Essays on Geopolitical

While the concept of race is today clearly recognized as fictitious, the term itself has taken an altogether new reality as a cultural denotation. More specifically, the culture of racism is largely influenced by geopolitical imagination and socio-political antagonism. The new political order referred to as “Empire” is a social frame work that posits “the inferiority of an “Other” based not in biology but in cultural differences and their insurmountability” (Semati, 257). Semati argues that ‘Brown’, once signified exoticism, but refers to menacing ‘Other’ today. The Brown in this case (in Semati’s article) refers to the Muslims of ...

United Kingdom is one of the global superpowers and since the Second World War, it has had a special relationship with the United States and the rest of Europe to who the country was joined by the European Union. Before the famous exit vote from the European Union, Britain was famed as one of the non-committed member of the common marketplace and it was always though it could exit one day (Panda). It had always been anticipated that Britain would leave the common market under EU and the effects of this exit will ripple throughout the EU and Britain ...

The aim of this paper is to discuss the three different theoretical frameworks that comparative criminology is based upon. Comparative criminology can be defined as an investigation of criminal justice system and wrongdoings in connection to the geopolitical, cultural and historical frameworks. The review, in this way, draws the development of a portion of the standards that may have been embraced by specific states and their diverse sources. The review additionally empowers the perception of remote arrangements and how they may influence a specific country in connection to wrongdoing. In addition, the review empowers the comprehension and the forecast ...

Abstract

The decision to invade and occupy Veracruz, Mexico in 1914 by the Americans was a serious mistake. This brought about the development of resentment by the Mexicans of America, as it came on the heels of the loss of Mexican territory to the United States. President Wilson’s decision was clearly an example of the meddling that was to be typical of the United States in order to promote its hegemony around the world. That the United States would go as far as making decisions on who would become the leader of states such as Mexico and other neighboring ...

Oil Prices Fluctuating In the Middle East

Introduction Oil being a commodity is subject to high levels of fluctuations as opposed to the stable investments like bonds and stocks. In particular, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) plays a significant role in influencing the prices of oil across the globe. As a result, OPEC controls around 40 percent of the global supply of oil by setting the production levels that caters for the world demand and it can determine the prices of gas and oil by reducing or raising the levels of production. At a particular point in time, OPEC vowed to maintain the prices above $ ...

Protests have been occurring in Iran for decades, but recent developments have brought them to the center of global attention. In this essay, I will explain why the Iran riots started, their origins, development, and essential points, as well as why understanding them may be crucial for the American public.

Reasons Behind the Protests in Iran

Protests in Iran are happening for a variety of causes. Economic difficulties make up one of the key factors. For years, the Iranian economy has struggled due to foreign sanctions and mismanagement. Inflation is on the rise, while unemployment is widespread, particularly among the young. Many Iranians are struggling to ...

Describe what led to the First World War.

As we know, mankind entered the 20th century on a wave of the unprecedented acceleration of socio-economic and, in particular, military and technological progress with accumulated over the previous century, acute and intractable geopolitical contradictions between the leading world powers. All of this led to revolutionary upheavals, and to the First World War, fundamentally changed the dynamics and nature of conflicts resolving between the great countries. The struggle for the redistribution and leadership in the world had never covered several continents at the same time, did not affect the interests of the majority of countries in the world, World ...

Throughout the course of modern history, numerous events have revolved around the Middle East, affecting the cultural perspectives of the people living there. For instance, the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and the subsequent political maneuvering by Western/Arab nations spawned decades of bloodshed in the region, destroying both an entire generation of people and the viability of a nation. The creation of Israel in 1948 created a massive power shift in the region, as the Arab nations attempted to retake the territory but were soundly defeated, and again in 1967. The Second World War engulfed the North African Muslim countries, ...

Although the Spratly and Paracel Islands don’t look like much—they’re little more than outcroppings of rock in the South China Sea, after all—they are the subject of serious debate in the international community, and a number of countries are becoming exceptionally territorial over their claims to the islands. These islands are known by a number of different names, depending on the country; for the purposes of this discussion, and in the interests of relative clarity, the English name for these islands—the Spratly Islands—will be used exclusively in the text to refer to these ...

