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From Ike To Obama: The Perpetual Pivot Of American Foreign Policy, Leslie Stubbs
From Ike To Obama: The Perpetual Pivot Of American Foreign Policy, Leslie Stubbs
Ex-Patt Magazine
America’s touted “Pivot to Asia” marks a rebalance of US foreign policy, but it’s hardly the first time America has shifted its international focus - What the Eisenhower administration can tell us about contemporary.
A “Special Relationship” For The 21st Century: Options For Us-India Relations, Ryan Kuhns
A “Special Relationship” For The 21st Century: Options For Us-India Relations, Ryan Kuhns
Ex-Patt Magazine
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Coming To America: An Examination Of The U.S. Immigration Debate In Its Historical Context, Julie R. Davidson
Coming To America: An Examination Of The U.S. Immigration Debate In Its Historical Context, Julie R. Davidson
Kaleidoscope
The United States is considered a country of immigrants, but a historical tension has existed between new arrivals and the “native” population. Policies regarding immigration have frequently mirrored the nativist fervor that is created in opposition to large influxes of immigrants. The debate about revamping immigration policy, that has been a key issue in Congress in 2006, is not surprising in an historical context. The concern about large numbers, the fear of draining social services, dilution of American culture, loss of American jobs, and the compromising of national security are all concerns that have been voiced recently, and are almost …
An Analysis Of United States-Iran International Relations, James Tyler Chapman
An Analysis Of United States-Iran International Relations, James Tyler Chapman
Kaleidoscope
My research strove to further the knowledge of United States-Iran international relations through comprehensive analysis. I investigated and presented information on the internal politics of Iran, and I analyzed and commented on the organization of the government of Iran. I critically examined the historical scholarship on the affairs of state between the United States and Iran, and I investigated the current state of affairs and prospects for the future. From this understanding, it became possible and necessary for rigorously logical and insightful decisions to be made in the current political environment in which emotions and passions dominate, and I probed …
The Next Time The World Is Going Downhill: America And The 1983 Ethiopian Famine, Bethany Sharpe
The Next Time The World Is Going Downhill: America And The 1983 Ethiopian Famine, Bethany Sharpe
disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory
In 1983, a massive famine struck Ethiopia. Bred by a complex array of factors, thousands of men, women, and children experienced the painful effects of this humanitarian disaster as bodies weakened and widespread death took place. Throughout the famine, an unlikely partnership took place between the Communist leader Chairman Mengistu Haile Mariam and the staunchly anti-Communist White House.[1] The partnership allowed each nation to pursue strategic foreign policy goals; the United States sought to undermine the socialist PMGSE through humanitarian aid while Mengistu attempted to salvage his government’s international reputation. Soon, global attention swirled around the issue and unlikely …