This essay firstly aims to explain and analyse the theoretical differences between the two strategies on a macro level and illustrate various achievements and reality with statistics. ... Russia and NTLS Neoliberalism, the core of Neoliberal transition strategy, was initially coined by Milton Friedman who recommended the use of ˜shock therapy' to make a sudden and radical transition within a few years (Kotz, 2000). ... In comparison, China's experience was completely opposite as there was a dual existence of the state sector i.e. a planned economy and the market " the f...

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However, these same responses were characteristic of a regime willing to reform and adjust its strategies as circumstances demanded - a trait that the reactionary Tsarist regime had greatly lacked. ... Faced with this devastating war, the Bolsheviks acted decisively, reforming the Red Army under Trotsky. ... Tsarism's inability to act in this manner when faced with a similar situation in WWI eventually led to its loss of control of the army, and subsequently, its loss of political power in February 1917. ... In contrast, the Tsarist regime - with its stubborn opposition...

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The tensions between the US and USSR rose up and even though there was no act of war, this situation they found themselves in became known as the Cold War. ... "Hitler's invasion of Russia in June 1941 forced a four-year partnership upon the Soviets and Americans," as LaFeber illustrates on page 5 provides that notion even though there was "massive cooperation between the two nations as well as 9 ½ billion plus materials sent to Russia, conflicts erupted over war strategies and plans for the postwar peace....

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The strategies of hard power actors are geared towards threatening other actors into compliance. ... In 1995, the Iran Sanctions Act was enforced to respond to Iran's nuclear program and also its supposed funding of organizations such as the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (public diplomacy, 2013). ... One sub-strategy of this main strategy is the continued presence of Russian state television in the former Soviet satellite states. ...

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Finally the Poles would incorporate the Underground Army's actions in a broader scope of Allied movements and strategy across Europe (SA197). ... Winston Churchill saw Poland as a prime territory to realize his strategy to "set Europe ablaze" with covert operations that would harass the Nazis and keep their resources stretched (BLAZE). ... Churchill admitted having cloudy morals regarding the lack of assistance Britain could give Poland because of the tight rope act they were having to play with their new alliance, "...we had a strong obligation to support the interest of ...

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Lenin had a clear direction as to what he wanted the Bolsheviks to do, and his pre-revolution strategy alone gave the Bolsheviks strength and set it in good stead. ... In wanting peace at any price, Trotsky acted in Lenin's stead to be the chief negotiator, delaying terms as long as possible in hope of revolution breaking out in Germany or Austria. ...

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It is a strategy that involves moving quickly to eliminate the old system and to make a new one. ... The transition has brought significant changes to the citizens such as a rise in the standard of living and demographic changes(changes in ethnic group) which could act as a problem to the nation. ...

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The first of Gorbachev's reforms and basically his strategy as a whole was called Perestroika, meaning "restructuring". ... Another strong achievement was pulling troops from Afghanistan in 1988 and doing it on schedule symbolizing the act of a strong precise leader. ...

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On December 25, 1991, the president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Mikhail Gorbachev, resigned, leaving Boris Yeltsin as president of the newly independent Russia. As the world watched in amazement, the most successful communist country, the USSR, collapsed and disintegrated into...

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Background and During the Cooling of Relations The Second World War drastically changed the political map of the world, and especially the European continent. The basic premises of the new alignment of the world developed in the final stages of the war. The anti-Hitler coalition, the main role whic...

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