The Balkans‚ a region between the Mediterranean and Black sea was and is inhabited by many nations with various religions. This fact resulted often in unrests. To make peace in this area‚ it was necessary to unite the nations and to place a strong personality on the head. The Second World War helped by a considerable measure to the choice of such a personality. I would like to concentrate my attention to the West Balkans where Yugoslavia might be an excellent example. It is a former federation
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Wiesel on Indifference • Talks about him as a boy. • Filled with gratitude for the American people for freeing him. • “Gratitude is what defines the humanity of the human being.” • Grateful to Mrs. Clinton for what she said‚ what she is doing for the children of the world‚ for the homeless and the victims of injustice and for the victims of density and society. • “What will the legacy of this vanishing century be? How will it be remembered in the new millennium? Surely
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“World order” is the term given to the balance of power among the nation states of the world. Differences between these nations can lead to a power imbalance‚ which affects world order. It can best be achieved through agreements between states and other international instruments that set out the ideal international standards of behavior for states on a number of issues. But conflicts arise between countries due to differences in cultural attitudes and the desire for extra territory. In order to settle
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World War II. Eastern Europe‚ the Balkan Peninsula especially‚ has experienced years of civil and ethnic disruption making the region one of the greatest challenges to U.S foreign affairs. In November of 1992‚ the United States engaged militarily in the ongoing crisis in the Balkans (U.S Policy in the Balkans). Regions that have been under close U.S observation are Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo‚ in which peacekeeping forces such as the SFOR‚ KFOR and other NATO peacekeeping organizations have
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distress or simply avoid. He claims that the U.S. finally intervened in the Kosovo war‚ which enabled countless lives to be saved. However‚ Wiesel questions his audience: “Does it mean that we have learned from our past? Does it mean that society has changed? Has the human being become less indifferent and more human? Have we really learned from our experiences? Are we less insensitive to the plight of victims of ethnic cleansing and other forms of injustices in places near and far?” These rhetorical
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Humanitarian Intervention as a World-Wide Controversy The issue of humanitarian intervention has become increasingly prominent in worldwide debates regarding its role in ethics and legitimacy in international relations. Uncertainty arises as to whether there are any moral obligation for humanitarian intervention and the concerning justifications of the violation of state sovereignty. In viewing the matter ethically and applying Immanuel Kant’s principle of cosmopolitan law from his 1795 essay
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Committee: Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union Issue: Kosovo: its recognition‚ EU-future and relation to Serbia Delegate of: The Kingdom of Spain Delegate name: Di Lan Ngo Country’s Position Since Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence in February 2008‚ the political status of Kosovo within the Republic of Serbia remains a highly contentious issue that has yet to be resolved. However‚ if the Balkans is to be integrated into the European Union in the near future
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the Shah of Iran. Islamic militancy is affecting Afghanistan‚ Algeria‚ Iraq‚ Tunisia‚ Egypt‚ and Saudi Arabia Nationalism can also be a centrifugal force‚ particularly in countries with multiple nationalities‚ unassimilated minorities‚ racial or ethnic conflict‚ different cultures‚ or many languages or religion; this leads to challenges within borders Subnationalism: Many people give their primary allegiance to traditional groups or nations that are smaller than the population of the entire state
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“Give War a Chance” is an article written by the American economist‚ historian and military strategist Edward Nicolae Luttwak in 1999‚ in the American magazine Foreign Affairs. It make an easily understandable “buzz”‚ since its main assumption is that most kind of peacekeeping or humanitarian operations are‚ in an objective point of view‚ a bad thing for the peace‚ and that it tends‚ paradoxically‚ to slower its establishment. We will analyze here the main hypothesis that Luttwak is developing among
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world. These include the Anglo-American attack on Iraq without UN authorization and the continued persecution of Muslim peoples in Kashmir and Palestine. b. Going back a bit further‚ one can recall such horrors as the anti-Muslim ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and Kosovo‚ and last year’s officially inspired pogrom in India’s Gujarat state. To these tragedies the OIC’s response has been conspicuous by its absence. c. In the case of Gujarat‚ several European diplomats visited the riot-hit areas‚ and
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