A country with a less developed economy, would tend to have a cheaper currency. This is in order to limit the level of consumption of the country, to a level which the economy of that country could support. As that country develops economically, its currency would be revised in value, in order to reflect the increase in purchasing power, due to increases in that country's physical productivity. ... These countries were no longer able to service their debts to the developed world. ... As the physical economy of the developed countries contracted, demand for the raw materials of the Thir...

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Some countries develop nuclear weapons and sell the information to other countries. Nuclear weapons can be used for a country to gain recognition. Still other countries use them to present a threat to another country or to show their power. ... Nuclear weapons have led to greater tensions between not only some Asian countries but also many other countries around the world. ... The underlying threat from North Korea is that they could sell nuclear information or technology to another nation that is wants to develop a nuclear weapons program . ...

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The basic premises of the new alignment of the world developed in the final stages of the war. ... But not all countries of the camp of the winners were able to conduct this fight, since suffered serious losses in economic terms. ... The Soviet Union bore the brunt of the struggle against fascism: its most economically developed part of the territory was in the zone of military operations, subject to restoration. ... The establishment of the ruined economy of the country also participated huge army of prisoners of war. However, by 1945 the country was far from the pre-war economic indicators...

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Industrialisation was made out to be patriotic by the government and formed an essential pillar in Stalins cry for socialism in one country' theory which promoted building a strong and lasting socialist country. ... Stalin's socialism in one country' had mixed support with some communists siding with it and other preferring the idea of spreading the revolution as promoted by Trotsky. ... Many services still remained haphazard and the country was still incredibly backwards. ... Because of this support Stalin managed to unite the state and the country to his objectives and whils...

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(Jones 1984) The beginning stages for a country new to the idea of democracy may be unpredictable. These states have not developed concrete ideas of where they are going either ideologically, or politically. ... Gaining control of their own nation and developing their own ideas of democracy will be a major hurdle for the people of Iraq to overcome. Myerson (2006) has developed a model for predicting whether democracy will succeed. This model states that several factors influence the likelihood of democracy being successful for a country. ...

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So we have all these little annoying things to worry about, and now we have to worry about these "new nuclear" countries. These countries have just acquired the capability of firing a nuclear missile and starting world war III. ... And, in the spring of 1999 these two new nuclear countries had a skirmish in the mountains of Kashmir . ... VX gas was "developed at the Porton Down Chemical Weapons Research Center in Wiltshire, England around 1952. ... First, how and for what purpose do these countries prepare to use this weapon? ...

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One cannot help but feel fortunate to live in a country such as Canada; its richness and prosperity go relatively unequaled in the world. ... This shows that Canada, being only a "middle-power- in the world, spends more than the United Nations, which represents all but four of the world's countries. ... The $100 billion or so spent on weapons by developing countries is three times what it would have cost to provide essential health care, medicines, vaccinations, clean water, and sanitation for all."" ...

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Several psychological problems may develop when an individual experiences severe trauma, such as serving in a war. ... The war soon became global, involving thirty-two countries. ... The countries in opposition to them were known as the Central Powers, including Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria. ... At the beginning of the war, many young men raced to sign up so that they could fight for their country. ... The worst of the gassing was performed with mustard gas, developed by the Germans. ...

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Section I Number 23 reaffirms that everyone is "entitled to the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution- (Drinan, 2001: 204). ... While many states have been developing their own courts, should their citizens want another court to go to they can go to an international court, such as the International Court of Justice or the International Criminal Court. ... Section I Number 9 of the Vienna Declaration and Program of Action states that the "least developed countries committed to the process of democratization and economic reforms should be supported by the inte...

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Globalization has taken over, allowing countries to lower transactions costs across areas of economic trade and social interactions. ... Thus the United States has an investment in the developing problem surrounding the Senkaku islands, and has a duty to attempt to resolve the argument peacefully. ... However, in recent years, the two countries have revisited the dispute that continues to be a source of strain and anxiety for the United States, Japan and China. ... In the end, China was seen as the victor, which eventually sparked a nationalist battle between the two countries. ... In addit...

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In the past, refugees were welcome in some countries as a means of boosting the economy of their hosts but not anymore as can be experienced with the trends in the contemporary refugee movement. ... During this period, other countries received these refugees especially where there were religious affinity, ideological belief systems and sometimes for economic reasons. ... These revolutionary style governments were seen in countries like France, Germany, Poland and Russia. Their attempts at radically revolutionize their various countries led to the emergence of new kind of political upheaval th...

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These resources are what originally brought western countries to the area. Many of the top countries in Europe and Asia wanted to conquer parts of this region. ... Both of these countries had dominated over quite a few regions within Southeast Asia. ... Both imperial countries had their sights set on each region from an early time. ... Lockard points out that "the British had already developed a low opinion of Burma's leaders and came to despise the whole society".2 The British did not go into Burma accepting of their culture and traditions. ...

