Syria
Essays

History teaches humans lessons. History tells us that when American occupation in Vietnam took the country to hell but today the country survived. Americans withdrew from Vietnam and country was built again from the…

Over the last ten years, the U.S. has been actively involved in a war against Islamic terrorism. In many cases, this has led to military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. To deal with these challenges, the White House…

This paper discusses the real purpose behind humanitarian interventions in Libya and in Syria in 2011-2013. It posits the theory that there are two angles to look at the question--the idealistic angle and the realistic angle. The realistic angle states that nations act on behalf of their own national interest and stand to gain from intervention.

Gibran Khalil Gibran and the Plight of the Syrian Poor

Terrorism is one of the most foundational threats that the world has ever seen. Terrorism is also a difficult threat as it is rarely if ever linked directly to a source nation, that has an official role in terrorist…

Islamic Spain has captured the fascination of many historian and writers. How the entire Iberian Peninsula came under Islamic rule and what was done during the rule are some questions are historians have tried to focus…

¶ … mistreated for their beliefs. This has been apparent within the last century due to the fact that many as six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. From there, religious conflicts have continued in Israel and…

The ascension of Turkey into the European Union has been one of the most historically difficult of all expansion moves. Several member states with limited or strained relations with Turkey, (mainly France and Greece)…

Despite surface appearances, many modern countries exhibit a considerable amount of linguistic diversity. One notable example, the Republic of Turkey, officially endorses Turkish as its national language while many…

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, many observers in the West were heard to lament the passing of the "good old days" of the Cold War when the enemy was clearly known and its geographic borders…