Sino-Soviet Relations, 1958-1962
This paper provides a historical analysis of the Sino-Soviet relations, tracing their pre-1958 relations. Ultimately, it is well known that Stalin’s vision for the USSR was to fortify its leadership in the Communist world, while Mao’s ambitions for China were essentially the same. Although the...
COMPARE AND CONTRAST 2 COUNTRIES
Capitalism entrusts those profits to the entrepreneur or industrialist who invested substantial amounts of money as capital in the firm (Young & Kent, 2004). To maintain these dfferent operations, both systems have different governments to oversee them.
Communism holds that the citizens are not above...
The Foreign Policy In The USSR During And After The Cold War
The Cold War was seen to come to close with the collapse of the weakened Soviet Union. This collapse of the Soviet Union was seen to have been precipitated by the implementation of various reform programs by the then Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. These programs...
Social and Economic Changes in Post-socialist Cities
This paper concerns itself with answering the question that what are the economic and social changes in Post Socialism Bulgaria. Between 1940, to 1990, Bulgaria was a socialist state, and MacKenzie (2012) consider it to be a satellite state of the Soviet Union. This is...
The Winner of the Cold War
Of the Cold War, by determining the major components in the strategy of Gorbachev after 1985 and the unforeseen results of the course of internal and external reform. The policy reforms of Gorbachev occurred in four major domains; in each instance, the policy acquired impetus...
Events of the Korean War
Before getting to the history, it is crucial to note some of the significant differences that fuelled the war between the two nations. These can be seen from the ideological perspective, in which the USA is involved with its capitalist ideologies and sense of military...
Oswalds Motivation for the Assassination President Kennedy
Aside from subscribing to the Trotskyist communist publication, The Militant, he wrote a letter to the editor commending its coverage of the labor movement. “Oswald, in His Own Defense” was an essay by Joel Grant and John Locke implying that Oswald was denied counsel while...
Preparing American Intelligence for the Twenty-First Century
Agency (CIA) an independent director secondary to the DNI, who would be accountable for human collection and other covert collection, and underground activities; formed an Office of Intelligence Analysis, assembling analysts from all over the intelligence community; furnished legislative agreements for National Security Agency (NSA)...
Premises for China's Rise in the Global Political Scene
The deep animosity between Russia and China is well attested by their relations over the centuries. As far back as the 1650's Russians and subjects of the Chinese Empire engaged in an intermittent border war over the Amur River valley in the Far East, a...
Did nuclear weapons keep the peace during the Cold War
Deployment of the nuclear weapons was a fundamental development in the history, whereby these weapons served as a way of raising the destructive power. In this case, a thermonuclear weapon was developed without limits, and there were destructive yields with reduced periods for delivering the...
Different Countries in the Korean War
The Korean War was not just between North Korea, South Korea, and China but many other powerful leaders were directly or indirectly involved in it. Stalin and Truman, in particular, played an important role in the war. Stalin had established a complete communist rule in...
Political Change in Europe
The Soviet withdrawal of the Brezhnev Doctrine in support of the Communist regimes in the satellite states under its hegemonic control encouraged the people to emphatically express their desire for change. The Marxist-Leninist ideology was no longer blindly accepted by the new generation, who leaned...
The Key Developments of European Union Regional Policy During 1980s and 1990s
Based upon the notion of negotiation collect decision-making and democratic governance the European Union relies on collective decision-making to achieve its goals and negotiation between member states. Membership is highly sought after and members are bound together by treaties signifying their participation within the European...
The end of the cold war
Now that the cold war has ended to the surprise of everyone, the discussions have moved from animated arguments about how it originated to equally animated disputes about the reasons for its end or death. Primarily one can reason that this fresh discussion will continue...
Did Kennedy Cause the Crisis
Those who claim that Kennedy acted rashly tend to focus upon the fact that Kennedy acted in a very public way. They claim that resolution only came about because of Soviet moderation rather than any American action. They argue that Kennedy’s actions were driven by...
Analysis of Total War
The Blitzkrieg was first manifested in the form of the Storm Troops, a group of elite infantry units known for their momentum and speed. Later, when they were converted into Blitzkrieg, they “evolved into modern mobile warfare” with “heavily armored tanks supported by infantry, motorized...
Effects of the First World War
The most important factor that led to the eventual defeat of the Japanese in the war was Japan's decision to bomb Pearl Harbour and the execution of the plan. As a result of the war, the attack helped spark a turning point for the Allies....
A History of Korea from Antiquity to the Present
In 1392, the Joseon Dynasty kingdom was founded by General Yi Seong-Hye, who overthrew the Goryeo Dynasty. Joseon adopted Confucianism as their guiding ideology in order to counter the influence of Buddhists. Joseon Dynasty had a well-balanced political system where recruitment of government officials involved...
Balance of Power in the Current World
Current mechanisms of the balance of power are similar to some of the ways ancient rulers used to balance power. For example, Otto van Bismarck registration was found to be an alliance that was quite fragile and contribute greatly to WWI. According to Gulick, the...
International Relations Theories
For realists, the international system is a “dog-eat-dog world” and ensuring survival is paramount for any and all states. According to Hans Morgenthau, pioneering German political scientist and an early proponent of realist thought, due to the inherent instability of the international system, the fundamental...