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Stalin Essay Stalin's Childhood The man who the world would come to know as Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, on December 21, 1879, in the Georgian village of Gori, a small town in the southern reaches of the Russian Empire. He was the third child born to Vissa...

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At the end of the Second World War, whole countries were left in disarray and destruction. ... World War 2 had made the United States and Russia the two most powerful countries in the world. ... One aim was to build up strong anti- Communist countries and it helped American industry by creating markets for American goods. ... In the words of Dean Acheson "The great thing which creates purchasing power is people if the people can develop their own countries, they will become an increasing market for all goods including our own"2 Also Western Europe appeared open to influence by the USSR. ....

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Introduced in World War Two, the assault rifle revolutionized warfare and has since developed into the two main firearms today. ... This rifle was developed for a number of reasons in late World War Two. ... After the war, the Allied forces examined a number of the 450,000 produced to develop their own weapons. ... While there Kalashnikov started to develop a gun for a competition being held for the new 7.62x41 millimeter cartridge. ... The AK47 has become more than a weapon for just the former Soviet Union; it has become the weapon of choice for armies around the world and terrorists alike, ...

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As troops returned to their native countries following the end of the war, many were greeted with thoughts of displacement and unemployment. ... It was agreed that Germany should be disarmed, demilitarized and divided into zones, to be occupied by Britain, USA and Russia, the French to be cut out off the Anglo-American zone Berlin was to be divided into zones as well and shared out amongst the above countries. ... Some members of the exile government in London to be integrated into the communist Lublin government Stalin promised to hold free elections at the end of hostilities The main ...

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The Italian soldiers in "In Another Country- are the heroes because they were not afraid to die. ... Beginning with the illustrative story and perhaps this experience, Hemingway added deeper elements from the environment to flesh out Santiago's character and develop the action of the story. ... That is a theme for "In Another Country-. ...

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Terrorism is not just something that developed during the 1900s. ... It is global in the sense that it binds many different countries into conflict, especially the USA and parts of the Muslim world. ... Approximately 23,000 employees, contribute to the planning and execution of the defense of our country. These people arrive daily from Washington, D.C. and its suburbs over approximately 30 miles of access highways, including express bus lanes and one of the newest subway systems in our country. ...

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This means that countries such as Austria, Switzerland and parts of Poland and Hungry could all be classed as Germans. ... Goods including; coal, timber, ships and cattle etc. were to be sent to the countries that were triumphant in World War One. ... One of the parties was the Nazi party (National Socialists party); the leader of that party was Adolf Hitler, he blamed the politicians who signed the Treaty of Versalilles for betraying the country. ... There tactics seemed to pay off because the Nazi party had developed strength in the Reichstag ( the German Parliament). ...

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Even though west countries were deeply convinced at Russia entered right way to the democracy, but in the same moment Russia turned to system based on the oligarchy. ... In the 90s, just after the fall of communism, the countries of central and eastern Europe received the promise of their inclusion in the structure of NATO in exchange for full support of the US political aspirations. ... The last European country being included before 90s to NATO was Spain and it was in 1982. ... The controversy surrounding this matter abated briefly after the initial round of NATO enlargement in 1997-1999 tha...

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There will be the main countries or alliances that played the major role in the Gallipoli War process. Germany, Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, France, New Zealand and Australia and Russia are the most important countries that existed in the name of Gallipoli War. ... As most of the allies' primary aim was to reach the capital of Ottoman Empire (Turkey) Constantinople for their own plans and interests, the one country that wanted to capture the capital the most was Great Britain as she was the most important country among the ones who fought in the Gallipoli Campaign. ... First the author ...

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Stalin's job was, basically, to manage relations between the various ethnic groups of the former Russian Empire and to develop some sort of coherent policy toward the questions of national secession and civil rights. ...

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America was rapidly turning into this new evolved America that was relying on this idea of flow through the country. ... Before the mass production from World War II effected the diner system, Americans saw many different styles of architecture pop up all over the country that were determined by who made the diner and where it was. ... More people could fit in the diner and be served more quickly while the long counter aloud conversations over different groups to develop. ... Diners were getting larger and more popular everywhere in the country. ... During the war business was slow, the countr...

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The letter is a warning that there " is a possibility of a civil war developing between the communist and nationalist factions in Korea (Lee 2001:6). ... The people of Korea had suffered extreme duress and hardships while the Japanese had occupied their country. ...

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Two main theories developed as to the way peace could be brought about. ... These were fought over in Great Britain because their country was weak, and they thought Churchill was being stubborn in trying to maintain their worldly influence. ... Using these cases develop norms in international society. ...

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