In his farewell address, outgoing President George Washington famously stated that, "The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. Europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none, or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves, by artificial ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordina...

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In the North-Central Mexican city of Juarez, times are often pretty rough. Crime is decreasing as of 2016, but the percentage of violent crimes in Mexico is still higher than almost all major cities in the country to the north, the United States. In fact, poverty is extremely prevalent with "494,000...

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Introduction The present study intends to demonstrate and analyze how powerful a role language and discourse may have with regard to its appropriate application in the foreign policy actions of one of the world's leading nations. The thesis deals with United States' approach in making foreign policy decisions with reference to the Middle East, more specifically with focus on the countries of Iraq and Egypt. The two most recent American administrations, those of Bush and Obama shall provide the proclamations for the study. The core of the thesis lies in the analysis of language and d...

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