OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR For Greece’s Economy‚ Geography Was Destiny By ROBERT D. KAPLAN Published: April 24‚ 2010 THE debt crisis that caused Greece to ask for an international bailout on Friday has been attributed to many things‚ all economic: Greece’s budget deficits‚ its lack of transparency and its over-the-top corruption‚ symbolized by the words “fakelaki‚” for envelopes containing bribes‚ and “rousfeti‚” political favors. But there is a deeper cause for the Greek crisis that no one dares mention
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND LOCAL CULTURE Community A basic definition of community refers to a social unit larger than a small village that shares common values.[1] The idea of a community presupposes the existence of a group of individuals whose values and norms shape a common identity‚ where the feelings of trust and belongingness are fostered‚ and the existence of shared responsibility towards mutual goals. Smith breaks down the term into three concepts to further understand it
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In my opinion‚ the treaties of Versailles couldn’t be justified at the time in a large extent. The treaties led Germany and her allies a very harsh punishment and suffered a lot at the time. The War Guilt Clause made them had to accept the total responsibility which was unfair because the Allies also caused the war happened. The ￡6.6 billion reparation from Germany was unacceptable for German at the time and led to the hyperinflation in 1923 and other economic problems. They had to pay reparations
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The largest dispersion of Jews was in the 8th century before the common era‚ however most of the Jews in Split came during the 3rd-4th century Romaniote immigration‚ along with the Syrian and Iranian exiles. This formed a strong Jewish presence on the East Adriatic Coast. The East Adriatic Coast was a smart place to settle because of its location for economic trade‚ not to mention its mild climate and beautiful geography. Salona‚ Dalmatia‚ and Split are all prime examples of the settlement of Jews
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Chapter 1 Europe Multiple Choice Defining the European Realm 1. The following are statements describing the demographic and economic conditions which may be generally ascribed to the European Realm. Which one is inaccurate? A. Europe constitutes one of the great population clusters of the world. *B. Levels of economic development in Europe decline from east to west. C. Europe’s population is highly urbanized. D. European agriculture is mainly market-oriented. E. European
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though the International Community did nothing at the pinnacle of the war‚ it responded later by looking for equity for the casualties of the abominations. For example‚ the UN Security Council made the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague. As per history‚ it was the primary tribunal after the Nuremberg Trials of near 1945 and 1946 and the first to deal with instances of genocide among different wrongdoings against humankind. The ICTY prosecuted Radovan
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Cold War Review Questions 1. After defeating the Germans‚ the United States and the Soviet Union were two nuclear-armed superpowers. 2. Containment is the purpose of which was to resist the extension of Soviet expansion and influence in the expectation that eventually the Soviet Union would collapse from internal pressures and the burdens of its foreign oppression. 3. The United States tried to contain the Soviet Union in the East of Europe. They were kept in Russia‚ Germany‚ and Vietnam
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of military policy. Instances of mass rape during wartime which have been defined as genocidal rape were the mass rapes during the Partition of India‚ mass rapes during the Bangladesh liberation war‚ the rapes during the civil wars in the former Yugoslavia‚ and the rapes during the Rwandan Genocide.
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Poland‚ Romania‚ and the Soviet Union became a military alliance in the Warsaw Pact which was divided from NATO. At the end of World War II‚ the Soviets occupied all of Eastern Europe and the Balkans except for Greece‚ Albania‚ and Yugoslavia. Both Albania and Yugoslavia had Communist resistance movements during the war and the Communist Party assumed power when the war ended. Communist governments were placed in East Germany‚ Bulgaria‚ Romania‚ Poland‚ Hungary and later Czechoslovakia. Hungary attempted
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this very topic. Films are made by people who do not have any personal other relation which can in any way endanger objectivity of same. War in Kosovo and Unitarian independence Back in time of communist Yugoslavia‚ Kosovo had a status of the province inside Serbia.1 Dissolution of Yugoslavia was followed by wars in almost all federal units including Kosovo. Albanian majority demanded sovereignty and independent from Federal Republic of
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