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... “Peace”, as defined by Webster’s Dictionary is: the absence of war or hostilities; Freedom from quarrels and disagreement; and Harmonious relations. ... This is where I have a slight problem. ... In the study of International Relations, a definition, theory if you will, is fine but there must be a practical, tangible application. For this we use the “everyday” or “laymen’s term” of development in concern to International Relations, which would be development on the nation-state level. ... The reference to the Titanic mostlikely caused a back-step in ship design. While the other, as we all know, caused the beginning of World War I. ... The reason that its foreign is because everyone may have a different perspective of what peace means for his or her situation. ... With this establish, we reflect back on the relationship between Peace and Development. ... Having read, The End of History and the Last Man, the conclusion deduced were excellent, but lacked several major components. ... This is another component that I believe Professor Fukuyama missed. ... So how can it be the end of history and potentially the beginning of peaceful relations? ...
Dealing with this concept of “Peace” is quite difficult because of the many different ideas revolving around it. ...
Initially, this was not what my paper/discussion was about. And I also realize that this was not exactly what the instruction may have stated, but I was caught between trying to satisfy the requirements and satisfying the logic behind this entire discourse. I believe I was able to satisfy both, just not in the fashion that was instructed by.
My first paper was about Peace in the Post-Cold War era to go along with my oral presentation. I completed that roughly a week ago. I began to get extremely frustrated by what I wrote after I started reading, The Bear and the Dragon, a book by Tom Clancy. As I read this, knowing fully that it was a work of fiction, I got rather pissed about writing about Peace and the Cold War.
We, meaning academics so-called scholars, sometimes forget about the little things that go along with all of the rhetoric that goes with higher education. ...
This is how I felt about my first essay. I feel this paper is far more relevant to my present position in reference to what I perceive to be the true study of Peace and Development, not just the theoretical. ... I have met many of these types of people here in Sweden. ... Basically, the point that I’m trying to make is that dealing with the concepts of Peace is irrelevant without dealing with the application of Peace. ... That was the purpose of the italicized writing about global security.
Approximate Word count = 2522
Approximate Pages = 10.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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