Throughout the history,there have been many sovereignties existed in the world,and there have been many kind of ruling systems.It has been a conflict which ruling system is the best, how a principality can continue its presence.Niccolo Machiavelli's Prince has become a masterpiece in this area for centuries so that,he became the father of national principalities, and "Machiavelism" has become a philosophic thought in the world.
Machiavelli's practical advices have been used in making political decisions directly or indirectly.When we closely investigate today's political area,we can see Machiavelli's effects in these events.For instance,The United States occupied Iraq in 2003 because of the unreal reasons.After this occupation, USA had applied a series of political ways to hold Iraq in their hands. One of them is try to weaken the neighbours of Iraq and to hinder neighbour's get a footing there.In Prince, Machiavelli states that, "The prince who holds a country differing in the above respects ought to make himself the head and defender of his less powerful neighbours, and to weaken the more powerful amongst them, taking care that no foreigner as powerful as himself shall, by any accident, get a footing there; for it will always happen that such a one will be introduced by those who are discontented, either through excess of ambition or through fear, as one has seen already."(*) These lines reveal USA's aims in Iraq and Middle East.In four years,USA forces could not stop harshness in Iraq and it has become a civil war.However, after the occupation in Iraq, USA started to accuse Iran producing nuclear weapon and found many supporters.Actually,USA used the same strategy before invading Iraq,so Iran has become a guilty and danger for the other countries. Here,USA's effectiveness in world's media had an important role and the easy way to accuse Iran.USA knew that there was no nuclear weapon in Iran, but they believed that Iran was a potential danger because Iran...