1. A. What country ran the area after WWII? A: Russia occupied most of the countries in Eastern Europe after WWII. B. How do you think the two world wars affected the people of Poland? I think the two world wars affected Poland’s economy because of the war damage, and it lost many of its citizens. 2. A. How do the languages spoken in Poland and the Balkan republics affect the region’s history? The languages spoken there reflect on who ruled the country the most in the past. Polish is
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I disagree with the question that it was the American foreign policy that was the cause of the cold war, but instead agree with the fact that it was the difference in ideological views that was the most important factor. The American foreign policies, national interests and the personalities of the leaders all had input to the War and therefore, the War reached such extent. The Cold War was a power vacuum which was to drag the bipolar powers into, which happened to be the USA and the Soviet Union
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multilateral trade. The Eastern countries had refused to discuss the matter with their trading partners until a meeting with Western countries at the U.N. Economic Commission for Europe (Geneva) in November 1981. Unfortunately, this meeting ended in a deadlock. In light of the fundamental differences between centralized Eastern European economies and the decentralized Western markets, it is not surprising that the two sides have divergent opinions on countertrade. The Eastern European countries are
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Once the proud capital of Germany Berlin was divided by a barrier that was patrolled day and night by armed soldiers and guard dogs. On August 13, 1961 shortly after midnight police and soldiers in the Communist controlled Berlin moved quickly to set up barriers. Berliners woke to find their city divided into east and west sectors. A communist nation led by the Soviet Union was in control of East Berlin. While West Berlin was controlled by a democratic nation led by the United States (Epler,
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The Berlin Wall (1961–1989) ------------------------------------------------- (1) The reasons the Soviets and the East German government had for erecting the Berlin Wall. Many Germans fled East Germany after the Soviet Union got their hands on them and tried to make it a communist country. It was so easy for people to cross the East and West Germany border and the communists in East Germany did not want their people to keep leaving so they erected the Berlin Wall to keep in the Germans
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“The lives of all the people in Stasiland are shaped by the wall.” In Berlin, the Iron Curtain had many purposes. It was there to protect, to separate and to enforce a way of life for East Berliners. Firstly, The Wall gave meaning to people’s lives in different ways. It defined where they were to go, who they were to see and who they were to be. For the countless Stasi and informers, it gave them a purpose and an importance in society, and after The Wall came down, that purpose was lost and yearned
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Should the western world accept more refugees? For: 1. For protecting democracy or combating convicts (such as ISIS), most of the western countries have military actions in Middle-East, leading up to the current turmoil. Thus, they have the obligation to help the refugees. -After 911, America launched the Iraq War, and overthrew the Hussein regime. They supported the Shia government, which is the majority in Iraq, but also caused the rebellions from Sunni. The invasion of the US caused local activists
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Rand’s rise to the prominence coincided with a broad cultural, political and social change in America that took place in the context of the Cold War. Fighting against the common enemy in the war had briefly improved the relations between United States and Great Britain on one side and Soviet Union on the other, but once the war ended any hopes of more permanent cooperation faded quickly. If 1945 Yalta conference had closed on an optimistic note, then Potsdam meeting a few months later already ended
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successfully training Afghan security forces for the eventual total withdrawal of US and NATO forces from Afghanistan. Other than in Afghanistan, the US Army and NATO forces are currently operating together in military exercises in the Central and Eastern European countries of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. The US Army is able to partner with NATO militarily, however, the US Army can also work with NATO in peacekeeping and
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Communism in Russia Communism in Russia has a negative impact on its citizens. There are mixed opinions about communism in Russia. For example, in communist Russia they have a powerful economy. If Russia was how Marx envisioned, it would be exceptional but now it’s corrupt. Because of several major factors, Russia should not be a communist country. Many people don’t know that communism in Russia has a vast and rugged history. To start, the original vision for it is called Marxism and was created
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