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29 Sep 2010
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ETA and the role of the Spanish government in the war on terrorism

Essay - 13 pages - International relations

Basque nationalists claim that there has always been Basque speaking people (speaking Euskera- the name of the Basque language) in the territory that extends from Bordeaux in the north to Zaragoza and Burgos in the South and to Santander in the West. Such claims are not believed to be true by...

29 Sep 2010
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Economic and commercial consideration in the American foreign policy

Essay - 4 pages - International relations

The American imperialism began about 100 years ago, in 1890, with the end of the Frontier, an imaginary line that separated civilization from wilderness and that was constantly moving towards west. When the whole territory was conquered, it was like a shock in American mentality and it actually...

29 Sep 2010
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The Grand Chessboard by Zbigniew Brzezinski

Essay - 6 pages - International relations

Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Carter's Security Adviser between 1977 and 1981, is currently a member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is also a Professor at Johns Hopkins University and used to teach at Harvard and Columbia. ‘The Grand Chessboard - American...

29 Sep 2010
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Why is the Middle East so important for the United States?

Essay - 4 pages - International relations

The Middle East is politically as complex as its position on a map suggests: an addition of states with imprecise and moving borders, situated at the strategic crossing between Europe, Africa and Asia; this juxtaposition of small- and middle-range powers with no big powers is a real threat to...

29 Sep 2010
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The political involvement in the context of war: A moral dilemma for NGOS

Essay - 7 pages - International relations

Nowadays, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are subject to ethical dilemmas when it comes to accomplishing their goals. When helping people, irrespective of the approach used, it is important to consider both the environment, to adapt oneself to it and the consequences of the aid provided....

29 Sep 2010
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The drug trade

Essay - 6 pages - International relations

In the shuffle of the post Cold War geopolitics of transnational threats, drug trafficking suddenly appeared as one of the new major threats to the world order. Yet the drug trade has undergone a long time-span evolution over several centuries. This challenge to regional security is all the more...

29 Sep 2010
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How to prevent another desert war?

Essay - 5 pages - International relations

My purpose here is not to draw the historical background of the Western Sahara conflict (as it has already been done) but to give some insights on how to prevent another war in the unstable area of Maghreb. The Western Sahara is known to be the last colony of the world that has existed in spite...

29 Sep 2010
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Jihad Vs. McWorld by Benjamin Barber. Two opposite tendencies that threaten democracy

Essay - 5 pages - International relations

Benjamin R. Barber is a professor of political science and director of the Whitman Center at Rutgers University. His popular books are Strong Democracy (1984), An aristocracy of Everyone (1992), and Jihad Vs. McWorld (Times Books, 1995). Jihad Vs. McWorld, his last book was published in the...

24 Sep 2010
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China-Middle East relations and how the natural resources affect their relations

Thesis - 6 pages - International relations

It remains without a doubt that the economic boom that China has witnessed in the last few decades had many implications for other regions of the world, including the Middle East. To fuel its ever increasing production and consumption patterns, and its ultimate search for economic profit, China...

24 Sep 2010
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Genocide prevention and the UN convention

Tutorials/exercises - 5 pages - International relations

The term genocide comes from the Greek word genos, which means race or tribe and the Latin word cide, which means killing . The word genocide only appeared in the indictment for Nuremberg trail, neither in its Charter nor its judgment. For this trial, the crime of genocide has actually been...

24 Sep 2010
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US/Chinese foreign relations, from Sino-Soviet split to Nixon's visit to Beijing

Tutorials/exercises - 11 pages - International relations

China, the world's most populous nation, came under communist rule in 1949. In the previous decades, the Chinese Empire had been racked by political turmoil. In 1911, the collapse of the imperial Manchu dynasty instigated the rise of regional warlords and of revolutionary and reformist...

24 Sep 2010
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The economic impact of terrorism and the global security structure

Thesis - 5 pages - International relations

The beginning of the 21st century was highlighted by the 9/11 incident and it marked the apogee of the era of international terrorism. Since 9/11, terrorism threats are more and more in the center of national and international political decisions. This strong interaction with domestic and foreign...

28 Jul 2010
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Conflict in China, Tibet and Taiwan

Thesis - 2 pages - International relations

The conflicts between China, Tibet, and Taiwan have a long history, though the most recent issues between the areas stem from the effects of the Cultural Revolution and the expulsion of the nationalists from the country. When the communists came to power under the leadership of Mao, the...

13 Jul 2010
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Power equations in South East Asia

Thesis - 5 pages - International relations

This article deals with the major power equations that have a strong bearing on Southeast Asia's international relations. Although the interactions between the major powers have a significant impact on the region, it must not be assumed that the region is merely a passive onlooker. The South East...

12 Jul 2010
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Conflicts between India and Pakistan: Nuclear weapon possession- a major cause of conflict in the region

Thesis - 7 pages - International relations

The two nuclear powers of the Indian subcontinent, India and Pakistan have a serious dispute which dates back to the time of their independence from the British Empire in 1947. A difference of opinion at the time of independence led to the partition of the subcontinent and the creation of the...

