Missile and Interceptor Production in the United States since 2022: Political Aspect

Foreign policy is an integral part of international relations. This study examines the United States (US) foreign policy towards Jordan from 1990 to 2017 since the period witnessed important regional and international political events that significantly impacted the US foreign policy. These events have the greatest impact on the development of relations between the two countries in terms of political and security aspects. The study looks at four political events and their impacts on Jordanian-American relations from the political and security aspects. Therefore, the objectives of this study are to examine the US foreign policy towards Jordan from the political and security aspects. This study adopted the qualitative approach. The primary data were collected from interviews while the secondary data were obtained from books, journals, theses, newspapers, seminar papers, articles and other documents. In this study, 16 respondents from political, economic and security experts in Jordan and the US were selected for semi-structured interviews. The study employed Thematic Analysis in analysing the data obtained. This study adopted the neo-realism theory as a theoretical framework. This study found that the US foreign policy recognizes Jordan as a close ally and considers its stability very important. The US foreign policy was seen slightly negative towards Jordan during the Iraqi War on Kuwait in 1990. However, the Wadi Araba peace treaty between Jordan and Israel in 1994 had promoted positive US foreign policy towards Jordan. This policy was slightly weakened in 2017 due to the transfer of the US Embassy to Jerusalem. Certain political events play an important role in the US foreign policy regarding security aid towards Jordan. The study found that the US foreign policy provides security support to Jordan to protect Israel, spread American ideology and fight against its enemy. This research also found that Jordan has a suitable location to defend Israel because the country is surrounded by important Arab countries. The US links its aids to Jordan due to political events. Accordingly, the study recommends the necessity for the Jordanian state to increase its influential economic alliances at the international level. In addition, Jordanian policy must be redrawn in line with international realities to pressure the US to make Jordan play an active role in the region and international arena. Jordan should better use its geographical location to achieve international cooperation and enhance Arab security as a barrier against Israel.

The New Contentism

The article examines the political and administrative aspects of improving the State mechanisms for ensuring cybersecurity in Ukraine based on international experience. A comparative analysis of approaches to cybersecurity in the United States of America, the European Union, and Ukraine was conducted. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the national regulatory framework, administrative structures and international cooperation in the field of cybersecurity. Based on this, specific recommendations are proposed to improve the effectiveness of Ukrainian cybersecurity mechanisms. Among the main measures are the harmonization of legislation with European standards, the creation of the National Cybersecurity Center and the implementation of the system of key performance indicators (KPI). The proposed recommendations will help strengthen Ukraine's cyber resilience and improve its interaction with international partners in the face of growing cyber threats. The article analyzes the main problems of the regulatory framework regulating the functioning of the management system, as well as recommendations for improving national cybersecurity mechanisms based on international experience. On the basis of the conducted analysis and taking into account international experience, a certain number of recommendations for improving cybersecurity mechanisms in Ukraine are proposed. The recommendations cover political, administrative and international aspects, forming a comprehensive approach to strengthening national cyber resilience. The key success factor is the development of the cybersecurity system in the context of the national security of the State, effective coordination between various State bodies, the private sector and international partners. Undoubtedly, it is important to ensure constant monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of implemented mechanisms for timely adaptation to new challenges in the field of cybersecurity.

The Philosophical Attitude of Eugene Hütz, Singer of Gogol Bordello

Lynton Keith Caldwell can fairly be considered the dean of American political scientists concerned with environmental issues. He has published many books on various aspects of environmental politics and policy and has had an influential role in the development of environmental legislation in the United States. This most recent book is different from his others, however, for it presents a philosophical and personal summary of the extent of the environmental crisis he perceives to be facing the world, and what he believes is required to avoid the plight he sees as near at hand. Lynton Keith Caldwel can fairly be considered the dean of American political scientists concerned with environmental issues. He has published many books on various aspects of environmental politics and policy and has had an influential role in the development of environmental legislation in the United States. This most recent book is different from his others, however, for it presents a philosophical and personal summary of the extent of the environmental crisis he perceives to be facing the world, and what he believes is required to avoid the plight he sees as near at hand.Writing in the style of an extended essay or memoir, Caldwell takes the reader gradually through his deeply troubled analysis of how we came to the present situation. In his view, “modern society has reached a point in time and circumstance when its customary behaviors can no longer be continued. New ways of relating to the Earth have become necessary, and so the world is passing through a historical discontinuity.” He proceeds in a deceptively calm manner, avoiding inflammatory language, to present a radical view of what he believes is necessary to bring about a different world that “must be created if civilization, and perhaps humanity, are to survive.”