Since the adoption of the Patriot Act 2 on October 2001, strict measures such as the detention of foreigners suspected of a security breach, electronic surveillance of individuals through databases, authentication identities through biometrics, technologization border controls, among others, are presented in political discourse of the USA. The US security and media are the latest techniques in the fight against terrorism. Most Americans feel that these measures are contemporary to the fight against terrorism. In fact, this impression is the product of the effects of language games made by the administration and the media as the rhetoric and imagery ...

Introduction

Since the republics in the Soviet Union proclaimed independence in 1991, there have been significant changes concerning the ethno cultural, and demographic situation. The dissolution of the Soviet Union was the major reason behind the creation of the Russian Diaspora. More than twenty-five million Russian citizens found themselves in the midst of newly and freshly created states, which were often redesigned as their new political dwellings (Beissinger, 2008). After some time, the displaced Russians were compelled to either assume a fresh political identity, or to return to the Russian Federation, which was newly created. Assuming fresh political identity would ...

In the midst of the Cold War era, both the U.S and U.S.S.R engaged one another in proxy wars in regions throughout the world to further their respective expansionist national agendas while counteracting the geo-political influence of one another. Proxy wars are conflicts contained within third party nations or regions which are instigated by the influence of major geopolitical powers who do not themselves become directly involved in the conflict. Thus, proxy wars are facilitated by major powers to preserve and expand their geopolitical influence through promoting or opposing certain armed factions within a regional conflict which in turn ...

The period between the begin of the World War I and the end of the World War II can be compared with the Thirty Years War because the reasons behind the conflict were the same foremost for the German states n the center of Europe: to gain domination over the continent. This is purely geopolitical approach. There have been no world wars, but one that lasted from 1914 to 1945. This "second Thirty Years War" was a war provoked by globalism to shoot down political systems incompatible with its global project. The official narrative segments divide the 1914-1945 period ...

Geopolitics is simply the study of geographical position in relation to politics both internally and internationally. Geopolitical threats are, therefore, factors that can hinder the cordial livelihood of communities in the same geographic area and with different political agendas. This paper will focus on the various levels of threats (tickers, slow tickers and talkers) in the nations selected for discussion. It will seek to justify their levels of threats according to their past and present political issues.

Tickers

The first ticker country to consider is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). From the very beginning, North Korea started ...

The policy is very complicated and multifaceted thing. Humanity has long interesting history, and humanity is accompanied by the policy throughout a very long period of time. Despite the fact that the policy has already become familiar and integral part of modern society, it remains a very controversial issue, which generates a lot of emotional debates and disagreements. The representative of contemporary democratic society got used to consider that democracy is inviolable or even sacred. A modern citizen believes in his rights and freedoms; moreover, he strongly believes that the state, namely the democratic system is intended for protection ...

Introduction

Over the years, Turkey and Germany have continued to put in place comprehensive measures and policies to curb insecurity. These measures and concepts on security are always developed with an aim to promote cohesive coexistence between states, building confidence in relations among states, enhancing possibilities of diplomacy and agreeing on the use of arms and its limitations, disarmaments and promoting political goodwill and economic security among between the countries. The purpose of this paper is to analyze a policy brief covering Turkey and Germany by comparing the two countries focusing on the different security and other threats. The need ...

The modern world is divided into two major geopolitical axes concentrated around the Middle East. One of the axes consists of the countries that resist to Israel (Iraq, Lybia, Syria, Russia, China, Iran, Palestine), and the other one includes its supporters (the USA, Saudi Arabia, France, UK, Egypt, Turkey). The aim of this paper is to analyze the reasons that divided the two geopolitical axes and united each of them at the local, regional, and international levels in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Lybia, and Palestine-Israel wars. Palestine-Israel conflict has a long story. After the end of the Shah monarchy in ...

Background information

In 2011, Syria plunged into political violence in the wake of the Arab Spring. The protests were aimed at the government of incumbent President Bashar al-Assad and later developed to become a rebellion. The country witnessed unprecedented destruction, occasioned by loss of property and human lives. The rebel group fighting to ouster the government were countered by pro-government Shia groups. Despite many years of international intervention, the Syria civil war has degenerated into a bloodbath. Consequently, many Syrian nationals have fled the country while millions others are in need of urgent humanitarian aid. Studies by Lobatos revealed that by ...

