...Veronica Enriquez Mrs. Thirsk/Wurster Globish 10 E 7 May 2012 World Today: Vladimir Putin “ I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles, but today it means getting along with the people” Mahatma Gandhi once said. The greatest and most influential leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and our founding fathers were loved and got along with the people; although, modern day Russian President, Vladimir Putin might suggest “what they don’t know, won’t hurt them” as a motto. Vladimir Putin has managed to deceive the people and manipulate his current election as the President of Russia. Vladimir Putin appears to have an innate nature to deceive and manipulate. Born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) on October 7, 1952, Mr. Putin grew up in a Soviet environment. He served as a counter intelligence agent in East Germany as part of the KGB from 1985-1990. Upon leaving the KGB in 1990 he joined the St. Petersburg reformist party for Russia’s early democratic movement. “It is a résumé that for better or worse may cite as the foundation of his ideas and personality” (Hill). Although, many others believe that the true foundation is when “on August 9, 1999, Yeltsin (Boris Yeltsin, President of Russia from 1991-1999) dismissed Sergei Stepashin, who had been prime minister for three months, and appointed Vladimir Putin to replace him”(Russia). Working for the KGB, Putin became a pro at staying a secret but as the public saw his face more he made his way to “acting President”...
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...Assignment #4: Russia Annexation of Crimea International Negotiation by Therron Allen Reginald Bruno Monekka Munroe Lillia Stroud Norman Thompson ------------------------------------------------- EDD 7812 OL1 32446 ------------------------------------------------- Strategies and Models of Mediation and Negotiation Nova Southeastern University April 13th, 2014 ------------------------------------------------- Russia Annexation of Crimea ------------------------------------------------- This paper will address the Russia annexation of Crimea and an International Negotiation related To the UN resolution for the West to increase the level of sanctions against Russia. Russia finalized its annexation of Crimea in March 2014. Although sudden, this annexation is not a new and instantaneous interest for the Russian government. There is a long history connecting these two countries dating back to many years ago. ------------------------------------------------- Parties involved in the conflict ------------------------------------------------- This international conflict involves the entire world as each country was interested in a peaceful resolution. Countries sharing a border with Russia are extremely anxious and fearful their security may be threatened as a result of this conflict. Therefore, the primary parties in this conflict is represented by the United Nations (UN) representing international law and security; Ukraine, the injured party; Russia, the supposedly...
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...In Sochi will set up special "zones for meetings." The news was announced the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach at a meeting of the Executive Board of the organization in Switzerland. He, however, did not go into details - so do not know where these areas will be, who is going to create and control. Thomas Bach stressed only that people who want to express their views on any issue or protest will be given the opportunity, writes USA Today, which is referenced Newsru.com. "We welcome this measure by which everyone can express their opinion" - quoted by Bach at a press conference in Lausanne "Russian service of the BBC." Russian experts, however, resemble three months ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the organization of security in Sochi during the 2014 Olympics, where it is directly prohibited rallies and demonstrations during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Ibid described rules around the city of individuals - in some areas can be accessed only with the approval of the authorities, others will generally closed for public use. President's decree, in particular, defined "control zones" created in Sochi, for getting into that require a special permit and where will be enhanced inspection of vehicles by law enforcement officers. In the "forbidden zone" located around the Olympic venues, restrict access "without the overhead and operational needs." In addition, according to the document, from January 7 to March 21, 2014 in...
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...To what extent has Putin’s Russia become a Dictatorship? Mussolini once said that ‘Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is fallacy’ (ERepublik, 2009) and to some extent, this could be seen as true. However, how is it that a dictatorship can be truly defined? In the English dictionary (Oxford Collins Dictionary, 2003), a dictatorship is defined as ‘a government by a dictator or dictators’ however, whilst this does hold some truth, in the context of this question, this definition is far too simple, vague, and it does not help in any way to explain the extent to which Russia has become a dictatorship under Vladimir Putin since this only could really apply to a ‘yes, no’ question, which would abruptly end this investigation. But there are several questions that can be asked which will help in answering this query. In the context of Putin’s Russia and dictatorship we can inquire as to whether Russia has become a dictatorship under Putin, and if so why; is it politically correct to call it a dictatorship when compared to other countries such as Belarus and Zimbabwe, which are instated and well-known dictatorships; and another question we can ask ourselves is whether it is actually right for us, as westerners, to call it a dictatorship when it could be our own westernised and capitalised views affecting the way we see other political non-capitalist regimes, causing us to call Russia as such. To help answer these questions, several issues and subtopics will be addressed...