Conspiracy Theories about Kennedy Murder
The country had discussed matters with the Soviet Union regarding the issue but had left Cuba out. Soon, a ‘naval quarantine’ was announced as it considered attacking Cuba through the sea routes just so it had the power to destroy the nuclear bases and it...
Private Versus Public Ownership
Globalization, as it exists today, rests largely on the shoulders of neoliberal economics and the global entrenchment of capitalism as the dominant economic system in the world. Inspired by Realist ideological doctrine, neo-liberalism is the belief in laissez-faire economics and its early proponents were Margaret...
Realism and Liberalism in International Relations
Just as there is being constructed a global movement, there is the reverse in the anti-globalization movement. For obvious reasons, many critics have already cited the short-sightedness of the movement, and, because we are looking at the world from the position of an international market...
Exxon Mobile Leaves Azerbaijan
The author explains that ExxonMobil is the world's premier petroleum and petrochemical company. In 1995, Exxon Mobil joined Azerbaijan's oil and gas projects. In Azerbaijan, ExxonMobil shared in the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli and Araz-Alov-Sharing projects. In 2001, Exxon Mobil suspended the Araz-Alov-Share project in response to the...
The Historical Narrative of US-Pakistan Security Ties
Jinnah passed away on the 11th of September 1948, about a year after India’s declaration of independence from Great Britain. Recently independent states at the onset of the Cold War, namely, India and Pakistan, were eventually confronted with the problem of cooperating with the United...
The Migration in the Post Cold War Period
The emergence of the Cold War- one of the longest wars in the history of mankind changed the situation of the geopolitical history of the world. The erstwhile USSR or the Soviet Union broke into various other countries and there was mass immigration between the...
War on Terror
This belief has often come with a level of comfort that we are safe; that everyone likes our country and most importantly that bad things do not happen to good people because we have a right to be happy. This sheltered and wholesome belief system,...
Puerto Rican Armed Forces of National Liberation
Puerto Rico's political relationship with the United States during the past 100 years has been both a peaceful coexistence marked by hemispherical cooperation, as well as highly controversial with activists seeking to break the historical colonial linkage to the United States and claim independence through...
George Orwell: Witing Techniques and Style
An express instance wherein there is the use of foreshadowing is the point in which Old Major issues an inspiring oratory concerning his prophetic dream. The dream is about the animal uprising. This uprising is to bring to an end, the tyrannical power of human-animals,...
Containment as Universal Doctrine
Soon this concept of containment was adapted to the whole of Europe. The Truman administration was convinced of the effectiveness of this concept that it sought to give financial aid to the Soviet Union and its allies. However, USSR turned down the offer since it...
American Foreign Policy: 1900-2000
This war and the trappings of empire that the United States was able to acquire towards the end of the nineteenth century acted as the catalysts that brought about changes in the organization of the military services.
The overseas dependencies, such as the Philippines, that the...
Analysis of The Discovery of the Atomic Bomb by Sheinkin
The author of the book, Sheinkins pieces together the use of quotes, narrative style, small details and detailed research to come up with a highly engaging story. In the book, the author provides a clear description of the first time the atomic bomb experimented in...
Sport in Other Country
With the fall of the great Berlin Wall, the US and Germany have had an on and off relationships that have led to the great influence they have had on each other. Several events have occurred after and prior to this occurrence that has led...
Twentieth-Century America and It's Future
Social Change Habits in eating and drinking often did not complement the intensified awareness of the requirement for nutritious foods. Advertisements for such healthy foods thrived, and brands became more candid and open in reporting the nutritional specifications of food packages, particularly after a law ratified...
Propaganda during World War 1 and World War 2
The World War II represented a check of violability of the theoretical statements about the effectiveness of skillfully organized informational and psychological effect imposed on the military forces and population of the opponent. During the World War II there were much more opportunities to make...
The Light of the Second Red Scare During the 1940s and 1950s
American society”. The Jewish community had two ambitions –one the desire for the ethnicity of Judaism and second the acceptance of them in the American community. These both accomplished in America. American nature of rewarding the personal success was applicable to Jews too. They could...
Understanding Power by Noam Chomsky and 1984 by George Orwell
According to the research findings, it can, therefore, be said that Chomsky goes on to compare our current society with the society that is present in the novel 1984, by George Orwell. This contains some interesting parallels to the Soviet Union in the way that...
Introducing Realism in International Relations Theory
First and foremost it is important to remember that state interest operates within an anarchic environment. The international system is inherently unstable and is aptly characterized by widespread anarchy. This anarchic environment is particularly revelant to system-level analyses of terrorists who naturally operate in an...
The Atomic Bombing Of Japan In Historical Perspective
The decision was a pragmatic one. This narrative and the corresponding historical interpretation was the one which the American public and armed services accepted as being true. This comes as little surprise given that by 1945 some “7,000 American families had already sacrificed two or...
A Comparison of the Political Economy of Europe and Russia
The farmer while being limited in terms of resources (such as the amount of land), may be creative and start coming up with ways to make his land more productive. This leads to better use of resources. Under communism, however, this is not the case...
Cuban Missile Crisis in Literature
Alice George, in her book Awaiting Armageddon: How Americans Faced the Cuban Missile Crisis, describes the fear among American children following the Cuban missile crisis. She claims that American children were creating toys of lethal weapons (George, Children of the Cold War 139). Psychologically, children...