The Rolling Tides Of Power

Since the creation of the United States Constitution, the many leaders of our nation took different roles in trying to attain perfectionism for their country. From the federalist views of John Adams to the democratic views of Jefferson, America was experiencing the endeavor that was being a young nation in the midst of the 19th century. The emergence of John Quincy Adams in 1820 started an “Era of Good Feelings” with exceptional political advancements and economic achievements. While Jackson’s democratic views were not always what were expected, during his presidency, the country grew national and world attraction. Through periods of boom and bust, political and economic changes in America undeniably helped reshape society between the years 1820 and 1848 with the emergence of new and innovative advancements.

Equality is ensuring individuals or groups of individuals are treated fairly and equally on the grounds of their race, gender, religion, disability, age or sexual orientation. One such group of individuals who are in an unremitting fight for equality in context of gender and race are woman within the United States exemplified by the World economic forum global gender gap report of 2015, ranking the country 28th in terms of equality between men and woman. Although in terms of the global demographic the ranking appears adequate – impressive even by some accounts, the unwavering determination of the feminist movement leading up the 1980’s,

Some theorists believe that ‘power is everywhere: not because it embraces everything, but because it comes from everywhere… power is not an institution, nor a structure, nor possession. It is the name we give to a complex strategic situation in a particular society. (Foucault, 1990: 93) This is because power is present in each individual and in every relationship. It is defined as the ability of a group to get another group to take some form of desired action, usually by consensual power and sometimes by force. (Holmes, Hughes &Julian, 2007) There have been a number of differing views on ‘power over’ the many years in which it has been studied. Theorist such as Anthony Gidden in his works on structuration theory attempts to integrate basic

Through tracing its development over the last few decades, this explores the modern day significance of the military industrial-complex. One such decade is the one following the end of the Cold War and the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War. It is during this time, 1997-2002 that U.S. plans requested $1.6 trillion dollars in military spending, despite having no major military rivals. Moreover, although US military spending has decreased in recent years, this is mainly the result of reduced fewer weapons purchased as opposed to the cancellation of weapons which further speaks to the impact of the military industrial-conflict. It is through the analysis of this and times and events like the war on terrorism, that the article comes to results such as, powerful MIC’s greater the risk of war, in addition to increasing the number of countries that hold access to technologically advanced

“Anarchy stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion and the liberation of the human body from the coercion of property, liberation from the shackles and restraints of government. It stands for a social order based on the free grouping of individuals.” The preceding quote is attributed to Emma Goldman, a notable “free-thinking, rebel woman” in the first half of the 20th Century. Goldman played an integral role in the development of the anarchist political philosophy movement in North America.

Fallows describes the impact of the military-industrial complex has to be detrimental in its economic and political influence just as Eisenhower warned in his speech.” The economic problem is that the federal government no longer has enough money to throw around without a plan. The political problem is the distortion of the process of public choice.” (Fallows, 2009, para 8). The military industrial complex encourages the option of war.

In the wake of WWII, peace was the main goal sought out by the entirety of the world. However as the twentieth century hit its halfway mark, the conflicting ideals of two countries dragged the world into a tense struggle for power and international identity yet again. The United States of America (USA) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), were now in a competition to sway the rest of the world’s unaffiliated nations. This political, ideological, scientific and military effort would ultimately determine the winner’s role in global affairs from that point on and the loser would experience reduced ability to exert hegemony in developing regions of the world. One notable tool each nation used was their progress in the field of

From1945 utill the end of World War II, the United States considered the most dominant country in the world economically and militarily. Moreover, many philosophers have said that the United States was and is the closest country to a global hegemon. Hegemon being defined as a dominant state that has a majority of power; often creates and imposes the rules and standards in the global system (Mingst, & Arreguín-Toft, 2013). Due to the amount of power and wealth obtainable to the

