Bashar al-Assad

Introduction Syria like many countries before them, such as Libya and Egypt has become the epicenter for change in the region, allowing for other countries to follow in their footsteps. The question that is asked, what are the factors behind the instability in Syria and how does the religious conflict within their region have causal relations to the growing instability and the blending of borders due to refugees and displacement of their citizens? Looking exclusively at Syria serious key factors

Throughout the 20th century, the United States has slowly constructed a global system of control. Its superior military, weaponry and intelligence apparatus have been crucial in this system, but an equally important factor has been its control of the global economy, and its primary weapon, the U.S. Dollar. The dollar’s world reserve status alone does not make it unique, but its deeply rooted role in American and global geo-politics certainly does. As Vassili Fouskas and Bülent Gökay point out in

I must say I was pleasantly surprised about the reporting on refugees in Lebanon. Going into this project I was expecting that the reporting would extremely one-side and filled with propaganda. However, the reporting was reasonably objective and even had some properties of Peace Journalism. Nonetheless, there were aspects of the reporting that needed to be changed to make it more aligned with Peace Journalism. The articles found in the Executive Magazine were more of a traditional journalism, however

League of Nations was formed after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes. The league of Nation failed, as it lacked the political weight and the legitimacy to carry out tasks. United States and several other countries did not join it because they did not see any personal benefit. The failure led to the outbreak of the Second World War (Mingst and Arreguin 38). It depicts typical human nature that is primary fearful, selfish, and power seeking. Individuals

A Search for Peace What would the world be like without violence? At this point, no one has known, and with how things are looking in the present, no one may ever have the opportunity of experiencing a peaceful world. According to the Peace Alliance, violence causes approximately 1.6 million deaths worldwide every year, which is an outrageous amount of preventable deaths. Violence has always been a major sin and issue, but acts such as terrorism and murder, psychological abuse, and human trafficking

Iran has stated a goal to remain the third largest gas producer in the world with gas production of 360 billion cubic meters / year by 2025. The European Union will be able to assist Iran with this goal as the expansion of the upstream gas production will require investment and technology from European and international companies. Iran has also expressed interest in injecting gas into the oil fields in order to maintain and increase oil production. EU companies can offer efficient solutions to increase

could become an even bigger danger to Israel and the US, and force unnecessary conflicts in which the United States is forced to intervene. According to The New Yorker, since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, the primary backer to Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian government has been the Iran. Whether by giving oil subsidies, weapons, money, or military support, Iran has been one of the most influential countries in the eventual outcome of Civil War. This issue is a current

horrible situation, one observes events dating back to 2011, when pro-democracy protests began throughout the country of Syria. These protests displayed the anger prevalent among the Syrian people against President Bashar Al-Assad’s authoritarian government. The attempt by President Bashar Al-Assad to suppress the numerous protests with

Once upon a time Cuba was a state ruled by the American law. Then a man came, namely Fidel Castro, and fought for an independent state of Cuba. After the death of thousands and intensive diplomatic negotiations Cuba became an independent nation. Just like Castro’s independence many people strived to become independent throughout the history in different ways. Independence is a state of being where one is free from the rule of authority. The desire for independence by the people lacking it formed

How useful is the concept of ‘New Wars’ when analysing contemporary warfare? INTRODUCTION Traditionally, according to Clausewitzean school of thought, war is considered to be “an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfil our will”. These traditional wars, also known as “Old Wars” are generally characteristically financed by states and occur between states as a means to achieve states interests by using regular national armed forces which generally have a discernable vertical structure