...knowledge, explain how the USA maintains its superpower status. (10) Figure 3 shows that the USA maintain their superpower status due to the aid they provide, the number of worldwide TNCs they own, and the global military presence they have which keep them strong. However, there are also other reasons such as their political unions and cultural hegemony. The first map of Figure 3 shows the top 20 countries receiving aid from the USA, this also shows that there are many more that are not on the map which also receive aid. This increases the respect for the USA and builds up their friendship, but at the same time, it may also keep these developing countries in debt to the USA keeping the USA in power as they cannot be economically challenged. The USA is also part of many IGOs such as NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation), and UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organisation). This also increases the influence around the world keeping them in power as NATO offers military protection to any country part of it and the USA are known for their large military. The second map of Figure 3 shows the countries of the world such as Russia, China, India, Australia and Canada which have a McDonalds, a massive global TNC along with Starbucks, Coca-Cola, KFC and Nike. The USA are making money all around the world as well as improving the economies of all of these countries as it provides many jobs. Not only do the USA have global economic influence, but they are also spreading their culture...
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...Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions of radioactive elements such as uranium and plutonium to generate nuclear energy. The energy generates heat to boil water which then causes the steam turbines to rotate and generate electricity inside a nuclear power plant. The United States is the world’s largest producer of nuclear energy, accounting for 30% of the world’s nuclear generation electricity. The US currently has 100 nuclear reactors in operation, producing 800 million kilowatt hour of electricity in 2015. Since the early 1990s, the United States is currently the only superpower country in the world due to their economy, military, and political influence. The United States relies on nuclear power for over the past three-quarters of...
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...Plan External Analysis: Macro environment: The environment is constantly changing and therefore also influencing PepsiCo’s operations. Environmental changes which are not directly involved with the company but do influence it can be put in six categories: economic, technological, political, cultural, natural and international changes. These changes and their influence on PepsiCo Canada are described per category. Management R. L. Draft, M. Kendrick, N. Vershinina, the general environment page 85-91. Economic In March 2012 Canada’s economy was ranked 11th of the world with a GDP of $1,759 billion. Canada is a wealthy nation with a very high standard of living and is also one of the world’s top trading nations. Since the 2008 world financial crisis Canada has emerged as one of the strongest developed economies in the world. The GDP growth of Canada in 2010 was more than 3% even though most of the World’s Western countries were in an economic recession. The stability of the Canadian economy even during a World financial crisis makes Canada a great country to operate in for a multinational like PepsiCo. http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-worlds-20-economic-superpowers/20120312.htm http://www.economywatch.com/world_economy/canada/?page=full Technological The last decade many technological advancements and new innovations have been implemented in people’s life. This is also greatly affecting businesses. Internet, mobile phones and interactive...
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...Canada And The Cold War By Bryce Churchill Canada surprisingly had a lot more of a impact on the Cold War than you would expect. Whenever most people think about the Cold War, it usually comes down to two different things. The first one being a non-direct fight between the U.S.S.R and the U.S.A. The second being a war fought way up north. Canada as a country was actually a middle power during the events of the Cold War which means that Canada was not quite as large or powerful as the U.S.A during the Cold War but Canada still had some influence on a international level. This is most apparent in their involvement in the Korean War, involvement in peacekeeping operations around the world, and Lester B. Pearson actions that stopped a nuclear war around the world (the Suez...
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...importance of achieving Western objectives in Congo while also avoiding Cold war views of some NATO allies. One of the main issues this article raises is Canada’s place in this matter and how it functioned as a member of the United Nations, NATO, and now ONUC. Earlier events such as the Suez Crisis gave a strong public opinion by Canadians that Canada should act as peacekeepers during the Congo crisis. Spooner...
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...Soviet Union after World War II. Post World War II, the Allies were the United States and Western Europe, and the Axis were the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. The Cold War was the fight between the United States and the Soviet Union. The United States were the richest country where as the Soviet Union was still recovering from casualties after WWII. Both countries were fighting for global power because they were the world’s superpowers. Militarization lead to the First and Second World Wars and lead to the Cold War as well. Between 1947-1991, the US and the Soviet Union fought without a direct military conflict. Although the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences influenced the Cold War, The Cold War mainly began due to the disagreement in government and was fought with the weapons (a means of gaining an advantage or defending oneself in a conflict) of alliances and militarization threats....
