Regime

Obama & the Syrian Crisis President Obama had to make some tough choices during his presidency. One of those choices he had to make was how to deal with the Syrian crisis. The Syrian crisis began at the Arab Spring uprising over the Authoritarian Regimes in the Middle East. To suppress the uprisings in Syria Bashar al-Assad used military force to attack the protesters. Obama spoke out about al-Assad’s treatment of the citizens and wanted change, however he didn’t believe that it was his…

was accused of speaking too harshly of the North Korean regime. Kang often notes that whether you are in the prison camps or free of them that speaking negatively of the North Korean communist government or Kim Il-sung has very negative repercussions. From the time that he…

government enabled the military regime to act violently against civilians of Latin America. Centrist officers were supporting the miltary coup. “Despite variations in structure and personnel, all were coalitions of military officers, technocratic administration, and old-line politicians” (Skidmore 337). Besides the military, the other administrators and…

Within this story, the Handmaids represent a major group of women in the Republic of Gilead; they are female servants. The Gilead regime, a totalitarian state, and religious autocracy, takes full power and completely forbids them to communicate, making them silenced. Whispering becomes the language which they use, whereby Offred is often seen claiming that they “learn to whisper almost…

For years, the people of Russia suffered under an unfair and unjust government. But now we have a chance to support a moral government under the Bolsheviks, who are focused on the interests of the people. The changes that the new government brought, are based on ideas that were necessary for the welfare of the people of Russia. But why were Bolshevik humane philosophies necessary? Because before the Bolsheviks rose to power, the Tsar Nicholas II ruled over Russia with his twisted ideas and…

George Orwell’s novel 1984 is about a highly oppressive authoritarian regime that controls the actions and thoughts of the people. This novel led to the term Orwellian, which describes the government in the novel. The word Orwellian has become synonymous with authoritarian, however, Orwellian does not mean the oppressive rule of people. The word authoritarian only encompasses an oppressive government with all power, but does not encompass all the qualities in an Orwellian government. Orwellian…

think that publishing the document would undermine the ongoing operations and endanger lives. Therefore, I recommend publishing “A Growing Threat” document. • A Regime Weakened: SUPPRESS THE DOCUMENT My recommendation for dealing with “A Regime Weakened” document is to suppress the document. The government told us not to print the story on regime tensions, lest that lead to a purge in North Korea that could eliminate key sources of information, or incite regional instability. This document deals…

Following a recent chemical attack on the Syrian people, by the Assad regime, President Barack Obama uses negatively and emotionally charged diction to convince Congress to vote for military action. Later in the speech, Obama also gains the support of the American public by appealing to their weariness of large scale wars. He reasons that military force is necessary to prevent further conflict down the road which will keep Americans safe, at home and abroad. In the beginning of the text,…

Throughout Sebastian Haffner’s memoir, Defying Hitler, Haffner understood that not being a Nazi could be detrimental to his career and potentially his life. The statement claims that Haffner went along with the Nazi regime even though he opposed it. Haffner only went along with the Nazi regime to protect his career and his life by showing nationalism to the party and by submitting to Nazi commands. In order for Haffner to maintain his job as a Referendar, he had to understand that allowing the…

Rudalevige examines the ways in which the executive branch of government has evolved since it was first constructed under the founding fathers. He has found that the executive branch has become much larger and dramatically evolved since it was first created in the eighteenth century (Rudalevige, X, 2). Undoubtedly some changes were believed to be for the good of the country. At times these changes and expansions have proved to be fatal for the American citizens who were promised to be…