TH TOW do regional differences influence national politics in the United States? To politicians regionalism seems a potent force. Presidential nominating conventions often witness acrimonious sectional struggles that have been traditionally resolved by geographically balanced party tickets. Presidential candidates, knowing that their appeal varies widely among regions, concentrate campaign expenditures and appearances in especially receptive and marginal states. On the other hand, several authorities contend that regionalism is ebbing in all phases of American life. Geographical differences, they argue, are blurring under the impact of frequent migration, broad exposure to the mass media, the mushrooming growth of nationwide corporations and labor markets, the homogenization of consumer goods, and the expansion of programs by the federal government.' Waning territorial distinctiveness should imply far-reaching consequences for American government and political parties, both of which are organized as hierarchies of spatial units. Despite their interest and sophistication in regional analysis, geographers have virtually ignored regional aspects of American national politics.2 Geographical studies of politics in cities, states, and individual regions demonstrate the value of adopting a spatial perspective in the interpretation of political behavior.3 The stimulating work of European scholars and American political scientists shows that important aspects of national politics in the United States can be analyzed geographically.4

To the present generation of young Americans the so-called two party system appears to be an almost unshakeable and permanent feature of the nation's polity. Several well-known American liberals (as, for instance, Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois and Walter Reuther, head of the powerful United Automobile Workers), who, in earlier years had reposed little faith in the Republican and Democratic parties, have gradually veered round to the view that the quest for reform must be pursued within the framework of the two major political parties. “Third parties” on the American scene have become virtually skeletonized for various reasons and their plans and platforms receive scant notice at the hands of the media of mass communication. With the advent of good times during the war and post-war years, organizations advocating a radical reconstruction of the social and economic order have found a progressively shrinking audience. Radicalism among the intelligentsia has become a factor of minor significance. Will there be any important changes in such a state of affairs if the current business “recession” continues much longer or intensifies? Do “bad times” favor the growth of militant parties of protest and dissent? Few students of the American scene expect that in the foreseeable future there will be any widespread move away from the two traditional parties. It is interesting in this connection to examine the developments in the United States a quarter of a century ago when the nation was plunged into one of the most serious economic crises in its annals. This paper will examine some aspects of life and politics in the United States in 1932 with special reference to the campaign of the Socialist Party of America to emerge as a significant political force.

Extract University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu.University of California PressOakland, California© 2018 by The Regents of the University of CaliforniaLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataNames: Lombardini, John, author.Title: The politics of Socratic humor / John Lombardini.Description: Oakland, California: University of California Press, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index. |Identifiers: lccn 2018011950 (print) | lccn 2018016651 (ebook) | isbn 9780520964914 | isbn 9780520291034 (cloth: alk. paper)Subjects: lcsh: Socrates. | Greek wit and humor— Political aspects. | Irony—Political aspects. | Greek wit and humor—Philosophy.Classification: lcc b318.i7 (ebook) | lcc b318.i7 l66 2018 (print) | ddc 183/.2—dc23LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018011950Manufactured in the United States of America25 24 23 22 21 20 19 1810 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Although it might be convenient to discuss the legal and aspects of population control in the United States as if they were two separate topics, any such arbitrary division of the subject could well obscure the close relationship between them. Unfortunately, the word political is one of the debased coins of our language. Once encompassing the whole range of man's activities in relation to the common good, the sense of this adjective is now limited to the art of obtaining and retaining public office. If we go back to the older sense of the word, however, we can observe a truly political aspect in the history of the legislation against contraceptives in the United States in the attitudes of lawmakers and judges toward attempted changes in these laws and in the current controversies, of far-reaching importance in their impact upon personal freedom, over the availability of contraceptive advice in publicly-supported hospital and welfare services and in the foreign-aid programs of our own Government. The subject cuts across vistas of human lifenot merely legal, but religious and social; not merely theoretical, but practical and immediate. Interestingly enough, some measures of population control have run afoul of the law, while others have escaped any such proscriptive legislation. In the latter category are (i) absolute continence, a time-honored method of family limitation formerly, but no longer, extolled by the Roman Catholic Church as the only permissible alternative to contraception; (2) periodic continence, sometimes called rhythm, a method now approved and even under some circumstances recommended by the Roman Catholic hierarchy; (3) coitus interruptus,1 perhaps the most widely practiced of all birth control measures; and (4) coitus reservatus,2 a more exacting technique requiring an even greater degree of self-control than coitus interruptus. All of these have the virtue of being both legally permissible and inexpensive. One of them, absolute continence, possesses the added advantage of being foolproof. The other available methods, sterilization, abortion, and contraception, are still entangled in a maze of legislative prohibition or regulation. It is these three last-named methods that will be the subject of more detailed discussion in this article.

As the cities developed and grew into larger metropolises, land value grew and land invariably became an asset. One of very critical causalities of such widespread need for development was the urban residence that got converted into cesspools of urban slum, major crime area and rapidly degraded. Incessant population growth of these cities called for more land to build residences especially the economically affordable and safe housings were needed for the citizens of none or low-income community. However, not enough attentions have yet been given to the essential basics of human habitation that exist within metropolitan limits by social, economical and political aspects. The following paper studies and elaborates the development motivation adopted by the government to develop public housing in the United States under the technical guidance of supporters and developers from national and international communities. The paper discusses current situation of public housing in the United States with a focus on understanding the present status of public housing and physical condition of their surroundings, strategies for fund mobilization, types of local involvement and community participation, ways of continuous monitoring and maintenance, etc. thereby creating a self-sustaining and integrated management plan for public housings in the future.

