One of the key assumptions of Marxist thought is that economic class is the most significant form of division within society.  All other divisions or distinctions (e.g. race, gender, age, religion) are false, or of secondary importance. Does this assumption seem applicable to contemporary American society?  How strong of a role does class seem to play in peoples’ political and social identities?  Is class more […]

From the realist perspective, ethnic conflicts pose the greatest threat to the world today. According to the textbook, “Realists emphasize the struggle for power among states, not because they are blind to the growing influence of international institutions or nonstate actors such as terrorists, but because states remain the most powerful actors in contemporary world affairs” (Nau, 2017). While terrorist groups can be small and […]

Your Literature review will have four key components to it. Below is each component and what it should entail. You will be graded by how well you organize and substantiate your topic. Papers with clear headings, a clear understanding of the relationship between your variables, thoughtful understanding of the literature, and thoughtful analysis of the literature in total will get the highest grades.  1. Introduction The […]

Welcome to Week 5 everyone! We are so close to the finish.  Overall, it can be difficult to determine the strongest and weakest explanation for the democratic peace but I believe that the realist perspective is the strongest because it argues that both democracies belong to the same union and have good international relations without the threat of war. This can be demonstrated by the […]

While the military is fundamentally an instrument for waging war, it also fills a number of other roles. The chapters assigned in the textbook this week provide a basic introduction to many of these roles. In this discussion post, you will identify and describe one role that the military plays across three contexts: in the international community, domestically (that is, within the borders of the […]

Directions : The purpose of this exercise is for you to become familiar with the working of the federal courts, in  this  case  the  U.S.  Supreme  Court.    It  is  an  Article  III  (of  the  U.S.  Constitution)  study  to ol.    Please  follow  these  instructions carefully. 1. Visit the United States Supreme Court website at  www.supremecourtus.gov 2. Select a current Supreme Court Justice. 3. Research the life […]

Nationalism is the idea that one’s identity is created by the region in which they live. It can be associated with Patriotism because the Nationalist should be proud of their own country. According to Kramer (2011), nationalism involves loyalty to a particular nation as well. He writes: “Modern people encounter stories about their nations in almost every sphere of their political, social, and economic activities- […]

The Holocaust was the most tragic event that took place during World War II. Millions of Jewish people were brutally murdered by Hitler’s Nazi regime. Life for the Jews in the ghettos was hard as there was a lot of overcrowding. That’s where they were sent before being shipped to concentration camps, according to Shubert & Goldstein (2012). In the concentration camps, they were starved, […]

The determination of which international relations theoretical perspective offers the greatest explanation for democratic peace is relative to the person and the situation in which peace is absent. Democratic Peace is the concept that two democratic nations will not go to war with one another, so the spread is desirable (Nau, 2017). There are ample arguments from each perspective, such as the Identity perspective would […]

Reforming the United States Military The founders of our Republic were keen students of Republican Rome. In fact, many of our institutions were deliberately patterned on Roman ideals about the virtues of military service. By law, the Roman army was a militia force comprised of citizen soldiers who were required to perform military duties as a civic obligation, a public service, before they could run […]