The November 17th, the BBC article, "Ukraine: EU fails to agree on new Russia Sanctions," discusses the escalating conflict in Ukraine, and the measures that the European Union and the United States are planning to combat the issue of the pro-Russian separatist. Since January 2014, the Ukraine and Russia have been in a hostile conflict with regards to the pro-Russian separatists. ... Since April, separatists have been fighting government officials throughout Ukraine, calling for a vote on independence. ... The Ukraine has met with European Union ministers, in order to discuss the imp...

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Western countries, Gulf Arab states, and Turkey all support the rebels, but Iran, Russia, and China stand behind Assad and his current government. ... President Francois Hollande urged Syria to create a government in hopes that this would entice the Syrian government and rebel groups to work toward a peaceful resolution (Erlanger). Hollande berated Russia and China for vetoing an intervention by the United Nations in an attempt to protect Assad. ... France will recognize the provisional government of Syria once it is formed" (Erlanger). ... According to the United States, the rebel forc...

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Rebels claim they control over half of the city, but they are quickly losing their grasp as the government forces begin to use their air power. ... Daraya suffered for three days at the hands of the government army, which resulted in daily death toll of 440 on August 18th alone. ... Syria, backed by Russia, vowed to encourage peaceful resolutions themselves, although no significant action has taken place. The United States has threatened to intervene, but Syrian deputy prime minister, Jamil Qadri, and Russian foreign minister, Sergey V. ... Western countries, Gulf Arab states, and Turkey al...

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Syrian Deputy Prime Minister, Jamil Qadri, and Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey V. ... However, Qadri and Lavrov, in their news conference at the Russian Foreign Ministry, berated the United States for using the matter of unconventional weapons as an excuse to interfere in Syria's conflicts (Cave). ... Russia, Syria's closest foreign ally, plans to help the Syrian government and its rebels reach a peaceful agreement (Cave). ... Dara'a, near the Jordanian border, also saw a great number of deaths as government forces shelled, bombed, and executed rebels. ... The Syrian gover...

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For the past two years, Syria has been at war with itself, as their government forces clash daily with armed, civilian rebel groups. When evidence emerged implicating the Syrian government in the chemical weapons usage, the United States has been forced to consider intervention as a policy mechanism to bring peace to Syria. ... After much domestic backlash, Obama scrapped that plan in favour of negotiating a deal with Russia, Syria's ally. ... As Moravcsik writes "Every state would prefer to act as it pleases, yet each is compelled to realize its ends under a constraint imposed by the pre...

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Yet with the end of World War II, the containment of Russia and its allies became the concentration of the executive branch planners. ... They are: Individual leaders in both branches play a key role in making foreign policy, Bipartisanship is a useful method for overcoming president-Congress conflict in foreign policy formulation, Trust is the ethical dimension within which the two branches function, Executive initiative of foreign policy is the general pattern, but the congressional power to propose, delay and shape such policy remains substantial, The war power is a salient issue in the pr...

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However this rebellion was ruthlessly crushed by the combined armed forces of England, Russia, Germany, Japan and the U.S.A. ... A U.S. civil government in 1902 replaced the military authority in the Philippines with William Howard Taft becoming the first civil governor. ...

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Though the string of US sanctions on Iran up to the Bush government undoubtedly reduced the funding available for terrorist organisations and damaged the Iranian economy, they did little to remove the autocratic government in power in Iran and served to further damage the image of Western society within the nation, pushing them further into isolation. ... Iran's pursuit of Nuclear technology, whether for use in weaponry as alleged by the US, or for use in research and the production of power as claimed by the Iranian government, has been the main point of contention with marked progress ...

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His role in gaining independence for the American colonies and later in unifying them under the new U.S. federal government cannot be overestimated. ... It had to be fixed, so the leaders of the new young country met in Philadelphia and changed the government-George Washington was on of the contributors. ... He briefly stated that he did not want to participate in the war and that the American government would not aid any citizens who decide to "abet hostilities" (Web1). ... The United States was also concerned about Russia's territorial ambitions in the northwest coast of North America...

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The Declaration states that governments "derive their just powers from the consent of the governed." ... The Corollary was imposed, purportedly, in an attempt to protect the people of the North, South, and Central Americas from corrupt leaders and foundering governments, as Roosevelt himself said in his annual address to Congress (Doc F). ... This action of the American government, however unsuccessful, was characteristic of Roosevelt's "Big Stick" policy of forcibly moving pieces on the board of international affairs. ... Within two years after hostilities ceased, the ...

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The federal government has promised to pay 40% of the cost of special education, but presently pays less than 17 percent. ... Second, strengthen our alliances and ensure Russia and China are fully integrated into a stable international order. ...

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