Do we still have the unipolar structure in actual world? ... U.S Economics Power In late 80's, the United States faced powerful, competitive economies in Japan and Germany. But with the sudden collapse of the Soviet Union and the unanticipated decline of the Japanese and German economies, the United States has inherited a degree of unipolarity not seen since the high point of the Roman Empire. The explosive expansion of the U.S. economy in the 1990's represented a key moment to the disparities of economic power between U.S and the rest of world. . ... Between 1990 and 1998, the ...

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Germany's condition after the Second World War was harrowing. ... They wanted to re-establish a stable economy. ... Every country in Western Europe was afraid of a Soviet takeover.9 Not even the USA wanted to risk a war with them in 1948 and when it came to the Berlin Blockade the world was in fear of a third world war. ... Berlin seemed to be again reflecting the political world of the late 40's. ... Greece was also in need for help after the Second World War. ...

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Technology was advancing in a fast pace all over the world but the Soviet Union was behind. ... Because of the decline in economy also came decline in products. ... The economy and the Soviet Union were almost rescued by Gorbachev. ... As hard as Gorbachev tried to save the economy he could not. ... It is safe to say that the need to be the most powerful empire in the world was their greatest downfall. ...

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The Cold War involved just about the whole world but mainly the United States and Russia. ... The Cold War for Russia, was to ensure security, block out capitalism, gain power and improve their economy. ... The United States economy is growing although communism is spreading. ... The Soviet Unions economy was also growing. ... "When the United States discovers the missile sites, the world teeters on the brink of World War III"(CNN). ...

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He steered the United States into world politics. ... Relief and stabilization of the economy was the focus of every decision. ... He wrote in his diary, "We have discovered the most terrible bomb in the history of the world". ... World War II was over. ... They influenced not only the world, but also the individual. ...

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A Command Economy The collapse of the USSR came from the poor performance of the country's economy. ... By the 1980s there was no economic growth in the Soviet Economy. ... Their defeat had a detrimental effect on the morale of the Soviet people as the mighty Red Army had been defeated by one of a third world nation. ... The restructuring of the economy included radical changes. ... Thatcher's success in restructuring the British economy impacted on Gorbachev. ...

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Now, a brief recap Stalinism grew out of fundamental idea: communism is the best, and by implementing it in the USSR a world revolution would begin This revolution, domestically, would not happen by itself, it needs to be encouraged It needs to be done immediately, because the other powers in the world will attack as soon as they think you are against them. ... This means totally integrating the state with the economy, social systems, and culture. Control of the economy would create the most efficient system, and in this case it was collectivization, orthe creation of gigantic stat...

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Although we do not live in a world dominated by Communist super-powers, there are many aspects of our society that are prophesied in the book. ... However, the emergence of the Far Eastern economies shows that the world is slowly being divided into the lines that Orwell set. ... Unlike Orwell's vision of a one-party dictatorship controlling hundreds of millions, we get instead the world being controlled by the stock markets, and fluctuations in currencies. This is extremely dangerous, as it means that huge multi-national financiers, such as Soros can make or break a coun...

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As well, all of the nations involved shared the common goals of implementing democratic systems of government and moving to market economies. ... Democracy had been spreading throughout the world for the preceding two decades, but with a very important difference. ... Due to their longtime adherence to communist policies, these nations faced great difficulty in making the transition to a pluralist system as well as a market economy. According to Preuss, these problems were threefold: The genuine economic devastations wrought by the communist regimes, the transformation of the...

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Actually at the beginning of the 1980s the USSR seemed to be in a strong position in the world, but as R. ... But that was not the main problem, it also led to the hostility between the USSR and much of the Muslim world. ... The economy was in a very bad shape in the 1980s. Not only the domestic economy couldn't meet the needs of the population also alcoholism played a huge role. ... But also the west was steadily moving forward with their economy and so it seemed difficult to catch up with the west and stop the drift out of the situation. ...

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Although under President Clinton in 1994, we became the world's largest contributor to humanitarian mine clearance, we have yet to sign the Mine Ban Treaty. ... This also takes a serious toll on the economy of the surrounding areas. ... There would not be as many injured people that cannot work, but instead they would be hard working, money earning citizens that would be boosting the economy through their daily jobs. ... Most college students are stuck in a world of midterms and cafeteria food and it is issues like this that provide for a glimpse of a world that is very different from ...

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Moreover, Nye explains America's challenges as a major player in an ever-changing world. ... In today's ever-changing economy, a communist bureaucracy is far less flexible than markets that are responding to rapid change. ... Japan boasts the second largest economy in the world and ranks second in the amount of Internet users, which plays a big role in today's information age. ... Also, the presence of soft power helps India to be considered a world power. ... The European Union is a very attractive country in terms of world power. ...

