Politics of Sudan

Throughout my life my parents have done their best to give me a broader perspective of the world, as well as teach me the value of having unwavering principles, staying physically fit, and working hard in academics. It’s my goal to join the United States Marine Corps and use these qualities that I have made my own to be the best officer I can be. I was privileged to have a unique childhood. Until I was nine years old I lived in Kenya, East Africa due to my dad’s job as a Missionary Bush Pilot.…

Reinforced by its ubiquity in society, the interaction between men and women serve as a paragon of the separation of American and Ugandan citizens. To an American, men and women are equal or are striving to be equals, in the workforce, involvement in politics, and in the home environment. UNICEF reports that both men and women in the United States agree that wife-beating is unjustifiable. (“UNICEF Statistics: United States”) Though there is an alarming rate of domestic violence in the United…

“ Where is my family?” (9), that is the question that so many people living in Sudan had, just how Salva had asked a million times. A Long Walk to Water written by Linda Sue Park is a true story about the war crisis in Sudan. An 11 year old boy named Salva Dut has to leave everything behind, even his family when the gunfire from the war hit his village of Loun-Ariik (Dinka village). Salva walked for months and months across an arid desert to reach safety at a refugee camp in Ethiopia only to be…

In 1985 war in South Sudan caused many people to starve, dehydrate, or get sick from the water. Salva Dut faced most of these throughout his life. In the book A Long Walk to Water Linda Sue Park wrote about Salva’s journey away from the war, and everything that happened during his trip to safety. It talked about everything from him leaving school because the war to him moving to New York. Salva went through so much throughout his life one major issue being war. “CRACK! POP-POP-CRACK!…

Located in Northern Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea, Libya was once an early center of Christianity in its earlier stages with Greece establishing colonies in the country prior to becoming part of the Roman Empire. Libya would not become a country of Islam until the Roman Empire had fallen and Libya invaded and occupied by other countries and empire to include the Ottoman Empire that would influence the religion of Islam in the country. Libya was the main setting for battle between Italy…

Self Interest in International Courts and Tribunals International justice and law is a tool used by powerful states directed against smaller states. I would go even further and argue that international bodies, when controlled by powerful states, is a tool meant to intervene specifically in conflicts where those same powerful states could benefit. International tribunals, specifically the ICC, have motives that make the pursuit of justice desirable. Through the lens of a realism, I see the ICC…

What would you do if your country wasn’t powerful enough to defend yourself, your family, and your friends? Would you leave or fight back? The United Nation peacekeepers make it so you wouldn’t have to do either. The United Nations was established right after World War II originally made up of fifty countries and now is a coalition of one hundred ninety three countries throughout the world that came together to help change and protect the world. In order to protect the world they created an…

Small domestic airports and airstrips in distant locations have led to the major airlines charging high prices for their passenger tickets. Lokichogio Airport is a great example. Located in the northern part of Kenya where the Sudan type of desert environment is seen creeping into Kenya, may not be the ideal place to have an airport. Honestly, one can only find the natives taking such trips to that region due to the fact that they have family in Turkana County. The influence of…

Humanitarian intervention in the 1990s established that international issues could not be dealt with on an inconsistent, ad hoc basis, resulting in the making of the doctrine Responsibility to Protect (R2P). R2P was introduced by the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty in 2001, and endorsed by United Nations (UN) member states during the 2005 World Summit. The doctrine affirmed the collective responsibility to protect when “national authorities are manifestly failing…

Complex Societies The ancient complex societies of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Harappa had a lot of things in common as well as some differences in their civilizations. Today we classified all these civilizations as complex because of their sizes, the density of their population and their government systems. But back then these civilizations had some interesting facts in common for example, the three of these civilizations developed around rivers, since they live so near to rivers their…