In the midst of the cold war era, both the U.S and U.S.S.R engaged one another in proxy wars in regions throughout the world to further their respective expansionist national agendas while counteracting the geo-political influence of one another. Proxy wars are conflicts contained within third party nations or regions which instigated by the influence of major geopolitical powers who do not themselves become directly involved in the conflict. Thus proxy wars are facilitated by major powers to preserve and expand their geopolitical influence through promoting or opposing certain armed factions within a regional conflict which in turn align ...

Introduction

West African region comprises of several states that are found in the western part of the African continent. These states occupy the vast Sahara Desert and is normally referred to as Sahel. West African has gone economic and political revolution since the twentieth century. After the colonial period, several cities in West Africa were converted into independent states.

The region comprises of the states in the Maghreb region, and they occupy a total of 6,140,000 square kilometers

Much of the region depends on Mediterranean politics, and this has made the region to be politically powerful The region witnesses the economic resource imbalance that has resulted in poverty index in the region. Thus, most of the people are economically ...

Plan

1) Introduction

General overview of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with regard to its political history and the concept of its geopolitics.

Max Webber’s concepts on the state and how they apply in Nigeria How John Stuart Mill’s Concepts on nationality are reflected in Nigeria 2) Geopolitical characteristics of Nigeria

The main geopolitical zones and their historical origin

The basis for the division of these geopolitical zones based on John Stuart Mill’s concepts on nationality How Max Webber’s concepts on the state apply in Nigeria How the country’s political, economic, and educational resources are shared effectively within these zones How different the geopolitical zones are compared to the zones that defined these regions in the past. 3) The source of economic power ...

EU Common Security and Defense Policy

Increasing threats of the terrorism and insecurity have thrown the world into a frantic run of securing countries and regions. For the last few years, many countries have anchored their primary policies around the issue of security. Increasing cases of radicalization among the youth in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East have forced policy makers to rethink their strategies of curbing insecurity. To ensure increased protection of the citizens, governments, and regional blocs have taken to developing systems and policies that safeguard the people from acts of terrorism and insecurity. However, these policies are confronted with challenges and obstacles ...

This paper will cover oil price dynamics for the period starting from 2005 until the present moment of time. Exact price dynamics will be considered as well as a variety of factors influencing the oil price through the above mentioned period of time. The chart showing the dynamics of crude oil barrel price since 2001 is presented in fig. 1. Figure 1. Dynamics of crude oil price per barrel for the period between January 1, 2001 and April 19, 2016 (Trading Economics, 2016). Before the period, which is the subject of this paper, the oil price had been nearly ...

Introduction

Climate change is fast becoming one of the most important issues facing humanity in the near future. Many countries have begun to establish frameworks that will allow them to avoid dangerous climate change within their borders; one of these pieces of legislation is known as the Climate Change Act of 2008. This piece of legislation, passed into law in the United Kingdom in 2008, establishes a number of foundational legal minimums that the United Kingdom needs to meet before the year 2050. Essentially, this is a legal structure that forces individuals and companies in the United Kingdom to work ...

The McCarthy Era was one that was fraught with conflict. The world had changed in the years after the Second World War, and those changes led to one of the most divisive geopolitical paradigms in modern history. In this time period, the world seemed divided into two groups: those who opposed communism, and those who supported it as an idea. In the United States, the debate raged on, fueled by men like J. Edgar Hoover and Sidney Hook. Documents from both these individuals will be discussed and analyzed in this text, focusing on the different ideological stances held by ...

The Growth in Internet Use Has Affected Cultures Around the World, Leading to a Westernized, Homogenous World Culture

The concept of globalization is sometimes discussed as an undesirable feature of the current geopolitical realities of the world. However, in reality, globalization is an immutable feature of the current human race. Human beings have been striving to travel and to stretch their legs since their earliest days. Some might ascribe some early form of imperialism to this behavior, while others might suggest that human beings, as a species, have a distinct curiosity that compels them forward. One of the impacts of going out to explore the world is that cultural interactions take place. These cultural interactions have been ...

