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...armed conflicts. This notion delinked the war from strategy and policy. There was a general perception that information technology and surveillance can result to elevation of the military's desire of achieving level strategy... Running Head: THE CONCEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY IN UNDERSTANDING CONTEMPORARY CONFLICST The Concept of National Security in Understanding contemporary conflicts Name: Course: University: Tutor: Date: 351452 The Concept of National Security in Understanding contemporary conflicts Background Study For almost all military institutions, the final auditor is war. Conflicts experienced currently in some parts of the world such as Iraq ...

...arming the policemen. 1. Supporting Point: There is a need for fast response police force not just in the urban areas , but now in the rural areas as well since the countries are not just facing external terrors, but internal terrors i.e. terrors within the country... ENG 100 Extended Essay Outline 5 Criteria for Extended Essay Outline 5% 50 -Includes clear thesis ment 5 -Minimum 3 supporting points with details 30 -Copies of 2 GOOD sources minimum 10 -BOTH handwritten outline and 2 sources printed and submitted ON-TIME in class on Wed 28 April 5 Print and submit the following handwritten Essay Outline: Introduction: Thesis Statement: To determine the attitudes of common public and the police towards ar...

...armed interventions? The effectiveness of armed intervention has been proved through history whist its success is unpredictable. The United States has demonstrated its success in World War II when it helped eliminate Hitler. On the other hand, US also had its defeat in its failed guerrilla warfare in Vietnam for 8 years. In the instances cited, the success or failure of armed intervention has nothing to do with the need for the action. According to the text provided, human have “propensity to engage in warfare – an organized use of force of one group of people against another – is one of the things human beings behave in common, however tragic... the consequences.” Hillen (1996) reported...

...Armed Robbery Sentence Proposal Introduction Robbery is defined as a crime of seizing property through violence or intimidation (Wikipediaonline encyclopedia). In layman's term, it the forceful acquisition of property might it be money, jewelry, and the likes, of another person through force and fear resulting to property damage, trauma and even death. In the state of Arizona, the issue on whether or not only life sentence or death sentence should be given to those who commit armed robbery has sparked concerns and much debate as to whether or not life sentence or death sentence should be given to the defendants and appellant. As with the case of Timothy...

...Armed Forces When I was a small child, I always told my mother that I wished to become a teacher. The reason was not related to my personal interest in the profession but it was rather the authority that the teachers enjoyed that served as an attraction for me. With increasing age, the professions kept on changing too from working for the police department to working in the security agencies. By the time I reached high school, I was very much inspired by the people working for the armed forces. I believed that the profession had its own dignity and charm. It was a professional field where individuals had the opportunity to save the lives of others without considering the effects... that their...

...armed forces of the US are composed of several branches such as the army, navy, air force and others. It has a tradition of national control of the military with the president being the overall head. It consists of men and women who have decided to bring a difference and at the same time... ? Introduction It is no doubt that there exist a considerable number of people throughout the world with asymmetrical access to life chances. This is because of the immense disparities in both proceeds and living standards. This is why there exist such definitions as developed and developing countries. However, within those countries, there still exist social stratifications. This is a clear indication of the extent...

...ARMED FORCES The people of the Nation X have all sorts of tensions as politicians continue to abuse the civil rights and democracy. The ironical of the happenings in Nation X is that, the biggest opposition parties agreed to back the government in order to continue with the polls as planned. This shows a good harmony for all the citizens in the country to live with a single objective in moving the economy forward. In contrast, many people had for the last days been demonstrating on the streets steering the withdrawal of the government and surrender powers to the caretaker government. Kip Kippling had been mobilizing the citizens to press on the formation of independent and withdrawal... POLICY...

...Armed Conflict Human Rights and Armed Conflict The process of applying human rights to situations of armed conflict is a subject of debate in the courts and academic environments. This issue has been addressed by both the international and non-international bodies including the international Court of Justice. The international Court of Justice initially stressed on the application of human right laws during armed conflict situation in its 1996 Advisory Opinion on the use of nuclear weapons, and the legitimacy of threats. This paper describes human rights and armed conflict, as the two key international relations issues that are the most significant in the last twenty-five years... Human Rights and Armed...

