The end of World War 2 left Southeast Asia in an interesting albeit complex period. The once mighty European colonial empires started to crumble, having exhausted their fiscal resources and capacities in fighting the war. With decolonization, some countries like Indonesia declared independence, while other countries were left in a state of anomie, with the already existent internal turmoil such as segregated and suppressed ethnic groups and unstable democracy . The region undeniably saw the rise
institutional building. Also, economic and military donations in the Cold War periods from countries of the two camps contribute to the survivability of predatory rulers in Africa. More so, external military threats may also include the challenges confronting most of the countries surrounding the Iron Curtain such as some of the East Asian countries, which confronted severe challenges from neighboring communist regimes during the Cold War in their earlier stage of development. But the story here
reason for the development of the Cold War from 1945-1972'. How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer using your subject knowledge. (16marks) I don't believe that the arms race was the main reason for the development of the Cold War from 1945-1972. Although it clearly illustrated the intense rivalry between the USA and the USSR, it was simply one of many factors contributing to the war between communism and capitalism. When the USA ended World War Two by dropping the atomic bomb
symbol to understand the symbolic meaning behind them. An image always contain some degree of choice this is because the composition in the image whether it be the subject selection, the framing or process have deliberately selected to suit an ideology. An ideology is a belief system or set of values through which a society live out their lives to have a social structure. This can be
Peace is a state of harmony when there is no war or where tranquillity is attained, because there is freedom from any type of turmoil. They are both inter-related in one way or another. Ending conflicts can result in peace, and breaking peace can lead to the rise of conflicts. Definitions adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/ Major
do not reflect internal politics of the Middle East countries, but reflect politics drawn in London and Paris, or Washington and Moscow during cold war. It reflects the politics of parties, pressure groups, elections or war results. The political dependency continued during the cold war, particularly monarchies during Arab cold war and Iraqi-Iranian war. Therefore, the states in the Middle East became dependent over the international balance of power and the politics of the great powers, to achieve
Implications By: Meidina Felita Alifandra 016201400183 IRE 2014 Diplomacy 2 Semester 7 I. Introduction As being stated by Samuel P. Huntington, the Clash of Civilization is a hypothesis in which the primary sources of conflicts in the post-cold war era are more dominant to the people’s cultural and religious identities. Civilization has three attributes which are the objective elements – language, history religion, customs, and institution; the subjective elements – variable levels of self-identification;
INTRODUCTION The term ‘Cold War’ was first used in 1945. George Orwell was the first to use this term to explain the undeclared state of war between the two very powerful blocs, The United States of America and the Soviet Union. Cold War was a political and military tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. They wanted to dominate the world according to their system. The United States bloc believed that the world economic system should be a capitalist one and the political system should
THE OPENING OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES UNDER ZHOU ENLAI/MAO ZEDONG AND RICHARD NIXON IR331 Modern Diplomacy Contents Brief Description 2 Summary of Events 3 Modern Diplomacy Terms and their reinforced concepts by the historical record of the events between China and the United States in 1971-1972 5 References: 10 Brief Description This paper will discuss the events of the opening of diplomatic relations between China and the United States under Zhou Enlai/Mao
Thesis Statement: In the aftermath of Cold War, a peaceful and stable world order emerged. However, this current unipolar stability, is being challenged by the “rise of the new powers” which would result in a return to a multi-polar international system. A. Samuel Huntingtons’s Unipolar International System • Westernization • Clash of Civilization B. Fareed Zakaria’s Multi-Polar International System • Declination of United States • Rise of the Rest Conclusion: In the contrasting view of political