INTRODUCTION Since the end of cold war, the world has been in a constant flux of changes, resulting into serious security risks. These risks range from border disputes to ethno-religious conflicts, most of which are likely to cause regional and global destabilization. In today’s unipolar world no single or group of states has the capacity to counter balance by themselves and therefore, the world is looking more towards United Nations (UN) for establishing World peace. The Collective power to shape
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has appeared in many guises”1. Referring to Walter Laqueur, no state or international system has been exempted from this form of non-state violence. However, the major shifts carried by globalization, that is to say the transformation from a state-centric world to a global system, seem to have perturbed the way violent non-state actors act, claim, interfere, and wage war in the new international system. If we follow the vision of Carpenter, we can talk about a “new world disorder”2 because of the multiplicity
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novichok as the most threatening chemical agents in the world today. Sarin is typically odorless and colorless and takes one minute to kill a person. Sarin- -What is Sarin? Sarin is nerve agent that is colorless, odorless chemical that can kill you as little as a minute, in extreme cases. It was developed by German Researchers in the 1930's and it causes muscle spasms, vision loss, and asphyxia. This chemical is classified as a weapon of mass destruction. -How is Sarin Delivered? This is
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More than 10,000 people[1]—from which around 600 every year were provided by the Kempeitai[2]—were subjects of the experimentation conducted by Unit 731. More than 95% of the victims who died in the camp based in Pingfang were Chinese and Korean, including both civilian and military.[3] The remaining 5% were South East Asians and Pacific Islanders, at the time colonies of the Empire of Japan, and a small number of the prisoners of war from the Allies of World War II.[4] According to the
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become perilous since the Germans, Americans and British attacked one another in the waters hoping to prevent war materials getting through. This resulted to the sinking of Lusitania ship when the Germans invaded the British waters with their submarines and hit the ship near Southern Ireland coast at Kinsale. As a result, this enraged and triggered the United State into entrance the World War 1. The purpose of this paper is to determine how the sinking of the Lusitania vessel prompts Americans to join
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care takers, and Civil War soldiers. The island is home to a variety of salt water marsh creatures such as alligators, crabs and birds. The fort and museum are maintained by the National Parks Service. The museum’s mission is to educate visitors on the significance of the fort’s involvement in the Civil War and Underground
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Does History repeat itself? Yes It Does. Question Does History repeat itself? In what ways? Hypothesis History, as a reflection of past repeats itself as events related to social norms, ethical values, religious dogmas, wars and peace, and ideological orientations. Introduction History repeats itself in various ways and it is imperative that we learn from our past so that we are aware of our present and possible future because if taken lightly, history can replicate itself in brutal ways. The lessons
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This paper will identify major historical turning points during War World II and through the 1970’s while analyzing the impact the war had on America’s current society, economy, politics and culture. I will also discuss why America in the late 1930’s wanted to stay out of the European conflict that became WWII, which is one of the greatest debates of all time. We examine the important role that women played in winning the war and what outcomes came from their hard work that impacted women today.
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In 2001, following the events of 9/11, Putin called terrorism "plague of the 21st century"1 - a disease that strikes innocent victims unexpectedly and in a undifferentiated way. The act of terrorism seemed irrational and unforeseen in the eyes of modern democracies due to the failure of the collective memory of the international community. The states of the Western world were reinforced in what might be called a regulated 'Westphalian order' - a type of conventional relations between balanced and
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rulers accordingly. In addition, they intensify the tension between diversities. As a result, in Mount Lebanon, a massacre between the Maronites and the Druze occurred and indirectly evoked wars between these two religions in 1840 and 1860. The reign of the Ottoman Empire continued, to end with the end of the World War 1 in 1916 with the victory of the allies. In 1920, the allies placed Lebanon under the French wardship and expanded its geographical area by taking parts from Syria. The French mandate was
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