article “Hans Morgenthau and the Iraq war: realism versus neo-conservatism” The article primarily focuses on research of political conceptions of realism and neo-conservatism. The content of the article is kind of specific: it represents to readers a comparative analysis of these two directions of political thought. In the article John Mearsheimer tried to find an answer to the question “What position would Hans Morgenthau would choose in case of the Iraq war?” But why the opinion of Morgenthau
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The History of Afghanistan during the Time of The Kite Runner The Kite Runner deals with the country of Afghanistan from the 1970s to the year 2002. Like all places‚ Afghanistan has a long and complicated history‚ but it came to international attention only after the coup of 1973. In order to orient ourselves‚ let us look at Afghanistan’s geography. The nation is located in Central Asia and is made up of thirty-four provinces. The country’s capital is Kabul‚ which is also the capital of the northeast
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I remember the annual summer vacation trips my family had to Afghanistan when I was a child. I could recall holding my mom’s hand while I walked around the bazaars wondering why so many women had thrown blue bed sheets on themselves in this humid weather. I asked my mom and she just laughed and told me it was a fashion statement. When I was older‚ I learned it was a burka and these women wore it in order to prevent the arousal of men. They oppressed themselves in fear of a distortion of Islam. I
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Women’s rights in Afghanistan continue to follow an unpredictable path‚ which raises women’s hopes for a better life and more opportunities‚ and then bitterly extinguishes them. When the brutal Taliban fell‚ and their unfair rules and regulations came to a holt‚ a new beginning for women flourished through almost every crack and cranny of the country. “I remember the mounting enthusiasm for women’s rights...It was a bright and hopeful time. The issue of women’s rights was still fresh‚ not only in
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Comparison of US Constitution to Iraq Constitution A constitution can be defined as a laid down rules for the government which are time and again codified as a form of written manuscript that spells out and confines the functions and ability to exercise force of a political party (power). In the case of countries and sovereign regions of federal states the phrase refers exclusively to a constitution defining the core principles of politics‚ and instituting the configuration‚ procedures‚ powers and
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Bacha Bazi or “boy play” is a common practice that promotes child prostitution and sexual slavery in the various parts of Afghanistan. Najibullah Quraishi‚ an Afghan journalist and the director of the documentary The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan‚ has captured and documented the events that occur behind the illegal practice of Bacha Bazi. As shown in his documentary‚ young boys are sold off to powerful‚ wealthy men and are trained to become skilled dancers. Additionally‚ they are often sexually abused
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“…the UN was founded mainly to maintain peace‚ but it was also charged with improving humankind’s social and economic situation.” (171). Now we can already conclude that the United Nations‚ like the United States‚ plays a very important role in our current international system. While the international system has predominately been controlled by several large world powers‚ the United Nation has continued to hold fast on the major policies that have helped shaped our world. As for the other less powerful
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Political Constraints: Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan are hostage to the legacy of historical discord on the‚ “Durand Line ” drawn in 1896 by the then British Government and was inherited by Pakistan as a border between the two countries. This had not been accepted as permanent border by many factions in Afghanistan and the issue has been inherited by Pakistan. The relations between the countries had been marred by distrust over the geographical divide. Pakistan had been apprehending
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Should Canada Get out of Afghanistan? Afghanistan is a country in Central Asia and is often included as a part of the Middle East. It is bordered by Iran in the west‚ Pakistan in the south and east‚ Turkmenistan‚ Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north‚ and China in the easternmost part of the country. It is among the poorest countries in the world. I believe that Canada should remove itself and get out of Afghanistan. There is no need for us to be fighting along side the U.S anymore‚ diplomacy
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Current examples of fascism Even though there aren’t any more fascist countries in the world‚ there are many groups or organizations that have still been running using fascist ideologies. The KKK‚ or the Ku Klux Klan‚ is a racist‚ anti-Semitic movement with a commitment to extreme violence to achieve its goals of racial segregation and white supremacy. Of all the types of right-wing hate groups that exist in the United States‚ the Klan remains the one with the greatest number of national and
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