Fascism in the Twentieth Century; Hitler and Nazism ‘Fascism’ is one of the most controversial political terms in modern history. The lack of a universally accepted definition for the term has meant that it can and has been applied to a wide variety of political contexts. Fascism developed from the destruction caused by the First World War. Its origins can be traced, however, to the intellectual revolt against liberalism in Europe at the end of the nineteenth century. While there was a revolutionary
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Major conflicts throughout history have always led to a new way of arbitrating world affairs. The crash of the Soviet Union led to a new making peace process with a diversification of actors and a multilateral approach, especially after the election of Obama that made from liberty a higher priority than security. Since the WW2, Turkey has been considered as the eastern wing of NATO. Since the end of the Cold War, Turkey tried to become an active actor with its own agenda and its own priorities.
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Sudan: An overview of current events and regional impact Overview: Sudan is situated in northeast Africa, bordering the Red Sea. To its north is Egypt, and Libya. To Sudan’s west is Chad, to the south, South Sudan, and to the east, Eritrea, and Ethiopia. Sudan has a population of over 35,000,000 people, while South Sudan is populated by over 11,000,000 people. Sudan is a predominantly Sunni Muslim country while South Sudan is mostly Christian animists. The dominant languages are English and Arabic
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------------------------------------------------- Accession of Turkey to the European Union | Turkey's application to accede to the European Economic Community, a predecessor of the European Union (EU), was made on 14 April 1987. Turkey has been an associate member since 1963.[2] After the ten founding members, Turkey was one of the first countries to become a member of the Council of Europe in 1949, and was also a founding member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
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Sunni Arabs (a little less than 60 percent of the population); Christians (about 10 – 12 percent); Alawites, a Shiite offshoot also about 10 – 12 percent); Druze (about 6 percent); and various, mostly Sunni, ethnic minorities, primarily Kurds and Armenians (Carpenter 1-2). The President of Syria is called Bashar al-Assad, who succeeded his father Hafez al-Assad after the latter's death in 2000. Hafez al-Assad had ruled Syria ruthlessly for 30 years. Throughout his rule, Hafez was forced to devote
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National Integration and Tolerance in Georgia Introduction About this report This report draws on the results of a sociological survey, desk research, media monitoring and focus group meetings conducted in Georgia in 2006. It provides a review of the legislative framework governing the protection of persons belonging to national minorities in Georgia. It also analyses public perceptions that affect the life of these persons in Georgia as a whole and more specifically in areas where persons belonging
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Strategy in the cordless phone market Francesco PRONO - Mod eMBA 2013 Date: 29th February 2012 Introduction In this article, I will analyse the competitiveness of companies in the industry of Cordless Voice Terminals, also known as Cordless Phones. This industry is more and more challenged by the mobile phones industry, but still shows important numbers and facts, as more than 100 million terminals are sold each year, in a quite stable worldwide market. Nowadays, roughly 80% of the
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European Union and Turkey Introduction to European Union In this globalization era, the world seems to be borderless, especially in Europe. This further confirmed by the formation of the European Union, which serves as a binding substance between the countries contained in the European continent. European Union is a political and economic based union, established in 1993 after the ratification of Maastricht Treaty. The international organizations are working together to create economic and political
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2009 > hot topics 69 TOPICS HOT L e g a L i s s u e s i n p L a i n L a n g u a g e This is the sixty-ninth in the series Hot Topics: legal issues in plain language, published by the Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC). Hot Topics aims to give an accessible introduction to an area of law that is the subject of change or public debate. International law 1 overview What is international law? – difference between international law and domestic law – Why do States
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Th e T yranny of Gui lt • Pa s c a l B ru c k n e r Translated from the French by s t ev e n r e n da l l The tyranny of Guilt An Essay on Western Masochism • P r i n c e t o n u n i v e r si t y P r e s s Princeton and Oxford english translation copyright © 2010 by Princeton university Press First published as La tyrannie de la pénitence: essai sur le masochisme occidental by Pascal Bruckner, copyright © 2006 by Grasset & Fasquelle Published by Princeton university Press,
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