Democracy as a term and a concept has long been an object of debate in society, not least amongst philosophers, researchers and public debaters. The term originates in the Greek word ‘demokratia’ that simply translates into rule by the people, but to define what that really stands for is more complicated. Hence, there is not only one understanding of the word or one understanding of […]

Iran and Iraq share a long history of conflicts. Iran and Iraq were at odds over border especially in the area of the Shatt El Arab, a river channel which was Iraqs only exit to the sea through Persian Gulf. Eventually two sides forged an agreement establishing a boundary which gave Iraq full control over Shatt El Arab. Despite border agreement crisis upon crisis followed. […]

Democracy is best defined as “government of the people, by the people, and for the people.” (Abraham Lincoln) Democracy implies both popular participation and government in the public interest, and can take a wide variety of forms. (Heywood; 2007) In my opinion, democracy may not be a perfect system and the best form of government, but it is a better form of government when compared […]

With the re emergence of religious motivations for terrorism over the last twenty odd years it would seem logical to accept some connection between religion and terrorism. This connection is a complex one. It focuses on the function that religion plays in legitimising violence. In this essay I will develop the current connection between religion and terrorism. To do this I will need to state […]

When the European scholars began studying the world around them, they got interested in exploring more new lands. This marked a new age for them which they referred to as the Renaissance- a French word meaning rebirth. The Renaissance was considered as the beginning of the modern history by majority of European historians. Renaissance was contributed to by scientists, scholars, philosophers, architects, artists, and rulers. […]

Nowadays, there is an increased attention to Islam because, firstly, it is the most dynamic world religion, and secondly, the degree of politicization of its supporters is much higher than that of the followers of other faiths, and thirdly, many of the concepts of purely Islamic way of development of nations and peoples which, moreover, were never realized in practice that conflicted with accepted elsewhere in […]

Explain and discuss the space programs of India and Pakistan. Highlight the relative advantages that respective advances may have on the conventional battle-space, include an understanding of real time situational awareness, the flow of information, the cross networking of information in a full spectrum warfare situation for both sides. Discuss the space program’s relationship to either country’s strategic forces or assets. In relation to the […]

In this essay, I argue that democracy is not important to the absence of war among states because it cannot be conclusively demonstrated that democracy is either sufficient for or a pre-requisite of peace. This essay will first examine the various explanations for how democracy contributes to peace, before going on to provide a critique of the explanations and demonstrating how democracy is not necessary […]

Finding itself at the centre of development discourse for the last two decades, corruption has been a ‘star’ of the international development scene since it was brought to the top of the agenda in the 1990s [1] . Following the end of the Cold War, a changing geopolitical climate encouraged the establishment of an international commitment to condemning and criminalising corruption at the multilateral level, a process […]

Modernization is a theory that looks at the domestic factors of a country with the assumption that, with help underdeveloped countries can be brought to development in using the same methods that more developed countries used. Modernization theory focuses on the social elements which facilitate social progress and development of societies, and further aims to explain the process of social evolution. This theory not only […]