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...Governce of Russia Explain Russian’s invasion in Ukraine and Russian’s action in Crimea by individual level of analysis Background Russia’s invasion in Crimea and Russia’s action in Ukraine were the actions in Ukraine crisis. Ukraine crisis began at the end of February 2014. The cause was the president Viktor Yanukovych refused to sign an association agreement with the European Union on 21 November 2013, and what he did arouse a series of complains in the society. Subsequently, he and his government were removed in the February 2014 revolution by an organized political movement, ‘Euromaidan’. However, people did not accepted who began to protest in flavor of close ties with Russia. Demonstrations and protests were held in Crimea aiming to leave Ukraine’s control and access to the Russian Federation, which lead to the crisis. At the last, Crimea broke away from the control of Ukraine and joined the Russian Federation. And the issues would be analyzed by the individual level analysis. Definition of Individual Level of Analysis Individual level of analysis mainly focuses on decisions made by the individual person who is the important role in the issue. It also shows the influence of the development of international politics by their interactions in 4 aspects, they are personality, perceptions, activities and choices. Putin took a very important role in making decision of action and brought big influence in Ukraine and Crimea. Types of Leader Putin is Vladimir Putin...
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...t ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- IMPACT OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN KUDANKULAM What is Nuclear Power? Nuclear power, or Nuclear energy, is the use of exothermic nuclear processes, to generate useful heat & electricity. The term includes the following heat producing processes – nuclear fission, nuclear decay and nuclear fusion. Uses 1. Nuclear power is a low carbon method of producing electricity & in 2011 nuclear power provided 10% of the world's electricity. 2. Many military and some civilian (such as some icebreaker) ships use nuclear marine propulsion, a form of nuclear propulsion. 3. A few space vehicles have been launched using full-fledged nuclear reactors: the Soviet RORSAT series and the American SNAP -10 A. 4. Both Fission and fusion appear promising for space propulsion applications, generating higher mission velocities with less reaction mass. (Due to the much higher energy density of nuclear reactions: some 7 orders of magnitude (10,000,000 times) more energetic than the chemical reactions which power the current generation of rockets). 5. International research is continuing into the use of nuclear fusion, and additional uses of process heat such as hydrogen production (in support of a hydrogen economy), desalinizing sea water, and for use in district heating systems. What is Nuclear Reactor? A nuclear reactor is...
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...government, led by Pres. Bashar al-Assad, faced an unprecedented challenge to its authority when pro-democracy protests erupted throughout the country. Protesters demanded an end to the authoritarian practices of the Assad regime, in place since Assad’s father, Ḥafiz al-Assad, became president in 1971. The Syrian government used violence to suppress demonstrations, making extensive use of police, military, and paramilitary forces. Amateur footage and eyewitness accounts, the primary sources of information in a country largely closed to foreign journalists, showed the Syrian security forces beating and killing protesters and firing indiscriminately into crowds. Opposition militias began to form in 2011, and by 2012 the conflict had expanded into a full-fledged civil war. In mid-January 2012 the credibility of the monitoring mission seemed to decline further when a delegation member who had resigned from the group called the mission “a farce,” claiming that Syrian government forces had presented the monitors with orchestrated scenes and restricted their movements. After several Arab countries withdrew their monitors over concerns for their safety, the Arab League formally suspended the monitoring mission on January 28, citing an increase in violence as the reason. Violence seemed to accelerate after the failure of the Arab League monitoring mission. In early February 2012 the Syrian army began a sustained assault on Homs, bombarding opposition-held neighborhoods with artillery over...
