is that power and influence are not always the same thing. Influence means the ability to affect the decision of those who have the power to control outcomes and power is the ability to determine outcomes. An example of influence and power

Theory, in general has various meanings in Social Sciences, most in particular in, International Relations. That is the term “Theory” can be defined in various ways and means. Simply put, theory can be defined as a concept of explaining something. Furthermore, theory can be defined as a series of propositions about political behaviour inductively derived either from empirical studies or the comparative examination of case materials from the past (Akinboye & Ottoh, 2005). It can also be defined as a set of proposals of action for the statesman. The essence of the definition of the term “Theory” is to understand weather or not, the English School qualifies as a theory of International Relations. The origin of English School started in LSE, London School of Economics, in the department of International Relations by C.A.W Manning, Martin Wight, Hedley Bull, Adam Watson, Alan James and John Vincent. It should be mentioned that one critique of the English School theorist is on how not so English they were, with their developer; Manning being South Africa., which is proof of the loose geographic link between the theory and its name (Wilson, 2013). In addition, the English School was designed to incorporate the two major theories that were trying to explain International Outcomes namely, Realism and Liberalism; in order to come to a better, more complete understanding of International Relations, English School theorists sought to answer an essential: How is one to incorporate the