The comparison between anti-terrorist systems of the Republic of Ireland and France is a good illustration of this: the former aims to fight an essentially separatist terrorism finding its expression in the activities of the Irish Republican Army (since, contrary to received ideas, the IRA is not only a terrorist organization specific to Northern Ireland) and the country is forced to combat all the forms of terrorism that exist (separatist, communist, internationalist or emanating from isolated groups). ... Ireland, although it is a young independent State, enacted legislation aimed at combatt...

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Response When studying the history of the European Empires, it must be assessed as to why they collapsed in such a short amount of time. ... The French Union (the new name for the Empire) of 1946 is a clear example of desperation to keep the Empire together with its indissoluble unity.1 The matters of France, its overseas territories, and associated states and territories, which was the new concept for Indochina (simply because they underestimated the ongoing insurgency to French imperialism), were mostly now part of metropolitan France. ... The French control was assured through the President...

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Politics, art, and utopia in French anarchism and Italian futurism 1890-1920 In Paroles d'un revolte, Peter Kropotkin outlined a new vision for the arts as part of his anarchist philosophy, asserting that "the arts have a mission to accomplish for the achievement of the future society... ... Indeed, Marinetti's close links to French avant-garde artists is illustrated in his choice of a French, rather than Italian, newspaper for the launch of his Futurist movement, on February 20 1909 he published the first Futurist Manifesto in Paris paper 'Le Figaro' , a move indicati...

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History Before being able to focus on the problems Cambodia has faced on its road to establishing a democratic government, one must shed light on Cambodia's rich history. ... During the late 19th century, the Cambodian king at the time turned to the French for assistance, as Cambodia had been suffering from constant threat of invasion from both the Vietnamese and the Thai people. As a result, Cambodia was established under the French protectorate and became part of the so-called French Indochina region. This period, though it brought economic development to the region, also caused a stro...

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The 'Great Empire' is often referred to as a single entity embracing French controlled Europe, but territories were in fact separated depending on the levels of French control. ... This shows that countries geographically close to France were directly ruled because they would act as a protective zone to France from attacks from enemies and troops could quickly be called upon if required by France, which agrees with Napoleon when he justifies that the creation of the Empire is for the protection of France and for France to gain the rewards from. ... However, the French soon began to...

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France has acted, and the consequences of her action may be immense. ... Nearly five years to the day after the unconditional surrender of Germany, France is now taking the first decisive step towards the construction of Europe and is associating Germany in this venture. ... Meanwhile, they have failed to learn English (or German or French) very well and, to make matters worse most of their original jobs have gone." ... In Western European history, the majority of tensions have primarily been between Germany and France, dating back to the Napoleonic War of the early 19th Century, and followed...

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The thought process that motivated this congregation involved worries about the coal and steel industries between France and Germany; the European community was concerned that the economic control of these industries could potentially start another armed conflict, something that they all wished to avoid at all costs. ...

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During the 1990s, literature on the international political economy was dominated by the idea of globalization. Dramatic decreases in transport costs and the rise of fast and cheap telecommunications technology have made geography less relevant and facilitated massive increases in global trade and n...

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