Introduction

Throughout the history there have moments of choice for governments to either try war criminals by seeking justice or provide amnesty to the criminals for stabilizing the region’s or country’s atmosphere. The post conflict moments and decisions can be highly controversial as the emotions of the masses are under the test and the any decision comes with pros and cons. To think that someone would be allowed amnesty after conducting war crimes would be unjustified in the eyes of the law and for the people who have suffered. Therefore, the best solution for the post conflict situation ...

Introduction

Logistics describes all the integrated activities required to move products through the supply chain. The model of sustainable logistics entails strategic decision levels that help in planning, implementing, and regulating the movement of products, services, and related information from the production process to the point of consumption. Besides, it focuses on operative logistics decisions to enhance the supply network around three main factors: the efficient flow of surplus products, the flow of information regarding consumer demand and expectations, and the time required to respond to the demand from the supply source. Numerous factors have initiated the need to develop ...

The Greater Middle East Initiative is a questionable characterized set of monetary and political activity and arrangements. At the center of the Initiative is a progression of bi-horizontal organized commerce assertions and a project for the improvement of "civil society" in the Muslim World alluded to as the Middle East Partnership Initiative. Casual parts of the Initiative incorporate generously expanded subsidizing for the Middle East through such associations as the National Endowment for Democracy. Hawthorne in her article demonstrates that Iraq is clearly the mind-boggling center of the Bush organization's arrangement of endeavoring to change the Middle East into ...

Introduction

China has long portrayed the image that there is a singular Chinese culture, but in reality, it is a large country with a varied population. While many consider the Taiwanese to be a traditionally “Chinese” people, there is a lot of conflict in the region between the Taiwanese government and the Chinese government. Even more interestingly, there are some specific cultural minorities in Taiwan, like the Hakka people, with their own cultural traditions, beliefs, foods, and even languages. In reality, China and Taiwan are complex social networks made up of varied cultural groups. The Hakka Chinese are one of ...

Crude Oil Prices: Market Supply and Market Demand

Abstract The primary purpose of this paper is to understand how supply and demand factors contribute to a consistent decline in crude oil prices across the globe. Furthermore, the paper seeks to understand the impact resulting from the fall in the U.S and the global economy and implications of the same. In the introduction, the paper starts by acknowledging the importance of crude oil to the world economy and the fact that it is an ordinary commodity whose price is influenced by the market forces. Oil prices are renowned for their instability in the market, an aspect that is ...

Akpabio, E., and Akpan, N., 2010. Governance and oil politics in Nigeria’s Niger Delta: The question of distributive equity. Journal of Human Ecology, 30(2), pp.111-121. Frynas, J., 2000. Oil in Nigeria: Conflict and litigation between oil companies and village communities. Germany: Lit Verlag Munster. Omeje, K., 2005. Oil conflict in Nigeria: Contending issues and perspectives of the local Niger Delta people. New Political Economy, 10(3), pp.321-334.

The Nigerian political economy is seriously damaged by the rift between international oil companies with large-scale operations in the Niger ...

Introduction

This dissertations main porpoise and focus will be to address if the British armed forces will have any role in future international conflict. It will address the beginning of the British Empire all the way to the empire that we know today. After this we will look at concerns and threats that the British might face as well as the rest of the world and how this could have an impact on the British role in any future conflict. After having discussed all of the concerns we will look at the ability through advances in technology for any involvement ...

Introduction

In writing this book, De Waal was too modest. The title of the book is a gross understatement of the sophistication and richness of the literature in the book. Any scholar would be hard-pressed in finding another t-the-point, fair-minded, graceful yet compact exploration of the tormented, fascinating and the utterly complex region that Asia represents. The literature in the book is diverse in that his arguments do not just confine to the Russian great-power games but also explores the fault lines and many cross-cutting intricacies in the region.

In the start of the book, De Waal explores the ancient glories ...

Introduction

The United Kingdom (UK) is among the few nations in the world that has achieved the status of being a “great power”. One could succinctly describe a great power as a nation that has the ability to impose its influence across the globe, counting on strengths in the aspects of political, military and economic power. A great power usually finds classification between a first-order power like the United States of America (US) and a third-order power (regional power) like South Africa, Poland and South Korea (Louden, 2007, p.187). Thus, in speaking about the UK being a great power, one could possibly not help but ...

