In Africa one can procure a Kalashnikov for a bag of maize, in Afghanistan, for ten dollars; clearly the arms market has become vastly oversaturated. While munitions circulation could be thought of as something purely fiscal, the ease of acquiring weapons in the third world is something that should be considered to be a precarious practice for international security. Today or tomorrow the United States will have put another M16 out on the market. Inevitably, that M16 is going to end up in the hands of terrorists, rebels, or other insurgent groups who can purchase it for just a bag of maize or a measly ten dollars. Weapons proliferation is at the heart of most of the issues in the third world as it contributes to poverty, AIDS, and ethnic violence. Munitions around the world have several means of maintaining circulation. This can be through black or “grey” market sales, relief of stockpiles, raiding, trading, and supplying. The United States was responsible for nearly a 64% stake in world arms exports in 1999, at that point, an all time record. An estimated 600 million small arms and light weapons are in worldwide circulation, that would be one for every ten people on the planet. The US is the single largest weapons provider in the world, but what may be more worrisome than this, is the underhanded arms deals that they are often times involved in. With illicit arms trafficking, the United States gets involved when there are clear interests, they do not act out of moral code. When they are involved in the arms trade, weapons are brokered when it is financially beneficial. When they are prosecuting arms traffickers, it is often for scapegoat purposes to show that they do not condone this sort behavior, when often times, they do bu... ... middle of paper ... ...rying to pawn their munitions off on a developing nation can result in a fine or even a stern talking to from Hans Blix. Nonetheless, governments are somewhat reserved about when they choose to violate sanctions. Countries instead choose to sell to freelance arms dealers that are less inhibited by the idea of violating UN sanctions. One of the best examples of international arms dealers would be the notorious Viktor Anatolyevich Bout. He was born near Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, a province in the southeast Soviet Union that happens to be modern day Tajikistan. Bout served in the Soviet Armed Forces for many years. Bout is what could be considered to be a true Machiavellian, he is concerned with his wealth and does not take sides with whom he vends to. His will sell to anyone and everyone with a valid check is what makes him such an intriguing businessman. While most arms
Ricky Carmichael has been one of the most popular motocross and supercross racers of all time. He’s been around this kind of racing for many years. From 1996 to 2007 he was the best racer to ever be in this kind of professional racing. From now to the future Ricky will always be around this sport. Ricky Carmichael was and will always be the big picture around motocross and supercross racing.
During the 1840’s and 1850’s America experienced its golden age in shipping and sailing.1 At the front of this era was Donald McKay whose innovative ship designs lead to the numerous sea speed records, some of which stand today. For most of the early 19th century American ship building consisted of merchant and cargo ships. It took a long time for these ships to sail across seas. With the increased speed came decreased time to wait for pay. Another need for increased speed was the California gold rush of 1849. People wanted to make the trip as quickly as possible in order to stake their claims. Donald McKay’s clipper ships enabled people to do that.
Arms embargoes are “one type of sanctions that can be used to coerce states and non-governmental actors to improve their behaviour in the interests of international peace and security” . The prohibition of military transfers includes: provision of military aid, military cooperation, arms sales and security assistance . This essay aims to examine Dominic Tierney’s assertion whether multilateral ‘arms embargoes are both easy to introduce and difficult to lift’ . Prior to 1990, the UN introduced arms embargoes on two occasions only: against South Africa and Rhodesia . Since 1990 there have been in total 25 cases of UN mandatory arms restrictions, of which 13 remain in place. The EU is the other major embargo imposer with a total 33 cases and 20 still un-lifted . The 1990s in particular, were characterised by Cortright and Lopez as the ‘Sanctions Decade’ during which 50 multilateral sanctions were introduced, with arms embargoes being the most employed form of sanctions . Thus the statistics suggest that the UN and the EU have been more frequently resorting to arms embargoes. However, little is illustrated about the dynamics involved in issuing and removing an arms embargo.
Composer-lyricist-librettist of RENT, a rock opera inspired by "La Bohème", Jonathan Larson was born in Mt. Vernon, New York, and raised in suburban White Plains, the second child of Allan and Nanette Larson. Both Jonathan's parents loved music and theatre, and show tunes and folk music were always playing in their home. Jon and his sister Julie took piano lessons during elementary school. He could play by ear, and his teacher encouraged him to experiment with rhythm, harmony, and setting words. By high school, he was called the "Piano Man" after the enormously popular song of that title by Billy Joel; he also played tuba in the school marching band. Active in school and community theatre, Jonathan had major roles in several musicals.
...ave either worsened the situations of certain conflicts or instigated more unnecessary conflicts. These unnecessary interventions have lead to unnecessary loss of lives, both Americans and foreigners and made the United States be focussed more on events abroad than the issues at home. Imagine if the United States was a Third World country and another fictional superpower similar to the United States meddled with all the businesses and issues inside the nation. The American people would be furious just like the people of other nations that have been affected and are currently being affected by the United State’s imperialistic actions. If this scenario ever becomes a reality, perhaps it will teach the United States to not unnecessarily meddle with events abroad. Let the other countries be. The United States is not the world’s police and never should be.
Wintemute, Garen J. "Where the Guns Come from: The Gun Industry and Gun Commerce." Princeton University 2002: 54-71. Web. 24 Nov. 2013.
