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This paper compares George Orwell's 1984 to the state of affairs in our own world today. It finds that there are many similarities and parallels between the novel and our world. Newspeak, Big Brother, totalitarian regimes, the vilifying of those opposed to the dominant Party doctrine--all are elements of both the book and our world.

Some year," JK Galbraith once wrote, "like some poets, and politicians and some lovely women, are singled out for fame far beyond the common lot." For the Middle East in general, and for the people of Palestine in…

After a decade to examine the consequences of America's decision to invade Iraq – and engage in a massive nation building effort after successfully ousting the brutal Baath Party dictatorship of Saddam Hussein – it has become abundantly clear that a war fought under false pretenses can never be productive in a geopolitical sense. As foreign policy scholars have observed in the wake of your predecessor's calamitous course of action, "President Bush said that our goal was a unified, democratic Iraq that could govern itself, sustain itself, defend itself, and serve as an ally in the ‘War on Terror' … (but) it's apparent that no part of this goal has been achieved, and that the progress made toward them is fleeting" (Babbin, 2012). This is why the administration's current commitment to a more responsible foreign policy must remain of paramount importance, because as the power in the Middle East continues to crumble and recalibrate via revolution, the temptation to engage in further nation building efforts will inevitably intensify.

The United Nations was originally formed with the intent of encouraging world peace. Yet, it has done everything but that and has become notorious for its inefficacy and corruption as well as bureaucratic mess. The UN in fact is party to every monstrosity inadvertently encouraging slavery, human trafficking, forced famine, torture, censorship, and political oppression in its own member states, by having many of these perpetrating states sit on its board and by honoring them. Wide-ranging reform is crucial. In fact, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Kim R. Holmes mentioned: "Fear of reform, not its prospect, holds the greater risk for the United Nations." (Kim R. Holmes.) The UN needs to make a thorough audit of its organization and demonstrate accountability, responsibility, and value for its money. Only then may it be better respected.

In the last decade or so, a sequence of regional changes has created a window of opportunity for inclusively for the Middle East peacemaking. The regional balance of power usually has shifted in the last ten or fifteen…

Asoka was the Indian royal leader of the Maurya dynasty founded by his grandfather, Chandragupta. He is considered as one of the greatest monarch of ancient India. It was under his reign that almost the whole India as…

The purpose of this work is to examine the global issues of war and social conflicts and environmental degradation in relation to the war in Iraq and to examine the inequality and inequity of the people living in Iraq…

This paper will examine the role of arbitration in the international energy sector over the past 50 years. Discussion is organized around the five decades leading up to the current state of affairs in the international…

This is an eight page paper about the 2012 presidential election. It is divided into five sections. The five sections include an introduction, a section on the issues, a section on the writer's opinion on the issues, a section on polling processes and methods, and a section on my prediction for the election. the issues selected include the economy, foreign policy, and immigration.

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