1.Samuel Huntington's theory of the clash of civilizations is based on the idea of ​​global intergeneric conflict in the post Cold War between people with different cultural and religious identities, as he believed that such civilizations are inherently antagonistic to each other. 

Huntington also pointed out that after the "cold war" political and cultural world would become increasingly multipolar and would include eight major civilizations: Western, Islamic, Hindu, Chinese, Japanese, Orthodox, African and Latin American. In addition, the author highlighted the existence of a key country within each civilization, which would become leading not only in political and cultural aspects, but also in economical.

The Monroe Doctrine was based on the principle of dividing the world into the European and American systems of government. It proclaimed the concept of non-interference of the United States into the internal affairs of European countries ...

Introduction

Globalization has opened up borders and rendered it possible for globally competitive companies such as Khmer Foods Group (KFG) to leverage the best that this new reality presents. However, mounting global operations necessitates managing difficult geopolitical, regulatory and cultural challenges, which, fortunately for KFG, should not be a challenge, given the company’s long experience and high standards. This report gives a detailed account of Brazil’s business environment, and assessment of its suitability for KFG’s purposes. The report includes an analysis of the economic, political, legal, cultural and ethical factors relevant to KFG’s possible operations in the country, ...

Abstract

The research tests the Independent variables in the hypothesis of rich oil versus less oil countries. The occurrence of conflicts served as the dependent variable, and the countries that have proven access to oil deposits have served as the unit of analysis. To prove this research hypothesis, the research methods that have been done by collecting information regarding the presence of oil deposits in the subject countries and other economic indicators such as the national GDP (Gross Domestic Product), among others. The collection of data focused on: Oil income, GDP, and Fail States. The analysis was done using the ...

The United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have had great influence on the politics and the economics of Post-Communist states. This paper seeks to examine and explore US and NATO military influence in post-communist Poland and East Germany. It further analyzes the role played by the strong presence of the Soviet Republic in both Poland and East Germany in limiting as well as increasing the US and NATO military involvement in the region. Since US foreign security policy in Europe is tied to NATO, the paper will analyze the effect of the military influence of United States ...

Introduction

Globalization- as powerful the word may sound, so are its implications that are surely enticing for any nation in the world. In fact, most of the market participants believe that it was only through widespread wings of globalization that allowed nations to trade with each other and also brought an influx of financial resources and development. Therefore, as part of this paper, where we intend to discuss the impact of globalization on a nation, we will be introducing various facts and figures about the Ukrainian Economy that amid the geopolitical crisis and poor governance, is trying hard to benefit from ...

The essay by Naoki Sakai on post-colonial analysis portrays the west and Europe as entities that are more or less similar in nature, and they can be used interchangeably at times, but effort must be placed in the aim of distinguishing them geopolitically. He perceives the west and Europe as any other civilization that yields knowledge, but the main difference lies in the unique way of operating in the production of knowledge. Naoki portrays the western people as being relatively superior to other people in the world. He says, “Unlike ‘empirical anthropological types’ such as Chinese, Indian, Eskimos, ...

The Advisor on European and Western Hemisphere

Via The Secretary of Political Affairs The United States government should proceed with a measure of isolating Russia with social political sanctions, asset freeze, terminate military cooperation’s, visa bans and barn from the international trade communities. The Obama administration should lead in rallying the community of nations around a series of steps that would impact Russia economically. With the referendum in Crimea, there is a real danger that Moscow might seize further territory with the Moscow agents orchestrating turmoil in the Russian speaking east of Ukraine. The interim government in Kiev has expressed their concerns that Russia might advance deeper ...

The extreme dependence of our present day civilization on Fossil Fuels is a matter of much debate. Coal, natural gas and oil accounted for 87 percent of the world's primary energy consumption, predominantly led by the US as the largest consumer of these fuels. (Cusick, 2013) The US leads the race in the use of these fuels with other emerging nations too vying for the spot. In the US, the recent discovery of shale gas has ensured that the US will continue to dominate the global scene in the usage of conventional fossil fuels. Further, the US has also seen a ...

