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Globalization, Development, and Foreign Policy
Globalization, Development, and Foreign Policy
Introduction
Basically, Globalization is not mysterious. The term is commonly used since the 80s, that is to say, since technical progress would make it easier and faster international transactions (commercial or financial). Markets promote efficiency through competition and division of labour (specialization allows ...
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TERRORISM
Terrorism
Terrorism
Introduction
One of the major challenges that are experienced by international counterterrorism professionals is the ever-evolving typology of terrorism. While nationalist and anti-colonial movements are characterized twentieth-century terrorism, the terrorism of the twenty-first century is significantly different in nature. Modern-day terrorism, are typified by the al Qaeda network, which has truly ...
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Three African Leaders
Three African Leaders
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The three African leaders that truly represent the characteristics of a good leadership are John Atta Mills of Ghana, Mwai Kibaki of Kenya and Liberia's Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. They depict the true picture of how a leader should be, in that they have led their countries ...
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GUERRILLA WARFARE AND TERRORISM
Phenomena of Guerrilla Warfare and Urban Terrorism
Phenomena of Guerrilla Warfare and Urban Terrorism
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Guerrilla War is a term that defines a defined pattern of fighting, carried out by a small group of warriors. It is a military tactic of armed groups of men, consisting of harassing the ...
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WAR IN IRAQ
Theoretical Analysis of War in Iraq
Theoretical Analysis of War in Iraq
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The Iraq War is an armed conflict that began in 2003 with a U.S.-led invasion of Iraq to remove the regime of President Saddam Hussein. It became a large-scale campaign to establish a new Iraqi political ...
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Critical Book Review of Lawrence Wright's 'The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road To 9/11'
Critical Book Review of Lawrence Wright's 'The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road To 9/11'
I've been meaning to read this book, for which Wright won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction, since ...
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Homeland Security
Homeland Security
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Homeland Security is the term used for the efforts a State make to maintain its security level and ensure a peaceful and terror-free environment in the country. Special attention was given to this term in the year 2011 when a significant event of terrorist attack took place in ...
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CAN THE EUROPEAN UNION PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN GLOBAL SECURITY POLITICS AS LONG AS IT HAS NO ARMED FORCES OF ITS OWN?
Can the European Union play a significant role in global security politics as long as it has no armed forces of its own?
Can the European Union ...
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WHAT CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTE TO SUCCESSFUL PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
What conditions contribute to successful peacekeeping operations
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Peacekeeping is an activity that aims to create the conditions for lasting peace. Peacekeeping has much of a difference from peace building and peacemaking. People who are in the operation of peace keeping or are heading the ...
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Public Administration
Public Administration
Public Administration
Introduction
The world is now a global village, and all the activities and happenings taking place in one part of the world undoubtedly spread to other parts of the world, which either receive appreciation or condemnation by the others. Same is the case with social democracy and the ...