conflicts that are taking place in the parts of the world. Turkey‚ whose southern border is closest to the problematic Middle East region‚ will slowly play the part of these skirmishes. The first signs can be observed today. Strong Turkey will come out of these conflicts and become the main competitor of Iran. With US support‚ Turkey will become a hegemonic status in the Middle East. Although it now pretends to be disinterested‚ Turkey will not tolerate chaos on its borders for a long
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control of the eastern half of Germany‚ they made East Berlin the capital of East Germany. The other three counties were each in control of a small part of what was to be West Germany. The Allies decided that they would come together to form one country out of their three divided parts. Those three divided parts formed West Germany. After all the land was divided the Soviet Union controlled East Germany. Just like the Soviet Union‚ the economy in East Germany was struggling to get back on its feet after
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further fueled by the fact that there is an unstable environment and a lot of distrust between countries in the Middle East. However‚ according to Waltz this current atmosphere of distrust in the Middle East is caused by an imbalance of power. This imbalance is created by the fact that Israel is the only one in the region that has nuclear weapons. Restoring a power balance in the Middle East by allowing Iran to obtain nuclear weapons will‚
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ask you a question‚ where and when the Suez Canal was constructed? The Suez Canal lies between Middle East and Egypt and it was completed in 1869. But when European engineers were in the middle of constructing the canal they found a statue with some writing on it which said‚ "I‚ Darius the Great‚ King of Persia‚ King of Kings‚ King of the World‚ commanded my men to build a canal so that the East and West can easily trade with each other." They constructed the canal around 525 BC but years later when
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Introduction to part III (pp. 289-293) and Chapter 20 in Stubbs & Underhill as a starting point the relationship between globalisation and regionalisation. Characterise in continuation of this the differences between regional integration in Europe and The Far East. For instance‚ you may reflect upon whether the recent financial crisis has set a new agenda for regional integration (Stubbs & Underhill‚ Chapters 21 and 24) In the past decades‚ numerous trading blocs have been created throughout the world
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Ghosts from the Past: Colonial Legacy and the Middle East A century ago‚ the British Diplomat Sir Marks Sykes‚ pointing to a map in front of him‚ is said to have remarked‚ “I should like to draw a line from the ‘e’ in Acre to the last “’k’ in Kirkuk.” This seemingly uncomplicated straight line on the map would be the line in the sand along which the then colonial powers of France and Britain would decide to partition the Ottoman Empire among themselves after its fall. Most of the territory to the
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The Middle East was left in turmoil after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War 1 and its eventual dissolution in 1922‚ initiated by the Allies. The Ottoman Empire was a multinational‚ multilingual empire and the official state Dīn of the empire was Sunni Islam‚ although there was a hegemonic power of Muslim control over the non-Muslim population‚ non-Muslim communities in the Ottoman Empire had been granted state recognition and protection in the Islamic tradition. With the Empires
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attacks on September 11‚ there were many freedoms restricted for a period while the nation worked on increasing national security and diminishing risks. The terrorist attacks instilled fear towards the entire Muslim community and much of the middle east (Kennedy); however‚ the nations listed on Trump’s immigration ban are not even the same nations that the terrorists behind the September 11 attacks. After the executive order was signed‚ a news agency from Iran wrote that
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global expansion strategy since the mid-1990s was to “Think globally‚ act locally‚” where they aim to adapt to local conditions by really reflecting the youth culture‚ and adhering to local taste and culture. In this case‚ analysts felt that the Middle East would prove to be MTVN’s most ambitious and challenging venture‚ however MTV still decided to launch here due to proactive reasons (growth opportunities)‚ but recognised that their success was contingent upon a tactical balancing between being mindful
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PROXIMITY OF GREAT POWERS 2. GATEWAY TO CENTRAL ASIA 3. SIGNIFICANCE AS A TRANSIT ECONOMY 4. IMPORTANT LINK IN THE CHAIN OF MUSLIM COUNTRIES 5. ONLY MUSLIM COUNTRY WITH NUCLEAR CAPABILITY 6. CHINA’S LINK TO THE MIDDLE EAST 7. REDUCE INDIAN HEGEMONY IN THE ARABIAN SEA AND INDIAN OCEAN GEO-STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF PAKISTAN 22 January 2014 3 GEO-STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF PAKISTAN 22 January 2014 4 Geo means the Earth and strategy
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