International politics/relations

In his article “Russia's Latest Land Grab: How Putin Won Crimea and Lost Ukraine” Jeffrey Mankoff states that Russia interrupts political uncertainty of former socialistic countries justifying it with protection of Russian national minorities on these territories. According to the author, in this way Kremlin is able to maintain influence on post-Soviet countries. After dissolution of Soviet Union many of these countries have directed their policy on European integration not willing to play under Kremlin rules. Russia was playing a restrictive role in each case, except the Baltic countries. During 2014 Russia has probably lost the strongest political ally – ...

Issue Analysis: Has the China -Saudi Oil Relations Impacted on the Economy of both Countries?

Summary

China has an exceedingly high population, standing at over 1.3 billion people, and this has led to a huge demand of oil for energy production in the country to serve this exceedingly high population. The huge size of the Chinese economy, the second economy in the world in terms of size at the moment, requires billions of barrels of oil to fire it (Al-Tamimi, 2012). The IMF, in 2012 projected that China will become the largest economy in the world by the year 2017, at the earliest opportunity. Saudi Arabia has extensive oil wells harboring billions of barrels of ...

Introduction

Human beings have moved to some of the most inhospitable areas of the world. Some of these areas include inhospitable arid regions, often deserts; for instance, Death Valley in the United States is an incredibly arid region, and yet, there are still people who live in this region. One of the larger cities in the American southwest is Las Vegas, Nevada, which is situated entirely within an incredibly dry desert. The Sahara desert, similarly, is extremely dry, and there are many people who live in these areas. Deserts are not particularly hospitable and are extremely difficult places to ...

After attaining independence in 1776 from the Great Britain, the United States foreign policy has continuously evolved. This was due to various historical events touching on its interests and allies globally. On achieving independence, the United States incorporated the expansionist policy which saw it expanding its territorial borders acquiring new territories such as Puerto Rico, Cuba, and other islands (Wittkopf, Jones, & Kegley, 2008). This policy later evolved into the isolationism policy which saw America limiting its participation in international affairs in order to avoid being pulled in undesirable or otherwise dangerous conflicts. America did not intervene between the world ...

Marketing

Introduction It is the endeavor of our company to produce an organic face lightening cream for women in the USA, and to sell it in China and Japan. The company will evaluate worldwide marketing opportunities and develop an international marketing entry strategy.

Evaluating Worldwide Marketing Opportunities

For the sake of simplicity, the evaluation of countries would be restricted to Asia. Preliminary Screening Criteria for Eliminating Countries The organic skin lightening cream is a premium product, as opposed to mass-market beauty products. While it is a premium product, it needs to be sold in large volumes to be profitable. Therefore, the target markets ...

Resources are, by far, the sinews or the driving force of the economy. For centuries, countries have waged wars over lucrative resources that would give them a competitive advantage, improve the economy, trade, and help amass national wealth. Following that logic, resources should normally benefit whatever country has them at its disposal. However, it so happens that countries rich in oil, gas, and other mineral resources struggle to maintain economic stability. Their abundance attracts separatist groups or foreign intruders and produces poor and corrupt administrations that use resources as a means of building their own welfare. The conjuncture now is such ...

After the ending most widespread war in the history of mankind - the Second World War, the world entered into the New World Order. With the last shot of this war the European colonial period ended, and began new era –era of the two rival superpowers. Almost immediately after the ending of the war “Iron Curtain” has crossed the continent but not only the continent across the entire world. So let’s analyze to what consequences WWII led and how it impact on positions of all major players in the world. The first major consequence of the Second World ...

Modern market of energy and energy products are more competitive than ever before. Economic times have changed compelling companies to be more innovative and aggressive at the same time in utilization of energy resources. The crude oil market has faced more revolutions considering the fluctuation of oil prices in the international market. The reserves of oil all over the world are depleting with continued mining creating a major concern in the energy sector. With new technology, many companies in the oil market are deploying advanced methods of production and marketing in order to be realistic and competitive. Reducing the costs ...