...Armed Forces of Colombia- is an organized, peasant-based and revolutionary maintained organization that has grown through stages to become one of the strongest movements and revolutionary party in South and Central America. In contrary to many social movements which are made up of students, professionals, doctors or lawyers, they are particularly composed of peasant farmers in rural Colombia. These are the farmers whose lives depend mostly on subsistence farming. The membership, leadership and support base of FARC is right in the rural areas where poverty thrives The early objective of the movement was to champion... Political and social effects of FARC on Columbia Introduction FARC- Revolutionary Armed ...

...armed forces resist change, either conceptual or technological Armed forces feel comfortable with former synergy and tend to resist technological or conceptual changes or both though superior military technology is crucial to win wars though not sufficient. Technology is linear in succession where any invention is potent, improved and lethal compared to its predecessor (Creveld 89). Technology has been rebuffed earlier by strategist like Clausewitz due to the assumption that there has no enhanced technological revolution which has developed to extent of its influence and functionality to prompt future strategists like Fuller and Hart and make them include technology elements... College: Why do some...

...arms but also by those who bear arms (Wheeler, 2003). Perhaps the best example of how a conflict is understood... Cultural Understanding of Conflict What is the relevance of a cultural understanding of conflict forhumanitarian actors? Introduction The global reality which faces us today is a result of the developments of world affairs which took place towards the end of the cold war. Since world war two, there have been nearly sixty limited war conflicts which have required intervention from one or more of the global powers and several situations have been averted altogether with the use of diplomacy and economic measures as exemplified by the workings of the European Union. At the same time, there are ...

...Armed Conflict and Genocide Introduction to Genocide and Armed Conflict Raphael Lemkin, the Polish jurist coined the term “genocide” to refer to the massacre of Armenians by Turks during the First World War and the massacre of Jews by Nazis during the Second World War. However, massacre during both times happened during a general war, which made Lemkin think of genocide as one of the kinds of warfare. Lemkin coined the word genocide to explain the massacre against civilians in his book, Axis Rule in Occupied Europe. Lemkin described genocide as “a concentrated and coordinated attack upon all the elements of nationhood” (Shaw, 2007, p. 21). Genocides have become more frequent... ?Relationship between...

...Armed Conflict Abstract A distinction used to exist in the traditional view of humanitarian law of armed conflict between international and non – international armed conflict. The previously mentioned observation is supported by the fact that the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Convention of 1949 dealt separately with international conflict and non – international conflict. Additional Protocol I dealt with international conflict, but Additional Protocol II dealt with non – international conflicts. However, as a result of the evolution in international human rights law, practical lessons that have been learnt from both international and non – international... International and Non –International Armed ...

...Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Review A. Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) is a type of high stakes test designed by the U.S. Armed Forces in order to measure the level of qualification for enlistment in the military. The test was originally published in 1968 and has been administered by the United States Military Entrance Processing Command for all branches of military since 1976. Scoring system was updated and renormalize (percentile ranking). Testing duration is three hours, while the venues administering the test include Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS) or Military Entrance Test sites. The test...

...Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) In 1964, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was formed and established as a social revolutionary group with ideologies influenced by Marxism and Leninism and a proclaimed objective to depose the democratic government of Colombia. FARC is the best-armed, strongest, biggest, and oldest guerilla group in Latin America with possibly 12,000 combatants, found largely in the countryside of Colombia, the earliest democracy in South America (Corrales & Romero 98). Although the insurgency no longer maintains the most rigid commitment to these original ideals, the senior members of the group still regard themselves Marxist-Leninist. FARC has... The Revolutionary...

...Armed Forces of Colombia, saw its beginnings in 1948 during the period in Colombia known as La Violencia (The Violence) which lasted from 1948 until 1958 (Garcia, 2002). 'The Violence' was initiated by the assassination of the progressive liberal presidential candidate George Eliecer Gaitan, a leader who had taken up the cause of the landless peasants in Columbia. La Violencia was a ten-year struggle between liberals that demanded land reform and redistribution... FARC Introduction The Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia (FARC) is one of the largest and most well organized rebel military forces operating in the world today. Based in Columbia, South America it has reached a global level of...

...Armed Forces of Colombia, saw its beginnings in 1948 during the period in Colombia known as La Violencia (The Violence) which lasted from 1948 until 1958 (Garcia, 2002). The Violence was initiated by the assassination of the progressive liberal presidential candidate George Eliecer Gaitan, a leader who had taken up the cause of the landless peasants in Columbia. La Violencia was a ten-year struggle between liberals that demanded land reform and redistribution... Marin, a.k.a. Manuel Marulanda. According to the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism, "A significant portion of the FARCs leadership, including FARC chief Manuel Marulanda, have been part of the organization since its...