In the first three decades after China initiated reform and opening-up policies in 1978, its relations with the United States (U.S.) improved steadily. However, in the post-2007/2008 global financial crisis period, both countries’ attitudes toward each other began to change. Particularly since the Trump administration, as the U.S. started to define China as its main competitor, their bilateral relations deteriorated further. As a result, scholars, diplomats, and politicians worldwide began to talk about the emergence of a new Cold War between China and the U.S., encompassing economic, ideological, military, and political aspects. The ideological aspect of this emerging “new Cold War” revolves around the discourse of democracy.

This paper discusses the asymmetric war in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021 between the United States (US) and the Taliban from the perspective of defense diplomacy. The purpose of this paper is to identify assymetric war strategies and to evaluate defense diplomacy process to create peace. The research is based on qualitative method using secondary data from books, documents, and journals. The study indicates that defense diplomacy had succesfully led to the peace agreement, signed in Doha on February 29, 2020 between the US and the Taliban, which had been in conflict for nearly 20 years. However, the peace creation process is not easy due to the inhibiting factors which play more significant role than the supporting factors for defense diplomacy. Although the US, a super power, is supported by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Pakistan and several other countries, it is not a guarantee for the US to achieve its war objectives. The US goals and strategy continuously changed over time and imprecise in its implementation. The US’s failure to understand the political entity of the Taliban, particulary in the political, social and cultural aspects, is the main obstacle to achieving the US’ war goals and the ease implementation of defense diplomacy.

The use of fracking is a tremendously important technology for the recovery of oil and gas, but the advantages and costs of fracking remain controversial. This book examines the issues and social, economic, political, and legal aspects of fracking in the United States. Hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells—known commonly as “fracking”—has been in use in the United States for more than half a century. In recent years, however, massive expansion of shale gas fracturing across the nation has put fracking in the public eye. Is fracking a “win win” like its proponents say, or are there significant costs and dangers associated with the use of this energy production technology? This book examines fracking from all angles, addressing the promise of the United States becoming energy independent through the use of the process to tap the massive amounts of natural gas and oil available as well as the host of problems associated with fracking—groundwater contamination and increased seismic activity, just to mention two—that raise questions about the long-term feasibility of the process as a source of natural gas. The first part of the book provides a historical background of the topic; a review of technical information about fracking; and a detailed discussion of the social, economic, political, legal, and other aspects of the current fracking controversy. The second part of the book provides a host of resources for readers seeking to learn even more in-depth information about the topic, supplying a chronology, glossary, annotated bibliography, and profiles of important individuals and organizations. Written specifically for students and young adults, the content is accessible to readers with little or no previous knowledge regarding fracking.

随着中国的加速崛起以及奥巴马政府“重返亚太”战略的实施，中美与东南亚地区的关系在近年发生了很多变化，在东南亚地区的影响力也随之变化。中美两国在政治、经济、军事、文化等方面都加强了与东南亚地区的关系，对东南亚地区的影响力都有不同程度的增长。比较而言，中国对东南亚的经济影响力更大，而美国对其军事以及安全方面的影响力更大。中国大力推行以“亲、诚、惠、容”为理念的周边外交政策，美国积极推进“亚太再平衡”战略，而东南亚各国则继续选择“在经济上依赖中国、在安全上依靠美国”的大国平衡战略，这导致了中美在东南亚地区影响力的持续博弈。 With China’s rapid rise and the implementation of the Obama Administration’s ”Return to the Asia Pacific” strategy, both China and the United States have significantly changed their relations with Southeast Asia in recent years. Also, the influence of China and the United States in this region has changed too. Both China and the United States have strengthened relations with the Southeast Asia region in terms of political, economic, military, cultural and other aspects, and their influence has also risen in varying degrees. In comparison, China has a greater impact on the economy of Southeast Asia, while the US has more influence on its military and security. China vigorously implements the neighborhood diplomacy featuring amity, sincerity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness. The United States actively promotes the Asia-Pacific rebalancing strategy. The Southeast Asian countries continue to choose the balance of power strategy, relying on China regarding the economy, relying on the United States regarding the security. This has resulted in the continuous game between China and the United States in the Southeast Asian region.

Newborn screening for severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) has been implemented in more than half of the states in the United States. Despite the success of these programs, numerous challenges remain for implementing newborn screening. The present review will focus on technical, programmatic, and political aspects pertinent to newborn screening for SCID. (Figure is included in full-text article.) Recent data from newborn screening in 11 U.S. programs suggest that the birth prevalence of SCID is higher than previous estimates. In addition, a large number of other conditions causing T-cell lymphopenia have been detected. Several European countries have initiated pilot screening for SCID. Significant cost savings for treatment of infants with SCID detected at birth, compared with later in life, has been demonstrated. Published evidence of the favorable cost-benefit ratio for screening supports implementation of universal SCID newborn screening. SCID fulfills criteria for a condition that should be included in routine newborn screening. Data presented from multiple newborn screening programs in the United States and Europe have shown that high throughput screening of all newborns is cost-effective. Screening improves early detection of this life-threatening condition and follow-up studies have shown a clear improvement in survival for early treatment.