Category: American Politics

  • Obama’s vs. Trump’s US National Security Strategy

    The National Security Strategy 2010 provides definitive ideologies on what contributes to global security, national security and homeland security. Essentially, there are multiple concerns highlighted in this policy document that help in understanding the values of domestic and international relations. Notably, there are several distinctions between the three aspects of this legislation as reflected in…

  • President Obama Did Have Authority to Order Operation Geronimo

    It has been almost ten years since the death of one of the most dangerous terrorists in the world. There is hardly anyone who has pitied the person responsible for the killing of so many innocent people. In spite of this fact, some still debate on the legality of Operation Geronimo, during which Osama Bin…

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Federal Bureaucracy

    When Roosevelt took over as president of the United States in 1933, he initially did not look favorably upon large federal bureaucracies and expansive government programs and spending (Leuchtenberg 52). In that regard, he shared the values of his predecessor Herbert Hoover, who maintained his stance that government assistance would not serve the goals of…

  • “Boumediene vs. Bush” Analysis

    Table of Contents Facts Issues Decision Reason Significance Bibliography Footnotes Facts Lakhdar Boumediene, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina and an Algerian native, is a plaintiff in the case along with five other individuals who were detained after US intelligence suspected them of taking part in the planning of a terrorist attack at the US…

  • Presidency of Barack Obama: a Narrative History

    Barack Obama, who won the election in 2008, became a genuinely iconic US president. He was the first African American to be nominated for the presidency of the United States by one of the two major parties and the first black president in the national history of heads of state (Shi, 2022). However, not only…

  • George Washington and Thomas Jefferson’s Role in the Liberation Movement

    On the one hand, the activities of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are directly related to the liberation movement in America. On the other hand, the Founding Fathers were notorious for holding their slaves without freeing them when the opportunity was presented (Chervinsky, 2020). It cannot be considered hypocrisy because the meaning of freedom during…

  • President Obama and Operation Geronimo

    Hardly any event in the recent history of the United States of America surpasses the atrocities and horrors brought by September 11 Terror Attacks. According to the data provided by CNN Editorial Research (2020), nearly 3,000 people perished in a murderous onslaught organized by al Qaeda, a criminal grouping engaged in terrorism. The incident impacted…

  • American Political Ideology Throughout History

    Table of Contents Introduction What Has Not Changed What Has Changed Interesting Exhibit Works Cited Introduction The political ideologies of the US have changed due to the dynamics of the state and political alignments. However, some traditions have remained the same over the years. This paper examines the changes in American political ideologies and what…

  • The “Four Freedoms” Speech by Franklin Roosevelt

    Table of Contents Introduction Thesis Current Events Personal Examples Conclusion Works Cited Introduction In the speech “Four Freedoms,” Franklin Roosevelt outlined four major goals to reach global freedoms in speech, worship, and the absence of want and fear. These ideas remain relevant today as the United States and other countries continue developing. One particular issue…

  • African-American Political Science: 14th Amendment

    The significance of the 14th Amendment and its different interpretation is clearly seen in the trial Plessy v. Ferguson of 1896, which became a landmark event in American history. The incident that occurred in one of the railroad cars in Louisiana became evidence of racial segregation and equality issues. The arrest of Mr. Plessy who…