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Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his first inaugural address on March 4, 1933, in the midst of the Great Depression. Before the onset of the Great Depression, the prices of food fell, industries did not make profits due to foreign competition, and banks had problems. Banks allowed the use of credits, and people could loan money … Read more
16th March 2020 The outbreak of a rapid disease called the coronavirus, or more so known as COVID-19 has taken its toll on most parts of the world. The pandemic outbreak here in Malaysia, with a staggering number of 553 cases as of March 2020, has allowed an activated action plan even though the situation … Read more
In popular media, the portrayal and aftermath of 9/11 resulted in stories and documentaries depicting people distrusting “the other” and even their own governments. After 9/11, many people felt paranoid that intruders from other countries would continue to bring war on US soil. This prompted many US citizens to sign-up for the draft and fight … Read more
Introduction The influence of sports over international politics in today’s world cannot be understated. Today, there are about the same number of National Olympic Committees in the International Olympic Committee as there are Member States in the United Nations . Billions around the world tuned in to watch the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 … Read more
George Orwell’s 1984 is a dystopian novel that follows Winston Smith, a normal employee in the Ministry of Truth. Life in 1984 is bleak, non-whimsical and ensued in war. With the depletion of self-identity under the tyrannical guise of “Big Brother”, 1984 serves as a commentary on politics and power. With the abuse of power … Read more
George Orwell depicts a grim future for society and the government’s control in 1984. Big Brother, the story’s main antagonist, is the controlling government that uses its influence through language and communication to control the world of Winston Smith. Though this fictitious world shows Big Brother and the Party using language to control the people, … Read more
Music is a vessel of communication that allows people to express emotion and meaning, even if the artist’s spoken language is not comprehensible to the listener. (HARGREAVES, MIELL and MACDONALD, 1997). Due to technological development and the increasing commercialisation of music over the last two decades, music has become a greater part of our everyday … Read more
Conflicting territorial claims in the South China Sea (SCS) make it one of the most divisive regions in contemporary geopolitics. Disputes over both maritime boundaries and islands involve several countries and regularly raise tensions within the region. The sea holds enormous global economic significance; more than $3.3 trillion of trade passed through it in 2016. … Read more
Stuenkel argues that the expression emerging power is a wide and to some degree ambiguous class or shorthand for nations that are believed to be expanding their financial and political control speedier than the rest. To be portrayed as an emerging power, a nation as a rule should be vast both with respect to geographic … Read more
INTRODUCTION There are many countries suffering from internal conflicts, most especially the African countries. Internal conflicts are one of the worst things that could happen to a country. There are factors that influence these internal conflicts and these factors continue to be the main reasons why people take up arms against their government. Through this … Read more
Abstract This research essay is an analysis of the use of propaganda by the four major world powers, Great Britain, The United States of America, Germany and Soviet Russia from 1914-1945. I will identify the necessary conditions for effective propaganda acceptance, the evolving technologies that were instrumental in the evolution of propaganda and mass distribution … Read more
A disaster is defined as a “humanitarian catastrophe associated with a natural hazard event” (Pelling and Dill 2009: 22). Governments, corporations, investors take advantage of the desperation and destruction in the aftermath of these natural hazard events to expedite sweeping neoliberal policies such as privatization, deregulation, marketization which reshape societies in the interest of a … Read more
Globalisation is characterised by the creation of a global marketplace, and by the compression of space and time. These advancements have gained social endurance by developments in communication and transportation technologies (Betz, 1994; pp27; Barney, 2011; pp158). Examples of these developments are the invention of the internet, and the creation of various social media platforms. … Read more
Essay Question: Should developing countries prioritise protecting the environment and reducing emissions or advancing their economies and citizen’s quality of life? Is it fair for billions of people to suffer all because they live in a country where the quality of life is so terrible that they don’t even have safe water to drink? Why … Read more
Our Electoral College has a truly unique system when it comes to the process of how we go about electing our President and Vice-President of the United States. The founding fathers of our nation established it within our Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of … Read more
