http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/peacekeeping Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sat, 16 May 2026 07:59:25 -0400 Sat, 16 May 2026 07:59:25 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1192/us-policy-toward-africa-application-of-us-africa-command-signals-africas-increasing-strategic-importance By James DeTemple - The U.S. has a responsibility to defend its security interests globally and be ready respond to emerging crises anywhere in the world at a moment's notice. The global U.S. military command and control structure divides the world into various geographic regions for the employment of U.S. military forces in support of the U.S. national security strategy. It is an international reality that reflects U.S. regional policies, including U.S. policy toward Africa. The relatively new USAFRICOM is one of six U.S. Department of Defense geographic commands – the U.S. Africa Command (Africa), U.S. Central... Sat, 01 Nov 2014 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1192/us-policy-toward-africa-application-of-us-africa-command-signals-africas-increasing-strategic-importance http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1200/the-forgotten-continenent-the-story-of-the-uss-return-to-africa By Marina Tolchinsky - When President Eisenhower created the Bureau for African Affairs within the U.S. State Department in 1958, the intent was clear: to prevent the spread of communism. Never before had there been an office within the U.S. government that was solely responsible for developing U.S. foreign policy towards countries in Africa. The U.S. Bureau for Africa was born from the Cold War, and anti-communist rhetoric shaped much of its early policies. As the U.S. engaged in proxy wars to prevent the spread of communism on the continent, African issues gained a new importance to U.S. foreign policy. However, when... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1200/the-forgotten-continenent-the-story-of-the-uss-return-to-africa http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/351/preventive-security-in-the-21st-century-the-threats-of-the-threats By Ali B. Al-Bayaa - Let aside the debate around what globalization means; it has become evident that this phenomenon has shown that what affects one nation often affects another, or many others, and that interdependence exists in many forms and shapes. For the sake of this paper, we will move forward while adopting Nick Bisely’s method of defining globalization: “[The definition] depends not only on one’s basic vision of  [globalization's] constituent elements, but also on the sphere of human life in which one is interested” (Bisely, 2007). This paper examines preventive human security... Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:40 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/351/preventive-security-in-the-21st-century-the-threats-of-the-threats http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/143/the-burden-of-disarmament-un-peacekeeping-operations-and-illicit-weapons By Ali B. Al-Bayaa - An increase in conflicting geopolitical interest and tendency for violence has seen the demand for weapons (especially small arms) increase on a continuous basis. All the meanwhile, these conflicts have called on the United Nations (and other multilateral institutions[1]) operations to restore the peace. While operational success of these efforts has hindered upon the fact that states face a difficulty in agreeing on what the common challenges are, let alone the collective strategies to address them (Prins, 2006:110), one thing remains evident, and that is the fact that small arms and light weapons... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:58 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/143/the-burden-of-disarmament-un-peacekeeping-operations-and-illicit-weapons