...armed effort against a to end gross human rights violations in thatparticular state or region is called Humanitarian Intervention. The definition of humanitarian intervention depends upon the way the action is taken against a state and a general perception against that action. In most of the cases the military action is taken against the established government of a particular state and that is the reason there is a divide between scholars, leaders and general public on the legality and legitimacy of the humanitarian intervention. Humanitarian intervention is primarily motivated by humanitarian objectives but in most... of armed forces and civil servants from the UN member...

...Arming the Police Executive summary There has been debate on whether the British police should be routinely armed. This debate came to life after a series of incidences that led to the loss of life of innocent civilians. The current practice in Britain is that the police do not carry lethal weapons on their routine but are rather, armed with an aluminum stick and pepper spray. These are the equipment police officers in Britain use to combat crime. The equipment might be insufficient in some situations rendering the police helpless. Recent statistics shows the increase in violent crime putting into danger the members of the UK police force....

...armed conflicts since the Cold War Introduction The continuous change in the social, political and economic characteristics of countries worldwide has led to the development of conflicts for protecting the interests involved in the various phases of this process. These conflicts have not been standardized – being influenced by a series of factors, including the global political and financial trends but also the availability of resources for supporting the relevant initiatives. Current paper focuses on the examination of the changes in trends and patterns of armed conflicts since the end of Cold War, i.e. the period that followed ‘the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1989... ?Trend and pattern of armed...

...Armed conflict. Is it viable in today's world? Countries indulge in conflicts to protect their territorial integrity, intimi other s, as a deterrent against aggressive territories or groups, etc. . There is concern when there is loss of innocent human life as a form of collateral damage or the inhumane treatment of all during times of conflict. These aspects about human life and human rights are protected through various laws including The Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC). However, the fact is, motives to indulge in conflict are constantly changing and. due to their nature, the laws which govern armed conflict are not be viable in today’s world. The Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) was formulated... ?Law of...

...ARMED CONFLICTS COME OR ARE THEY MADE? Introduction Armed conflicts and revolutions have been devastating impacts on humans throughout the world. However, the main issue of debate is on whether these conflicts and revolutions come or they are made. I believe that armed conflicts and revolutions world over, do not only come but they are made. This is because most of these conflicts emanate from causes that can be averted but those in power at the time make no initiative. Furthermore, before armed conflicts and revolutions occur; there is usually a feeling of discontentment among the population or a section of the population until it gets to a certain level where it cannot... be contained any...

...ARMED FORCES SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR [INSERT DEPARTMENT OF [INSERT COLLEGE] By [Name] City, State Month, Year Human Rights, Democracy, and the Armed Forces 3. Why police and military operations must respect human rights and humanitarian law? It is important for the police and military operations to respect human rights and humanitarian law for a number of reasons. State authorities do more to assure that their national courts and the police always advocate human rights1. Delays or the lack of implementing measures made by national courts is a sinister conflict the rule of law, which forms the first key reason... SCHOOL AFFILIATION HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY, AND THE ARMED ...

...armed conflicts: A comparative study of modern international lawand Islamic law Introduction How to protect civilians in armed conflict is a difficult question. Much has been written and said about the role of international law and humanitarian agencies in protecting civilians from the tragic consequences of armed conflicts. Unfortunately, most, if not all, development in international law, generate confusion and misunderstanding. Moreover, few, if any, countries comply with these international law demands. The situation is particularly problematic in Islamic Law. Since most contemporary conflicts take place in Middle Eastern countries, Islamic law has... ? 09 September Protection of civilians in armed...

...armed struggle justified? Background and Causes of the Armed Struggle in South Africa South Africa (Union of South Africa) The name South Africa was first used to describe the region years before it was first given to name the country that was formed by combining and uniting the four British colonies of the Orange River Colony, the Cape, the Transvaal, and Natal. South Africa’s geographical area is seen to extend from the Limpopo River which marks its northern most point to the southernmost tip of the continent of Africa. This vast region is estimated to be approximately a sixth of the size of the United States (Heath, 2009). Totally within... ? Was Nelson Mandela's decision to support the move to armed...