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...M.PRATYUSHA M.B.A. 2012-14 Nuclear Power in India Introduction Electricity demand in India is increasing rapidly. The per capita electricity consumption figure is expected to double by 2020, with 6.3% annual growth, and reach 5000-6000 kWh by 2050, requiring about 8000 TWh/yr then.. It aims to supply 25% of electricity from nuclear power by 2050. Because India is outside the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty due to its weapons program, it was for 34 years largely excluded from trade in nuclear plant or materials, which has hampered its development of civil nuclear energy until 2009. Nuclear power in India India is ranked sixth in the world's elite nuclear club, with its 20th nuclear-powered reactor at Kaiga in Karnataka as of 2010. Nuclear power provided 3% of the country's total electricity generation in 2011. Nuclear power generation is likely to grow by 17.1% in the current financial year due to improved availability of uranium and rise in installed capacity. Nuclear projects Nuclear Power Corporation of India, is building the first two 1,000-megawatt units at a cost of $2.6 billion on Tamil Nadu’s coast. Russia and India agreed on the loan terms for two additional nuclear reactors at the Kudankulam power plant. The operations will start in august and this delay is due to clearance to load fuel into the reactor. NPCIL has...
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...part of the wider North African and Middle Eastern protest movements known as the Arab Spring, with Syrian protesters at first demanding democratic and economic reform within the framework of the existing government. The uprising began with protests in March 2011 in Daraa, but a violent response from the government and subsequent clashes left dozens of opposition protesters and at least 7 policemen dead. In April 2011, the Syrian Army was deployed to quell the uprising and soldiers fired on demonstrators across the country. After months of military sieges, the protests developed into an armed rebellion. The conflict is asymmetrical, with clashes taking place in many towns and cities across the country. In 2013, Hezbollah entered the war in support of the Syrian army. The Syrian government is further upheld by military support from Russia, which it stepped up in the winter of 2013-14, and Iran, while Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United States transfer weapons to the rebels. The international response to the conflict has been described as a proxy war due to the nature of this involvement. By July 2013, the Syrian government was in control of approximately 30-40% of the country's territory and 60% of t The Syrian Civil War, also known as the Syrian Uprising, is an armed conflict in Syria between forces loyal to the Ba'ath government, which took power in 1963, and those seeking to oust it.he Syrian population. A late 2012 UN report described the conflict as being "overtly...
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...I. Introduction What is Police brutality? Police brutality is the use of “excessive and/or unnecessary force” by police when dealing with civilians. Police brutality can be present in number of ways. The most obvious form of police brutality is a physical form. Police officers can use nerve gas, batons, pepper spray, and guns in order to physically intimidate or even intentionally hurt civilians. Police brutality can also take the form of false arrests, verbal abuse, psychological intimidation, sexual abuse, police corruption, racial profiling, political repression and the improper use of Tasers. Nowadays, many countries have laws which address police brutality. Under these laws, police brutality is seen as a very serious offense and investigated by a commission of district attorneys. Unfortunately, even with the law covering police brutality, many complaints made by civilians about excessive use of force are not investigated. Researchers suggest that it happens because the police have the authority to use force when necessary, and, often, it is difficult to prove that police brutality has taken place. More police officers now constantly record all interactions with civilians. Later on the recorded conversations can be reviewed in the case of an investigation. Even though racial profiling still exists, anyone regardless of race, gender or age can become a victim of police brutality. If a person experienced police misconduct, he or she needs to write down the names of all witnesses...
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...Should we support the international anti-nuclear movement? On June 12, 1982 one million people gathered at New York city`s Central Park (Schell). Their cry was rather unique for a political demonstration; end the US nuclear arms race with Soviet Union. Similar rallies and protests occurred in most of the developed countries such as France, Germany and Spain in the 80`s and early 90s (Westcott). However more recently in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and the growing threat of global terrorism the debates and the protests have been reignited. Spearheaded by anti-nuclear groups such as Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Greenpeace, the international social movement, called The Anti-Nuclear Movement aims for a much more comprehensive goal: the complete dissolution of all nuclear technologies. This essay aims to convince the reader that this is not an impractical movement championed by hot headed environmentalists but a very important endeavour which will have lasting consequences for humanity. The most important aim is of course that of nuclear weapon disarmament. “The death of a man becomes a tragedy. The death of a million however becomes a statistic.” (Goodreads).A grave quote by Stalin (one of history’s most ruthless dictators) is strikingly true in the case of nuclear weapons. The detonations in Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed nearly 150,000 Japanese, reducing people into rounded numbers. Harnessing the inner forces of radioactive atoms, the atomic bomb carries...
