‘Détente was a failure’ How far do you agree with this assessment? In the period of the 1970s‚ the policy of Détente is often viewed as a failure because the main themes of the Cold War remained present‚ for instance Soviet Expansionism continued and new advances for nuclear production came about despite laws capping old types of nuclear weapons. In addition‚ not all agreements were taken seriously‚ such as Helsinki which was deemed by Soviets as ‘just a piece of paper’. However‚ the term Détente
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the 20th century saw a colonized world‚ with a few superpowers ruling the majority of the globe. The indigenous people of these colonies were usually oppressed and forced into some form of slavery. Although these people formed pocket resistance groups on occasion‚ they did not have a strong enough sense of national unity to cohesively fight against their colonizers‚ who always presented a solid‚ single front to any dissident groups. The superpowers‚ for the most part‚ tried to gain the trust‚ and subsequently
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aid‚ by all accounts should have doomed the country whose very right to exist has become one of the greatest international relations dilemmas of modern history. The question is why the United States‚ the beacon of hope and new economic‚ military superpower would stand by and do nothing for what would become its greatest ally in the Middle East during its most perilous time‚ how
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quickly once alliances were involved. The first and one of the most significant alliances which did indeed influence the war to a huge extent was between Belgium and Britain agreeing that Belgium was a neutral country. Because Germany was a growing superpower in Europe and felt boxed in between France and Russia; this lead to the Dual Alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary. Italy eventually joined Germany because they felt threatened by France and the Alliance became known as the Triple Alliance
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India is at 87th position in the list of 178 countries as far as corruption is concerned in Transparency international’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). It includes both political and bureaucratic corruptions. Transparency International has estimated the annual worth of great Indian corruption market is US$5 billion. And 75% of them are corruptions made by politicians. That is the reason why we live in a rich country but we are poor. The list of political corruptions/scandals after the independence
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The French and Russian Revolutions The French and the Russian revolution both occurred mainly due to two main reasons. Both of these revolutions were the direct results of bad leadership and a bad economy. These two reasons along with other factors caused both of these revolutions. Although they were both similar‚ they also had differences. A difference between the two is that the Russians had an unsuccessful "pre-revolution" in 1905. Another difference between these two revolutions is the
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Turning points in world history: Agricultural revolution (ca. 8000-5000 B.C.) Time period when humans first domesticated plants and animals Allowed people to switch from hunting and gathering to farming and herding Origin of civilizations (ca. 3500 B.C.) Establishment of farming and herding societies in river valleys encouraged the development of civilizations Main characteristics include cities‚ commercial activity‚ written language‚ and complex forms of government and religion Classical
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who litter‚ loiterers‚ those people who read most of a comic in the store even though they didn’t pay and bikers who don’t wear helmets‚ etc. Thirteen years later on a base on a moon of jupiter an evil scientist accidentally gave two axes every superpower. The axes then exploded
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Interestingly enough‚ this also seems to be the case when two superpowers of their time confront each other‚ like the Chinese and English in the late 18th century. Although there has been much change in the nature of the relationship between the English and Chinese—between 1792 and 1900—with regards to the exchange of ideas‚ commercialism and each society’s view on the other‚ there has also been much continuity the relationship between two superpowers‚ such as the general contempt for Chinese from British
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of the public. This also had some short-term and long-term ramifications‚ including the decision that declared the legality of the Louisiana Purchase‚ the single act that doubled the size of the United States and laid the foundation for a future superpower. The most significant short-term effect of the decision made in Marbury v. Madison was the fact that it greatly magnified the court’s authority and opinion‚ though it can be debated that this is also a long-term effect. Another short-term effect
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