12 Jul 2010
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The analysis of international relations and its different theories

Thesis - 7 pages - International relations

The realists claim to consider that the human and social relations (political) do not conform to an ideal as we would like them to. Their first concern is to understand the constraints to change and view the progress through an objective observation of reality. For realistic thinkers, the States...

12 Jul 2010
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Geopolitics of Iran

Thesis - 3 pages - International relations

Geopolitics can be defined as the art and practice of using political power over territories. Initially the term only applied to the primary aspect of political geography, but its usage evolved over the past century encompassing a wider significance. It is important to understand the geopolitical...

29 Jun 2010
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Bilingualism and product policy in Canada

Thesis - 8 pages - International relations

During my two-month internship in Canada, I had the opportunity to work for the company Yantama Services. It is an international transport and consulting company. The company is located specifically in Hamilton, Ontario, in which I had attempted to adapt and commercialize an innovative product on...

28 Jun 2010
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Policies and analysis of the liberalization of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Thesis - 7 pages - International relations

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank were both formed at an international conference held in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire (USA) in June 1944. The conference participants were keen to establish a framework for cooperation and economic development that would lay the groundwork for a more...

21 Jun 2010
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The revival of the idea of Europe (1945-1950)

Thesis - 7 pages - International relations

There is a remedy which, if it were generally and spontaneously adopted by a great majority of people in many lands, would as by a miracle transform the whole scene and would in a few years make all Europe, or the greater part of it, as free and happy as Switzerland is today. This is an excerpt...

25 May 2010
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Arab-Israeli conflict: From Copenhagen to Beijing and Washington to Jerusalem: American-Israeli relations cooling off

Thesis - 12 pages - International relations

Since the dawn of the industrial revolution there have been two consistent interlocking themes behind Middle Eastern-Great Power interactions. First, Great Powers have a tendency to view the Middle East as a strategic commodity, because of its geographic location and vital natural resources....

08 Apr 2010
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Interpreting Washington's plans of African Americans in society and the political system post-slavery: The flaw of Du Bois' argument on Washington's program

Essay - 3 pages - International relations

In his autobiography, Up from Slavery (1901), Booker T. Washington, a renowned African American leader in the late nineteenth century, describes his influential life experiences and his hypotheses for black reconstruction. Washington provides detail about his childhood, his education at the...

26 Mar 2010
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International organizations and the protection of human rights

Thesis - 3 pages - International relations

This is the perception that certain behavior is required by law; a duty that is legally obliged. Customary law that is drawn from the practice of States accompanied by the opinion juris, is therefore a conviction that law requires the practice set. The performance of opinio juris would be in...

26 Mar 2010
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An evaluation comparing and contrasting the international covenant of economic, social and cultural rights with the international covenant on civil and political rights

Thesis - 5 pages - International relations

The central purposes of the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant for Civil and Political Rights have many things in common as they work together to form the backbone of the International Bill of Rights. The two Covenants were created so...

26 Mar 2010
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Closed door meeting of North Atlantic Council: NATO-Russia relations

Thesis - 3 pages - International relations

Vladimir Putin's Russia is no longer the towering superpower it had been twenty years ago, and its influence and military might are considerably less of a force in global politics. But, thanks to a huge and poorly maintained nuclear arms force, the growing instability in the Caucasus, Central...

24 Feb 2010
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Joseph Stalin's iron grip

Thesis - 3 pages - International relations

With World War II beginning to affect the entire globe, the Soviet Union has found itself within the center of attention. Going all the way back to January of 1933 when Hitler comes into power in Germany, a theme of discontent begins with his actions of re-armoring the nation: ultimately an...

15 Feb 2010
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The importance of international trade and foreign direct investment to lift the global economy out of the downturn

Thesis - 7 pages - International relations

The current global economic crisis has been labeled by economists as the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and the domino effect of the crisis has culminated in the decline of consumer spending, demise of established businesses in key industry sectors and heightened government...

15 Feb 2010
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To what extent was the air campaign in operation Iraqi freedom a military success but a public relations failure?

Thesis - 15 pages - International relations

The relationship between the US and Iraq in the post-Cold War era has been marked by a shift in US foreign policy, which has culminated in two wars, namely Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The focus of this paper is to critically evaluate the tactical position of the USA in...

05 Jan 2010
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The Dayton peace agreement and its consequences in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Thesis - 7 pages - International relations

In the early 1990s the unraveling of Yugoslavia was well under way, and by the time war reached Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Yugoslavia was almost nonexistent. Croatia, Slovenia, and Macedonia had already proclaimed independence with relatively little military conflict. When the time came for...

05 Jan 2010
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Research and documentation center Sarajevo

Thesis - 9 pages - International relations

The second half of the twentieth century saw a growing trend toward democratization, or countries moving from repressive regimes to democratic governments. In Europe, this came largely at the end of the Second World War, with the fall of Nazi Germany, and more recently in Eastern Europe, with...