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...Outline: Introduction: 1.Background of Japan and China relationship 2. The causes of the tense relationship between Japan and China in the past ten years 2.1 The visitation of Yasukuni shrine 2.1.1 Background of Yasukuni shrine 2.1.2 Leaders of Japan and Yasukuni shrine 2.1.3Yasukuni’s international relation 2.2 The DiaoYu island incident 2.2.1 Background of DiaoYu island 2.2.2 Recent situation of DiaoYu island and its impact on economic activities 3.Effects of tense relationship between Japan and China 3.1 Negative economic effect for both countries 3.1.1 Japanese companies in China 3.1.2 Chinese workers in Japan 3.2 Economic importance 3.2.1 China as a economic partner to Japan 3.2.2 Japan as a economic partner of China 3.2.3 Japan is looking for alternative Conclusion Introduction: Background of Japan and China relationship China and Japan has been stayed in a very peaceful manner from the past 30 years. The signing of the "Sino-Japanese Joint Statement", "Sino-Japanese Treaty of Peace and Friendship", "Sino-Japanese Joint Declaration" built a peaceful foundation for Japan and China after World War Two.(Burns, 2000) Moreover, after Deng Xiaoping visited Japan and started his “opening-up” policy, China has opened up her economy door to Japan and the interactions of economic...
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...Operating a Goodwill in Ukraine Abstract The Ukraine is currently experiencing a crisis which started when former President Viktor Yanukovych disregarded a deal with The European Union for strong relations with Russia. Riots have been going on for over a year and gangs have formed. The number of deaths occurring are increasing, while The Happy Planet Index scored The Ukraine a 37.6 and is ranked number 100 out of 150 countries. There are many influences regarding business in The Ukraine including: cultural, economic, legal, political, and government. The Ukraine is involved in some international organizations including The United Nations. When trying to open and operate a Goodwill in The Ukraine there will be many importing, exporting, and marketing strategies. By opening and operating a Goodwill in Ukraine, there is an opportunity for the company to help the citizens who are effected by the crisis which may help bring The Happy Planet Index for the country up. Operating a Goodwill in Ukraine The Ukraine has a long historical background. From the beginning of The Ukraine’s creation to the year 1712, there has been four significant periods. “During the Miocene Period in Tertiary Age of Cenozoic Era, some 12 million years ago, most of Ukraine was covered by sea” (Hrushevs'ky, Skoryk, "History of Ukraine"). Between the years 879 and 1913, The Ukraine had been dominated by several groups. Originally, The Ukraine was divided between three Princes who were brothers. PriceVolodymyr...
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...Walmart: Is it Right for Russia? Introduction Walmart is the largest retail in the world and employs over $2.1 million Associates. The company has been revered by some as the #1 retail service provider due to its ability to offer the lowest price to all customers. Walmart’s strategy, due to its large size and purchase power, is the strategy for commanding the low purchase price of merchandise from its suppliers. In turn, the company passes these savings to all customers as a discount retail chain; Save Money, Live Better and EDLP (Everyday Low Price). Walmart is in 57 countries under multiple banners, but is Walmart right for Russia and if so, is Russia right for Walmart? The Russian People The Russian population stands at a 143 million people across multiple districts and is projected to decrease to 140 million (1.6%) by the year end of 2015. The main point associated with the population decrease is that the death rate of the Russian Federation, which holds 85% of the total population, is increasing at a faster pace than the birth rate. There is a slight increase of people that are migrating to Russia, not enough to outweigh the significant population decreases. Poor health conditions due to alcohol consumption (Vodka) have reduced the male life expectancy is 60 years of age. This has caused there to be a starling 10,000 more deaths than births over the last decade. This is 15 years less than other industrialized nations. It has also been reported that the...
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...A comparative study of political, economic and social-cultures issues of the Russia and India Prepared for: Dr. Joe Zhou Peng Submitted: 11 May 2015 Prepared by: Zahara CitraArifin 006 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 1 Task 1 1.1 Economy of Russia and India 2 Terrorist aspects of globalization 2 1.2 Political System of Russia and India 3 Discrimination against Woman 4 Corruption 4 1.3 Socio-Cultural of Russia and India 5 Hofstede’s Cultural Dimension of Russia and India 5 Written and Unwritten Laws 6 Task 2 2.1 Culture Shock 7 2.2 Cross Cultural Training ...
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