Even though China has been strongly integrated into the U.S-dominated international system and following U.S-established rules and regulations (in the practice of fair trade), the rise of China continues to be seen a threat to American policy-makers (Yue, 2008). ... Unlike realists, liberalists do not identify the condition of anarchy as the main source of conflict (due to the lack of mistrust and cooperation towards other states); however, certain strands of liberalism identify undemocratic regimes (non-democracies) as a source of conflict (Baylis et al., 2011, p.102). As a result, when some ...

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During the 1920s most sectors of the American economy grew. ... Therefore because of this dependency the world economy was extensively intertwined with America's economy. ... People lost confidence in democracy, socialism and capitalism. ... The countries that were affected severely by the crash were those that relied on American loans. ... In America under the New Deal program, The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was set up. ...

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Others supported the revisionist view and would claim that it was not an aggression but a self - defence policy and that the American involvement in the South America and therefore its Imperialism resulted in the Cold War. ... However, I should mention that the US government could not simply accept the fact that a country could exist with economic and political principles so critically opposed to democracy and industrial capitalism. ... An angry Khrushchev said in Los Angeles in 1959: "Never have any of our soldiers been on American soil, but your soldiers were on Russian soil." ... Consider...

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Officially the actions taken by Yanukovich were legal, which demonstrated to the U.S. and the rest of the world the need for democracy in Ukraine. ... Obama stated on March 12th that the U.S. government completely rejects the Crimea referendum, and its foreign policy regarding Ukraine is to help build a united democracy. ... For example, less than a week after the announcement of the annexation of Crimea, TransCanada Corporation (a corporation trying to build a highly profitable pipeline across six states) held a conference in Washington to "underscore the vital role the Keystone XL pipeline,...

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The central theme in much of traditionalist historiography was an ideological one: the United States, confronted by an implacably hostile foe for which no amount of Western conciliation would satisfy its global ambitions, came to the defense of freedom and democracy, saving the world from the spread of communist rule.8 This was the fortification needed that would generate policies towards dealing with the Soviet Union such as the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine, to which Keenan would also be involved with. The US Government used the scare of Soviet plans for world domination to put the ...

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Common law is the type Americans are familiar with, and it is based on the collected court rulings of each and every case heard throughout the history of the United States. ... Firms need to be able to know if the country is operating under a democracy or a dictatorship. ... Azerbaijan is listed as a high political risk because its political leader is Geidar Aliev an ex-KGB general, who is not fond of democracy. ...

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Hiram (2012) noted that Soviet Union did not make any confirmation of the agreement till now and, most significantly, no confirmation from the American side has ever been made despite the presence of their ambassador Averell Harriman. ... The Motives of the Author According to Phillips et al. (2009), Churchill's apprehension was that the Americans might adopt a policy of isolationism due to the tiredness of fighting, which they demonstrated after the WWI. Therefore, Churchill realised that even with the support from the Americans, the West might not be effective to prevent Stalin perfo...

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In any case, the Soviet Union was the military occupier of Eastern Europe at the war's end, and so there was little the Western democracies could do to enforce the promised made by Stalin at Yalta. In America, the Polish-American public had to be appeased for popularity and voting purposes. ... In areas of America with large Polish populations, Pennsylvania for example, anti-Communists sentiments burned with a vengeance. ... When the Polish American Congress held its convention in Philadelphia in 1956, the president's keynote speech declared, "Treating the Red criminals as gentle...

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The people felt that they were being asked to sacrifice democracy for the economic gain of the state. ... The guidelines set forth not only allow the state to demonstrate its" economic influence, the country will pursue universal values such as freedom and democracy. ...

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The base of this argument was the different behaviour of dictatorship and democracy. ... The discovery of russian missiles in october by an US - american reconnaissance plane (Aufklãrungsflugzeuge) lead to the Cuba Crisis. ... US - american reconnaissance planes took aerial photos of soviet medium range missiles 16.10. ...

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