War of the Worlds: Comparisons between the Novel and Movie (2005) Versions

Introduction

Both H.G. Wells and Steven Spielberg are geniuses in their respective fields proven by their marvels in working on one story – War of the Worlds. Wells, the author of the original novel of War of the Worlds published in 1898, cast his story in an era that is way beyond his own time. The obsession most people during the time War of the Worlds was written on particular phenomena such as the Apocalypse, invasions by forces more powerful than their nation Great Britain and extraterrestrial life-forms helped ...

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The main lesson of the last five decades is that the process and reconciliation in Europe based on the European security system. If it were not for NATO, France could not have a sufficient sense of their own safety to settle their differences with Germany. If there wasn’t NATO then France, and the UK more actively opposed to German reunification. Suffice it to recall the desperate attempts Thatcher and Mitterrand tighten (and thus even prevent) the reunification of Germany, to evaluate the role of NATO in the eradication of the ...

ANALYSIS AND EXPORATION OF ASIA MINOR BY HORATIO SOUTHGATE

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Asia Minor, the area which is located in the north-western part of Asia and includes Anatolic peninsula, Mesopotamia and surrounding areas, has always been a crossroad of civilizations. The history of the region pretty much reflects the history of mankind. From Hettic and Phinician tribes to Egiptians, from Ancient Persians, Greeks and Romans to modern Turks, Kurds and Arabs – hundreds of nations have crossed the land or settled down there. The importance of geopolitical and economical status of the area was understood of leaders of various nations throughout the past three thousand years. Being a bridge ...

Hegemony describes the subordination of some states by one state, which acts as the leader states through formation of a dominant government. The hegemon which can be viewed as the leader state rules a large geographical area through increased power over the other states. It also exerts a threat of force among member states, which leads to their insubordination under the line of the leader state. The European hegemony developed as a geopolitical predominance of Europe especially Germany over two continents. These continents, Asia and Africa, were also culturally dominated by Europe leading, to limited freedom to making political and cultural decisions. This ...

Towards the end of cold, Europe was divided into East and West, with each affiliated to Soviet Union and United States respectively. With the collapse of the Warsaw Pact in 1991, there was great enthusiasm on the part of its former members to join the Western alliance lead by NATO. Moreover, as the European Union went ahead with absorbing new members from East and South, its geographic center moved toward Germany. In the process, adding to Germany’s already increased political and economic weight on the continent (Mayhew 1998). The expansion of became the new meaning for the ...

Introduction

Global trends tend to affect the performance of companies. Various business executives concur that various global trends are quite significant in a company’s corporate strategy and noted that there some positive results that may be gained by addressing the global trends. A major global trend has been the increasing number of consumers in emerging economies. However, companies have not been able to maximize the benefits from these global trends. The reasons being cited include companies lacking the right strategies to address the global trends. Some companies have addressed the opportunities by applying strategies such as developing new operations or ...

Chapter 1:1. Define the State. 2. Define Power Power - is a capability to impose one`s will, to affect the activities and behavior of other people, even in contradiction to their resistance. Political power – is an ability of one individual or a group of individuals to control behavior of citizens and of society on the basis of state aims. 3. Distinguish Authority from Legitimacy Legitimacy – is consent of the people with power, when they voluntarily recognize its right to make binding decisions. Authority – is limited responsibilities and rights, formally granted to anyone in order to let ...

Introduction

The global usage of gasoline and other sources of energy will continue to increase over the next few decades as populations grow and developing countries expand their consumption of world resources. This implies that energy producers must increase their supply of energy as well as consider alternative sources of energy. There is an ever-growing appetite for crude oil and other sources of energy, with the projection of worldwide energy consumption to increase by more than 40 percent by 2035 (Chevron Corporation, 2013). The growing demand for energy results from the population that is predicted to increase by 25 percent ...

- Why is economic nationalism on the upswing? Why do rising food and energy forces force national governments to take action? What kinds of action are they taking? Economic nationalism is on the rise because of the increased emphasis by governments on domestic control of capital information, economy and labor. As such, policies that regulate and at times restrict the movement of labor, goods and capital are instituted by governments. This is in response to the effects of globalization that has among other things seen the loss of significance of national boundaries. Rising food and energy prices have ...