Outline Thesis: Modern seaborne piracy off the coast of Somalia can be controlled by making Somalia more safe and stable‚ improving the infrastructure‚ and finding individual or private solutions. Introduction I. Making Somalia more safe and stable A. Starting an effective government B. Establishing higher demands of security II. Improving Infrastructures A. Forming a steady and firm framework B. Creating and enforcing treaties
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Piracy in Somalia Crisis around the Horn of Africa Bryant W. Abstract Piracy is a global concern that dates back thousands of years; however‚ it has taken new depth of mayhem in the modern age. The piracy in Somalia is a problem in the international shipping industry and imposes damage to ships and theft of cargo along the Horn of Africa. It causes water pollution off the Somali coast‚ considerable loss of life‚ and deteriorates the effectiveness of the shipping industry. Because of the
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and pushing Al-Shabab to the south of the country‚ it failed to end Islamic radicalism in Somalia; in fact‚ it was a primary factor in the ultra-radical turn of Al-Shabab‚ “transforming the group from a small‚ relatively unimportant part of a more moderate Islamic movement into the most powerful and radical armed faction in the country” . In 2009 Ethiopia withdrew its troops from Somalia‚ replaced by the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) composed of thousands of Ugandan and Burundian peacekeeping
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geography which helps the policy makers to shape mental map for the formulation of grand strategy on the basis their states interests‚ commitments and vulnerabilities within an imagined space. In the response of strategic position of a country within the strategic geography‚ a country has to rebalance its foreign and defense policy depending on different strategic important bloc. In the early 2011‚ United States (US) formulated its foreign and defense policy emphasizing on the Iraq and Afghanistan. But
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immoral ways to reach a goal‚ that goal becomes stigmatized by the ways used to reach it. Politician and philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli is known for coining the phrase‚ “Ends justifying the means” in his book The Prince. This quote leaves us with the question‚ “is it worth it to reach a goal no matter what you have to do to get there?” Machiavelli believed that wrong deeds can be justified simply by having a good purpose for those actions but his theory is flawed‚ because no matter the end goal one
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Soc 355: Minority Group Relations Somalia Presentation Paper When I walked into the presentation tonight I had no idea what to expect. I thought for a second it might be another presentation that just simply bores the audience with listing statistics of bullies in schools or dealing with discrimination that I would never come across or face. It was not though; the presentation was a real experience. In a sense‚ it could have been too real. Somalia is a country that is located on the far
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Means are more important than end This is a well- known proverb that we have heard many times. The ends are our goals and the means are the specific actions are take to achieve these goals. This proverb is often misleading as it gives the idea that we can achieve this goal through any means. I don’t think that the means is less important than the end. We all have so many goals to achieve. We also have our own ways of accomplishing it. Getting the desired result by any means is not at all correct
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Cait Sackman Mrs. Mary Ellen Minogue A.P. Language and Composition A October 3‚ 2013 Foster’s Rhetorical Strategies Master novelists craft their texts in such a way that style supports subject matter. In a passage from the beginning of Chapter XX in the novel Howards End by E.M. Forster‚ it is clear‚ due to Forster’s use of rhetorical strategies‚ that the power of love is underestimated. Forster uses diction‚ syntax‚ and tone to illustrate this concept of love. Forster
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derailing any attempt to coax them to the negotiating table‚ according to one senior member of Hamid Karzai’s peace council. A withdrawal of American troops has already begun following an agreement to hand over security for the country to Kabul by the end of 2014. But Afghans wary of being abandoned are keen to lock America into a longer partnership after the deadline. Many analysts also believe the American military would like to retain a presence close to Pakistan‚ Iran and China. Both Afghan and
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questionable‚ but being that the ends are so positive‚ it would be futile to look at it otherwise. Plain and simple‚ the means are irrelevant if the ends are positive enough to trump them. Machiavelli defends these conclusions using both explicit and implicit language. Machiavelli states‚ “Therefore‚ a prince must not worry about the reproach of cruelty when it is a matter of keeping his subjects united and loyal…”. There he is using “the ends justify the means”. He’s saying that it is okay to
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