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The U.S. hockey team became national heroes, akin to soldiers returning victorious from World War II. ... The U.S. economy has been improving from the economic collapse of late 2008. ... However, Europe and other emerging markets have much weaker economies. Although it's difficult to imagine a 2014 Olympic event having the uplifting effect of the 1980 "Miracle on Ice," perhaps the U.S. and Russia working together to prevent a terrorist tragedy could be an event that transcends sports and brings the world closer together....

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In 1991 the world's the greatest socialist empire was collapsed and from these lands,which had been ruled for over seventy-year by dictators and nomenklatura, fifteen seperate and fully free countries rised.This collapse was celebrated by all the Western countries because they thought that they did this collapse,they were the reason for this monumental failure.But they were faulty,U.S.S.R didn't collapse because of the West,it collapsed because of its bad foundation,and its internal problems.The problems and system had been the cause of the one's own downfall...

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Did it produce a stable and orderly world? ... After World War II, the U.S. ... The U.S. knows this and sees the opportunity to come out on top in the world. ... The Marshal plan was a huge success in it's effort to rebuild Europe's economy. It opened up trade and investment opportunities for the U.S. as well as stabilizing Europe's fledging economy. ...

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The Nazi or the Soviet Economy in the War 9. Soviet women in the Red Army or the Nazi regime's attitude toward women in the war effort the relationship between the Holocaust and World War II 10. ...

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He understood the power of propaganda, and filled German cities with massive posters appealing to the German sense of disempowerment after the end of World War 1. ... Stalin's Soviet Union was a major factor in the defeat of Hitler in World War Two, and Stalin emerged from the war as leader of one of the world's two superpowers, quickly building a 'Communist Bloc' in Eastern Europe. 4. ... Adam Smith Father of capitalism and the free market economy. He had the idea of the invisible hand leading the economy rather than the government.  8. ... Christopher Columbus Thou...

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When Franklin Roosevelt went into office, in 1933, he was determined to stay out of world affairs. ... He was strongly influenced by advisers, who had no faith in European central bankers and felt that there was nothing to be gained by tying the U.S. economy to a hazardous international agreement. ... But most Americans believe it is not realistic for the country to withdraw from world affairs. ... economy, culture, and technological advancement is greatly rooted its relationships with other countries. Indeed, our nation is the world's center of transculturation. ...

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It's quite honestly the closest we got to an actual war in the cold war, and it tested the lines drawn by the two colliding superpowers of the world at that time, the United States and the Soviet Union. ... Palmer, Joel Colton and Lloyd Kramer, in their textbook A History of the Modern World, discuss how Fidel Castro overthrew the 1959 regime of Fulgencio Batista, after returning from exile with his band of guerrillas. Afterward, Castro assured the Cuban people that he would stop relying on the American economy. ... And while Castro did help out with the anticolonial movements in Africa (...

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New technologies initially meant for mass destruction filter down into the civilian world, making current lives easier. ... This fact is evident in the world's participation in the 1991 Gulf War. The leaders of the Soviet Union decided that the only way to prevent the total collapse of their economy and country was to seize the oil rich Middle East. ... The particular crash that disables the economy is quite commonly called a virus. ... As the face of world politics change, it is evident that the works of Tom Clancy will change as well. ...

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The struggle between the two powers had the many parts of the world in disarray. The western nations felt it necessary that the liberated states of Eastern Europe should be re-established with a democracy and a capitalist economy. ... Russia, under autocratic leader Joseph Stalin, felt that it had a right to the Eastern European nations it had occupied in World War II. ... Conflict between the two opposing victors of World War II was inevitable. ... In this doctrine Truman addresses the issues that the world is facing, the issue of war and the unfair treatment of the Greeks. ...

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They divorced during World War II while Reagan made training films. ... One of Reagan's main goals was to stimulate the economy. ... In Reagan's office the economy hit a high and foreign affairs were relatively good. ...

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Japan ruled Korea from 1905 until the end of World War 2. ... Korea was divided into North and South, after World War 2. ... World War 2 ended in 1945 and the Korean War started in 1950. ... With Korea's knowledge of how to expand economically, educated population, expansion of territory and resources, and eventual total control of the economy by big-business in Korea's group-oriented culture, Korea would eventually become a world power. Korea would then most likely replace either Japan or Germany amongst the world's top four economies. ...

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The new policy meant that the USSR was prepared to live together with USA in peace, instead of the constant threat of another world war. 2. ... The treaties were signed to show that they are friendly, but the number of war heads they had could still destroy the whole world. 4. ... The Russian economy wasn't good before the war and it just made it even worse. ... And when Solidarity came to power, it was the sign to the world that soviet control of Eastern Europe was over. ...

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In addition, the wide spread proliferation of nuclear warheads has created a worldwide nuclear deterrence. (3) The risk of world destruction is more emphasized now, despite the fact that it existed during the cold war. ... The mutual deterrence that existed during the cold war, because instead of two parties fighting for the world you now have numerous parties trying to defend their own interests inside of their own area. ... For example, India is building a wide variety of new missiles with a range of 90 miles to 1,300 miles. (2) And Iraq refuses to let United Nations teams in to inspect ...

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