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...England and is now a global lingua franca.[4][5] It is an official language of almost 60 sovereign states, the most commonly spoken language in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand, and a widely spoken language in countries in the Caribbean, Africa, and South Asia.[6] It is the third most common native language in the world, after Mandarin and Spanish.[7] It is the most widely learned second language and is an official language of the United Nations, of the European Union, and of many other world and regional international organisations. English has developed over the course of more than 1,400 years. The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the fifth century, are called Old English. Middle English began in the late 11th century with the Norman conquest of England.[8] Early Modern English began in the late 15th century with the introduction of the printing press to London and the King James Bible as well as the Great Vowel Shift.[9] Through the worldwide influence of the British Empire, modern English spread around the world from the 17th to mid-20th centuries. Through all types of printed and electronic media, as well as the emergence of the United States as a global superpower, English has become the leading language of international discourse and the lingua franca in many regions and in professional contexts such as science, navigation, and law.[10] Modern...
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...relations between the two countries differentiated between confrontation and détente. Each tried to increase their worldwide influences and spread its competing economic and political systems. During this period of time, the competitors were at the brink of war. What weapons were used during the cold war? One major weapon that was used to fight this war was money. On March 12, 1947, President Truman announced that he would give each Greece and turkey $400 million in aid. Giving these countries money will show that we are willing to help those in need of review; we will pick them up off the ground and push them in a better direction. (DOC.2) Another weapon that was used was alliances. The united states made a treaty call the` North Atlantic Treaty` which was signed by the U.S, CANADA, and ten other nations of western Europe in 1948. This treaty says that if either country is attacked, that we will have their back in war. Today there is 28 states in the treaty. Before his presidency, Dwight D Eisenhower was supreme allied commander and got that title in January of 1951. (DOC.4) The last weapon used to fight in the war was the arms race. The United States was the first country to create, test, and use the nuclear weapons to use on the Japanese to surrender at the end of WWII. The arms race was one of the most important parts of the cold war. Both of the superpowers created technology and used their nuclear power to build as many weapons as possible. The nuclear buildup led to the balance...
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...organization that we know today as Commonwealth was founded. The union consists of 54 independent member states that are linked together by a common history and set of values. Critics of the Commonwealth emphasize that the organization is an outdated and meaningless construction that builds on xenophobic and oppressive values. In this article “A royal salute to the commonwealth, 2001” by Peter Oborne. In this article there is given answers to the critics and the writer Peter Oborne gives answers to the questions: What will be the role of Commonwealth in the future? Will the organization have anything to say against great powers such as the United States and the European Union? The first point in the article is about the British royal visit to Canada. Peter Oborne is a journalist and political commentator he followed their trip they among other things visited Canada’s National War Memorial. They are at this location to remember the fallen Canadian soldiers who fought alongside the British during the two world wars. Peter Oborne sees this visit as evidence that the two countries work so well together which can be seen as a direct result of the Commonwealth union. According to Peter Oborne one of the main points is that the leaders of Britain are looking down on the union. He believes the leaders have focused too much on the relationship with the US and EU, but he thinks it's just a matter of time before the leaders of Britain get their eyes up to the commonwealth. Peter Oborne thinks...
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...radical branch of the Republican party made up of mostly Southern and Western congressmen known as the War Hawks. As a country of less than forty years old, America had much to prove and learn. The group of aggressive politicians called War Hawks believed that the only way to accomplish that was to prove America’s might in battle on both land and sea. Seeking to take advantage of Britain’s preoccupied Navy engaged with France, they sought an invasion of Canada to expand the county’s territory. With this in mind, historians have theorized that these men pressured Madison into declaring a war in which he wanted no part in. This not only satisfies a desire from those whom they represent for more fertile land or to escape troublesome Indians, but also provides the show of power deemed necessary by the congressmen. Annexing Canada would have also cut off a precious British resource by eliminating their colonies in the West thus destroying their Western influence, and cutting off provisions. Had the British lost access to goods in Canada, they may have eventually yielded to American demands in return for supplies not available due to their own trade restrictions known as the Orders in Council along with Jefferson’s embargo. Prior to the war, both Britain and France had established highly restrictive trade acts which dealt a crushing blow to American traders in the Northeast. In response to the two country’s interference with American shipping and the British impressment of American sailors...
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...was a product of many social and political reasons, a few but not limited to: The portioning of North Korea and Germany, the Marshal Plan, the Berlin Blockage and NATO. I’ll begin my explanation with the Yalta Conference, held in Yalta in February 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill planned the final stages of World War II and agreed to the territorial division of Europe. “At Yalta, Roosevelt and Churchill discussed with Stalin the conditions under which the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan and all three agreed that, in exchange for potentially crucial Soviet participation in the Pacific theater, the Soviets would be granted a sphere of influence in Manchuria following Japan’s surrender” (Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State). Stalin's "sphere of influence" consisted of territories that his armies had already overrun....
