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Woodrow Wilson: A progressive Democrat who grew up in a confederate family. Wilson served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. As a member of the Democratic party, Wilson was most prominent for leading America through World War 1 and for his efforts in world peace. During World War 1, … Read more
A countless number of ruling political regimes in Africa, North Korea, Russia, Turkey, among many others are still autocratic in nature. But what’s interesting is that these autocratic regimes have established themselves in the international community as a masquerade of institutional democracy using the ballot system of “elections”. In this essay, I will illustrate how … Read more
The Legislative Branch Congress is a meeting of representatives from various districts. Become a member through primary election. Made up of people who think of themselves as independent representatives of their districts or states. Support their party on many matters, but expect to vote based on their beliefs and interests. Parliament is made up of … Read more
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (November 30, 1874 to January 24, 1965) was an inspirational statesman. He served two terms as a conservative prime minister of Great Britain, from 1940-1945 and 1951-1955. Churchill was of rich, aristocratic ancestry, he served in the British Army and worked as a writer. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in … Read more
The steady decline in election participation has arguably been for a number of reasons. This article blames the Governments’ system, accusing the European Parliament elections as being a ‘second-order national contest.’ This term first appeared in Karlheinz Reif and Hermann Schmitt’s “Nine second-order national elections – A conceptual framework for the analysis of European election … Read more
We the People And The Constitution: Preamble: Do we truly live in a democratic society? Does the word democracy really describe the kind of society we live in? That’s debatable. It’s easy to say that America is a constitutional republic, not a democracy. After all, the definition of a republic is “a state in which … Read more
My reasons for supporting Trump are not complicated. Throughout the primaries, Trump’s speeches were often rambling exercises in free-association. At the same time they were often compelling , persuasive, and passionate. Trump’s extemporaneous speeches gave me a valuable insight into what he cares about passionately because people tend to talk about what they really care … Read more
President Donald Trump continuously criticizes the previous administration, blaming officials for the lack of US economic influence, US national debt, the weakness of the US armed forces abroad, and the support of wealthy nations despite it not being beneficial to the United States. Because of this, Trump has pledged to ‘make America great again’ as he thinks the … Read more
The notion of famine conjures up disturbing images of emaciated people and wasting, listless children. Witnessing it comes as a visceral shock – the slow and silent evisceration of society, family and then the human body itself. The Russian sociologist Pitrim Sorokin, survivor of the famine of the early 1920s in his home country, wrote … Read more
Western Civilization September 23, 2016 Leadership in Politics General politics and how well, or how poorly, the government functions has always been a popular topic of conversation, especially today because of the 2016 Presidential Election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. People nowadays are always vocalizing their opinions on government issues, whether it be about … Read more
September 28, 2016 Personal Narrative Politics is inextricably woven into life, from structural institutions, to art and music, to the places we call home. I learned quickly to explore history and politics, having grown up in a family of strong-minded individuals with diverse philosophies. My father’s expansive knowledge of history molded my interest in the … Read more
John Stuart Mill; a famous influential British philosopher from the nineteenth century was one of the last systematic philosophers who made significant contributions in logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, political ideology, and social theory. He was a public figure who articulated on liberal platforms, pushed for various liberal reforms while serving on a seat in parliament. … Read more
Throughout this course, we have discussed and described national interest in many different contexts. Each situation that affects the Unites States provides circumstances in need of a direction through policy. The complexity of the national interest towards this direction has been described as the “4Ps”. Power, Peace, Prosperity, and Principle are the four categories created … Read more
“Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” On January 21, 1981, newly-sworn in President Ronald Reagan stood upon the West Front of the Capitol and proclaimed this famous sentiment. This one line reflected the rise of conservatism throughout the 1970s, having just gained a clear mandate from Ronald Reagan’s landslide … Read more
Adler-Nissen, Rebecca. “Late sovereign diplomacy.” The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, vol. 4, 2009, pp. 147-173. Multiple perspectives of state interaction are critical for an understanding of essential qualitative changes within the European Union. Three intertwined aspects of late sovereign diplomacy are explored, the teleological interpretation of treaties, the socialization of representatives, and the delocalizing of … Read more
