The so called - "Holy Alliance" which was formed from the Vienna Peace Conference of 1815, the main aim of Holy Alliance was to protect monarchical legitimacy against any challenges by democratic force. ... The older doctrine contains peace and protection of citizens without employing modern human rights terminology by denying him/her the benefit of any rights vis-à-vis the ruler, whose task was seen as preventing armed conflicts between different social groups. ... According to Montesquieu, the citizen will receive sufficient protection from the state where the legislative function...

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Under this topographical influence, the Korean people came to develop a peace-loving yet dynamic character that has created a contemplative yet vibrant, optimistic yet sentimental culture. ... Without a formal peace treaty, however, North Korea and South Korea technically remained at war. ... This led to the first authorized cross-border visits of family members separated since the Korean War, the start of mail service between the two countries, and agreement by both sides to reconnect road and rail links long severed by the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). ... The government of the Republic of Korea...

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In times of war, these feelings are heightened as fault lines begin to emerge and disputes, grievances and long running feuds that have been held in check by times of relative peace rise to the surface. ... After his death, the region descended into a vicious civil war which ended with the creation of separate states representing each of the ethnic groups. ... But perhaps the outcome will be a planet where different groups and communities bound together by a common religion, race or tribe are no longer forced into artificial national creations that simply create conflict and friction and c...

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Canada, on the other hand, acts as a cultural mosaic in the sense that it welcomes all separate cultures and celebrates them on a consistent and multicultural basis. ... The Anti-nuclear movement ties in with the spirit of peace Japan maintains, having been excluded from any military activity since World War II. ... Peace and security efforts have become an especially important area of cooperation between the two nations. ...

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"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.... Consequently the blockade was lifted in May 1949 and resulted in the creation of two separate German states, The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) splitting up Berli...

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Until the 20th century, countries frequently relied on military powers in order to attempt to conserve peace. ... In 1938, as the League of Nations fell apart the prime minister of Britain, Neville Chamberlain, used a new form of foreign policy in order to keep peace with Hitler. ... These examples show that even though hard and soft powers can exist separately and have been proven to work for some duration, they are only short-lived. ...

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"I always hear Caesar did, Caesar conquered. Was not there at least a cook along?" "Bertolt Brecht In 1914, the world witnessed one of the most terrible and bloody wars in the history of mankind to that date. World War One, at that time entitled the Great War, began as a result of the conflict ...

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It would lead to the creation of institutions such as the ICC and pave the way for many NGOs that would lead the charge in humanitarian intervention in order to bring peace and sustainability to conflicting societies. ... This is was the first step of many by the Nazis to separate the Jews as a separate group of people and condemn them as such. ... The first step was to separate the Jewish children from the German children in the schools. ... (Eastwood, 2010, 1293) Upon successful social separation it was also necessary to separate the Jews from the physical communities as well. ...

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They become child soldiers when they are separated from their families. ... This issue must become important to both childrens rights advocates as well as all of those involved in conflict prevention and resolution, peace building and development (Africa News Service). ...

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Benito Mussolini was a dictator and the leader of the Italian Fascist movement. Mussolini's reign of terror, as he referred to it, failed because numerous mistakes were made on his part during his career. One of these mistakes was his agreement to form an alliance with Adolf Hitler and the German Th...

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Globalisation: The exponential growth of human interconnectedness that is globalisation, in my view, can be separated into three distinct waves and the totality of the three waves has made the world what it is today; a complex mixture of nations bound by global structures and frameworks, slowly combining together as a whole. ... In 1945 the UN, formerly the less successful League of Nations, was created by "51 countries committed to preserving peace through international cooperation and collective security" (www.un.org). ...

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Therefore, the Bolsheviks sign a separate peace treaty with the Germans at Brest-Litovsk on very unfavourable terms, giving up 1/3 of the population and 1/3 of the productive lands of the Russian Empire - including the Baltic States, Finland and some territory of Ukraine. ...

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The Cold War is a term used to describe the period of non-violent conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as their respective allies, between the mid-1940s and lasted until the early 1990s. This essay seeks to examine the political relations between the leaders of Britain, t...

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Art is a medium that allows people to express their thoughts and feelings on various world issues affecting citizens today through the use of descriptive paintings and drawings. Currently, more and more teenagers are being exposed to and experiencing the negative aspects of the modern world such as the concept of stereotypes and emotional instability. They are beginning to lose their true identity and are falling captive into what is accepted as "normal" in the modern society. The intriguing theme of human frailty has made an appearance in many works of historical and contemporary ar...

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF ASIA "This is the only region in the world where so many combinations and permutations of two- three and four- and even two plus four or three plus three- power games can be played on the regional chessboard with all their complexities and variations." introduction T...

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The US Supreme Court: Sexually Motivated? Following the defeat of Germany and Japan during World War II the United States almost immediately became burdened with another challenge, that of, containing their former ally, the Soviet Union. Known as the Cold War, this conflict inspired tremendou...

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The distinction between power over people and power over territory is a useful one to make, for it singles out two aspects of sovereignty that are best addressed separately: disputes involving the right of peoples to self-determination and territorial disputes among them. " (Gottlieb, 1993, p. 15) This authority is generally associated with a state monopoly on the legitimate use of force within its territory. ...

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The distinction between power over people and power over territory is a useful one to make, for it singles out two aspects of sovereignty that are best addressed separately: disputes involving the right of peoples to self-determination and territorial disputes among them. " (Gottlieb, 1993, p. 15) This authority is generally associated with a state monopoly on the legitimate use of force within its territory. ...

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Historically, Huntington describes the transition from "the Peace of Westphalia" (Huntington, 1993) to the French Revolution, quoting R. ... Huntington states the "most important conflicts of the future will occur along the cultural fault lines separating" (Huntington, 1993) what he identified as eight specific civilizations: "Western, Confucian, Japanese, Islamic, Hindu, Slavic-Orthodox, Latin American and African" (Huntington, 1993). ...

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World War I, the first globally destructive conflict that the Western Civilization produced, has been the subject of various analysis, interpretations and reevaluations of the various causes that led to it. Initially, the guilt was placed upon Germany and its allies. Eventually, historical analysis...

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