The controversy over assault rifles is one of the most problematic issues related to the contributions of gangs, drug traffickers, and most criminal activity. More often than not, criminals have access to the weapons of their choice more easily than it should be. Getting them from licensed dealers, black markets, and family members’ homes, the availability of these militia weapons has become to effortless to obtain. The rise of criminal activity is part of the reason more than one-third of high school students have easy access to a weapon or gun. “Four out of five guns brought to school are actually brought from their own homes” (Page par 2). This is one of the biggest problems when faced with where criminals get their guns. They either steal them from relative’s homes, ask to borrow them, or steal them from licensed sellers. There are a lot of ways people can get guns. People who should not be able to purchase a firearm are allowed to, and illegal transactions are also a huge issue with criminals getting their guns. For all these reasons that is why Government should require restricted gun ownership to protect society, prevent crime, and allow for recreational use.
In an article, it explains that “The State Department’s Military Assistance Report on June 8 stated that it approved $44.28 billion in arms shipments to 173 nations in the last fiscal year, including some that struggled with human rights problems. These nations include the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Israel, Djibouti, Honduras, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain” (Toombs 1). These nations are where ISIS originated from. This is more than likely the reason why there are so many terrorist in the Middle East who are able to do so much damage. By giving these terrorist weapons, we are giving them weapons to kill our people. It makes no sense for the United States to provide weapons to countries who are using them to cause terrorists acts within their own country and other countries as well. If the United States stops providing these people with weapons to kill, we would not have such a problem with terrorists. Also, if we are able to increase our security even more so. Things like “congress federal(izing) airport security by passing the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, which created the Transportation Security Administration” (Villemez 2). We can increase security in our own home by providing funds to the military. They will technologically advance our security through various ways. They have always been making newer and different inventions that prevent future possible terrorist attacks. We can fund the military financially
MAIN NAME SHEET David Carson was born in Texas in the United States. Many of his design influences have come from his early childhood while travelling around America, Puerto Rico and the West Indies. His first significant exposure to graphic design education came as part of a three-week workshop in Switzerland, where the Swiss graphic designer Hans-Rudolph Lutz influenced him. He then worked in a high school near San Diego from 1982 to 1987. During this time he also carried highly experimental graphic design as the art director of the magazine Transworld Skateboarding. Among his abilities of art directing, graphic designing and film directing, he was also a professional surfer. His immense interest in the surfing culture persuaded him to return to the West Coast where he helped launch the magazine Beach Culture. The magazine only lasted three years but Carson’s pioneering approach to design, particularly toward typography challenged the fundamental aspects of all design and graphic communication. SURFER SHEET Carson’s work was often arresting and powerfully communicative. From 1991 to 1992 he worked on Surfer magazine. The straightforward styling of the covers was a strong contrast to the later "How" magazine covers. Here you could associate with Carson as his unique use of typography filled each cover to give an interesting introduction to the contents. After this came his break into an international profile when he helped launch Raygun magazine, ...
The acts of violence that were performed by rebels in Africa were horrific. Adults and children were murdered, mutilated, tortured, and raped. The Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in Sierra Leone performed despicable acts of cutting off a people's body parts with machetes to instill fear in the community. If you were working in the diamond mines and not performing up to the standards of the rebels you would lose a body part as punishment. Rebels would continue to do this from one village to another in order “to take control of the mines in the area” (Hoyt). It is estimated that in Sierra Leone that over 20,000 people suffered mutilation. The acts that the rebels performed to these innocent victims was clearly a violation to their human rights. The RUF collected 125 million a year to fund their war on the government and the people of Sierra Leone.
The United States is one of the leading suppliers of Foreign Aid in the world, and even though the US gives billions, European countries give aid money to the same countries, this causes many areas of the Middle East, Africa, and Asia to be almost fully dependent on foreign aid. This means that without aid from other countries, they would not be able to support themselves at all. Foreign aid is meant to help countries that are struggling with civil unrest, disease, or natural disasters, it is not meant to help keep the country out of debt, but that is where more and more of the US and The EU’s foreign aid budget is going. The question is, does all this money actually go where it is intended? It should be going towards the government and to help the people, but in many cases, the countries government does not have the resources to properly track the flow of money. The countries in most cases have poor infrastructure and corrupt or oppressive leaders, not always at a national level, but in the towns and cities. So this means there is almost no way to oversee the flow of foreign aid through the country, all we can see is that their situations aren't getting any better and the countries are still impoverished. If this is the case, where are the millions of dollars going? Countries like Afghanistan and Iraq receive the most money from American foreign aid and European aid, yet they are still under oppressive governmental rule and there is still an extreme difference between the rich and poor. Garrett Harding’s theory of “Lifeboat Ethics” exemplifies how not giving aid to others will allow the strongest of society to thrive, while teaching the impoverished to help themselves. He believes that giving aid to poor countries will only make ...
If someone ever met Andrew Urdiales he would be the type that one would forget. He is not very outgoing and would keep to himself, during his childhood he did not have many friends and was an average student. Urdiales was a marine stationed in Southern California when he committed his first murder killing Robbin Brandley a twenty-three year old college student. From July 1988 to August 1996 Urdiales would go on to kill seven more women. Most serial killers kill each victim similar to all the other victims, Urdiales was different though his first murder he stabbed the victim to death while his last he shot in the head.
noted, N. a. (2008, Feb 22). China defends arms sales to Sudan. BBC News , p. 1.
Russia crime organizations are not even the source when it comes to smuggling Nuclear Weapons. Warheads come from one place, the military. There is major corruption in the Russian Military. Although, you can make your own type of Nuclear weapons, but this is a different case.
Warfare is what led to the creation and manufacturing of firearms all over the world. Firearms made war less savage and protected soldiers in battle without them needing to even get close to their enemy. In today’s society, guns have reached far past being used in warfare, being used to murder, steal, and threaten. People are terrified now more than ever because of guns falling into the wrong hands. Although guns have many cons, they have many advantages to back them up in recent protests against them.