This is to say nothing of attitudes against women when sexism is combined with racism. Based on information presented by Blackmon (2008), South Carolina governor Cole Blease was quoted as saying “I have…very serious doubt as to whether the crime of rape can be committed against a negro” (p. 305). According to Katz (2013), it will take not only women activists, but men who are willing to reject the sexist attitudes of the males who have come before them to eradicate the gender inequality which is commonplace in today’s society. Additionally, sex segregation in the workplace deserves acknowledgement. In the twenty first century, so many advancements have been made for women in this area; and yet, women are still left disadvantaged in the economic arena (Bernstein, 2013). Bernstein (2013) acknowledges women are still predominantly shouldering the burdens of raising a family, and even though 15% of women are holding historically male dominated positions, their average yearly-pay with a graduate degree lags male pay by approximately $35,000 a year. Given the overall acceptance of sexism in our society, women are inundated with female ideals of the perfect woman and body images which set impossible standards. Statistics show exposure to advertisement images have increased over the last 40 years from 500 to 2,000 a day, to being 3,000 to 5,000 daily (Heldman,

Emerging with eyes wide open from the Age of Imperialism that shaped the twentieth century’s biggest and most powerful nations only a century before, the world seemed a whole new place of wonder and grandeur. Civilization was ready for change. And it began with breakthroughs in medicine and science, and expanded with technology on a wide scale. Soon society was seeing a transformation in politics, culture, and ideology. But of the greatness spawned, there was also tragedy, bloodshed across battle fields, and rising evils from the most desperate of trenches. The twentieth century is marked by not only innovation but the collapse of several age-old empires, the destruction of two World Wars, a dire Depression, and the takeover of governments

Typically, in popular depictions of arms races, the political calculations that start and regulate the pace of the game remain obscure. As Charles H. Fairbanks, Jr., has noted, “The strange result is that the activity of the other side, and not one’s own resources, plans, and motives, becomes the determinant of one’s behavior.” And what constitutes the “finish line” of the game is the province of assertion, rather than analysis. Many onlookers, and some participants, have claimed that the likelihood of war increases as the accumulation of arms proceeds apace.

The peculiar and divided conflict the United States finds itself dealing with provides both opportunities for growth and success that appear hand in hand with challenges and opportunities for defeat. This makes this particular research question both intriguing and defining for the purpose of strategy making. There is a direct correlation between the further globalization of economies, the blurring of traditional lines of warfare and the need for a changing strategy. While the overall topic seems broad, the actual implementation and focus will need to be very, well, strategic. The puzzle will be in identifying which pieces of information best direct and impact the strategy and sifting through the complexities of the changing war and blurring lines between ally, enemy, and

The concept of ‘status quo’ is one of maintenance of distribution of power at any given point in time and the preservation of such. The term is derived from ‘status quo ante bellum’ which refers to maintaining the peace treaties and settlements that stabilized the region since the last general war. Thus status quo is about keeping things the way it is, its motive is to preserve and not necessarily gain, boast or heavily influence any new positions that may break the balance. To apply it in current times and specifically to the new and less known form of war- unconventional terrorist war

The United States of America is one of the leading countries of the world in the different contexts – from economic to social. The origins of the country were formed in 16th century by emigrants, who had come from Europe. Such European countries as England, France, Spain and Netherlands launched their colonies in the Eastern America. In the end, these colonies fight for independence from their metropolises and led to existence of the most powerful countries of the world.

The Cold War had split the world in two halves and had broken traditional concepts of power. Therefore, it was possible for USSR to be a military superpower and at the same time an economic dwarf. Contrastingly, Japan was an economic giant and militarily irrelevant. The post-Cold War world changes these patterns. On the one hand, the victor of the Cold War (USA) is still the world’s leading superpower, however, its relative military power is steadily diminishing and without a clearly defined enemy, the voices calling for cuts on the US military spending are getting louder. The ISIS and the post 9/11 terrorist threat are merely slowing down this process.