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...This conference’s main mission was to settle the two main issues left unresolved at the first conference – the extent of the territorial sea and exclusive fishery zones. In order to successfully pass these measures, Canada and the United States proposed a piece of joint legislation allowing territorial sea to reach as far as six nautical miles. Despite their efforts, many people wanted a twelve-mile limit and therefore the vote did not obtain the two-thirds majority needed for passage (Lawrence pg 161). This resulted in yet another failure in the mission to codify the law of the ocean. Thirteen years later, a third and final Conference of the Law of the Sea would take place. This conference lasted nine years and was finally concluded in 1982 when all the compromises and deals were agreed upon. At the third conference, it was obvious which nations had the most influence and surprisingly, it was not the typical world superpowers. Instead, the most powerful group at the conference was Group 77 – consisting of about 120 developing African, Asian, and Latin American...
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...English y the largest language by number of words; the Oxford English Dictionary lists 500,000 words, not including technical and scientific terms.[18][19] Contents [hide] * 1 Significance * 2 History * 3 Classification and related languages * 4 Geographical distribution * 4.1 Countries in order of total speakers * 4.2 Countries where English is a major language * 4.3 English as a global language * 4.4 Dialects and regional varieties * 4.5 Constructed varieties of English * 5 Phonology * 5.1 Vowels * 5.1.1 Notes * 5.2 Consonants * 5.2.1 Notes * 5.2.2 Voicing and aspiration * 5.3 Supra-segmental features * 5.3.1 Tone groups * 5.3.2 Characteristics of intonation—stress * 6 Grammar * 7 Vocabulary * 7.1 Number of words in English * 7.2 Word origins * 7.2.1 Dutch and Low German origins * 7.2.2 French origins * 8 Writing system * 8.1 Basic sound-letter correspondence * 8.2 Written accents * 9 Formal written English * 10 Basic and simplified versions * 11 See also * 12 References * 12.1 Notes * 12.2 Bibliography * 13 External links | [edit] Significance See also: English-speaking world and Anglosphere Modern English, sometimes described as the first global lingua franca,[20][21] is the dominant...
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...1) The Hartford Convention The Hartford Convention was a series of secret meetings held from December 15, 1814 to January 5, 1815 at Hartford, Connecticut. Delegates from the Federalist party from Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont attended the Hartford Convention. 1 The Federalist Party was a political party which opposed President James Madison's trade policies (which continued President Jefferson's blockage of trade with Britain and France during the Napoleonic Wars), as well as his continuation of the War of 1812.2 When Madison was re-elected in 1812 the discontent in New England intensified. In late 1813 Madison signed a more restrictive embargo act than any of those approved by Jefferson, this time prohibiting all trade between American ports (the coastal trade) and fishing outside harbors.3This conference occurred at a time in the war of 1812 "when American prospects seemed darkest".3 The purpose of the convention was to discuss "public grievances and concerns" , that is, among other things, the conduct of the war by the Democratic-Republican Party.4 Although the Federalist party was established with the idea of a stronger central government,5 this meeting/convention of New England Federalist adopted a strong states' rights position and expressed its grievances in a series of resolutions against military conscription and commercial regulations.6 The delegates of this convention argued that the Democratic-Republican Congress violated...
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...Unit 1: The Seeds of Conflict, 1917-1944 The differences between capitalism and communism Capitalism advocated private enterprise, land owned by individuals with minimum government interference. Liberal democracy was a political system where each person has freedom to vote, to elect, of speech and of worship. Communism advocated state-owned property, an economy where all industries and agriculture were owned by the government on behalf of the people. A one-party state was a political system with one political party to represent the people. In the USSR, all political parties other than the Communist Party were banned and elections were contested between individuals of this party. The tensions that existed between the USSR and the USA in the 1920s and 30s Communism was viewed as an unstable force that threatened social and political order and Lenin, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution, was to represent this. Allied countries Britain, France, USA and Japan had sent help to Bolshevik enemies during the Civil War therefore there were some hostile feelings towards them even after the war. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (March 1918) was a result of Russia withdrawing from the war, leading to a feeling of betrayal amongst the allies who were left to fight Germany alone. Communist groups in Spain and France grew in strength in the 1930s in response to the hardships of the Great Depression which placed strains on the USA. Britain’s appeasement policy towards Germany under Hitler’s...
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