Throughout the period of 1917 to 1941 the majority of the many changes in soviet foreign policy were not results of pre-determined ideology, but rather a pragmatism that resulted from the varying situations. ... The first period of Soviet foreign policy was strictly ideological, where their actions were determined by their aspirations instead of practicality. ... The ministry of foreign affairs was changed to the People's Commissariat of foreign affairs and led by Leon Trotsky; however he approached his job with the expectance of an immediate worldwide communist revolution. ... " It...

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For over a century the national interests of China have been reflected in the following foreign policy objectives of communist China: (a) to preserve the national territory from foreign annexation or intrusion; (b) To regain what had been lost through foreign interventions; (c) To repel from her borders any threatening or hostile military presence, be it Russian, Japanese, America or any of her power; and (d) To regain for China the status of a world power commensurate with the greatness of her civilisation. ... To gain great power status, China sees it as essential to reunify its nationa...

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China is reforming its military navy forces in order to be able to occupy this rich territory. ... Nevertheless political and economic system in China is stable, and the level of foreign capital is increasing every year. ... China was trying in its foreign policy to decrease any kind of hegemony on the world arena. ... In the near future China will try to intensify economic connections, energy and military cooperation. ... In addition development of cooperation between the military departments and agencies to avoid military incidents, ensure joint military exercises, fight against terrorism an...

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Tito, as general secretary of the YCP, began military operations to fight against invading nations. ... Tito's Communist military power expanded and became the National Liberation Army. ... By escaping Soviet control, Yugoslavia was able to create independent foreign policies. Tito's foreign policies were tested during the cold war. ... Tito offered constructive views on foreign policy and had a dramatic impact on Yugoslavia. ...

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CHINA OF MAO (1949 - 1976) AND DEMAOISATION Let's begin with A) The setting-up of the classical communist from 1949 to 1955 Military forces occupied two thirds of China in 1949. ... Now let's turn our attention to the B) Exterior opening to the Occident Money wise, China is the second country who receives foreign capitals behind the USA (the amount was about $52 billion in 1996). ... China favours the establishment of foreign company (273 000 in 1996 who employ 17 millions of people) and China buys a lot of foreign technology to improve the industrial sector. ... ...

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People had to work in the military for at least two years. ... Foreigners were checked for any foreign literature or other foreign articles. ... Moreover, the war generated substantial resenment towards the colonists among English leaders, who were not satisfied with the financial and military help they had received from the colonists during the war. ... On the other hand, American colonies got a feeling of being no more dependent on Britain's military aid, and the struggle for independence could have been started in the minds of most of the people. ...

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People had to work in the military for at least two years. ... Foreigners were checked for any foreign literature or other foreign articles. ... Moreover, the war generated substantial resenment towards the colonists among English leaders, who were not satisfied with the financial and military help they had received from the colonists during the war. ... On the other hand, American colonies got a feeling of being no more dependent on Britain's military aid, and the struggle for independence could have been started in the minds of most of the people. ...

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In the years of the Cold War (1947-91) geopolitical anxieties led the world's great powers to maximize their economic strengths and military preparedness as quickly as possible. ... X, [and] published an outline of his philosophy in the prestigious journal Foreign Affairs in 1947. ... In the middle of the 1960's, inspired by the writings of many notable researchers and historians on the subject of American Foreign Policy, such as William Appleman Williams and his book The Tragedy of American Diplomacy, many looked to revise the conventional views held to that point. Revisionists chal...

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Yat-sen believed that the Chinese reconstruction would follow a progression of stages: military government, tutelage under the Kuomintang, and popular sovereignty (Palmer 356). ... Rusty Johnson provides the following summary: Chiang Kai-Shek completed his military training with the Japanese army and returned to China where he participated in the 1911 revolution against the Manchus. ... Sun Yat-Sen formed the Guangzhou government in 1917 and chose Kai-Shek as a military aide. ... Communism at its military best tries to harm the enemy so thoroughly that the few left behind will have litt...

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Despite the apparent correlation of ethnicity and instability or conflict in these regional systems-there are many important and intricate factors comprising of political, economic and military aspects- that are the very roots of those conflicts. ... Indeed people of the same race fight each other because of many sordid interests associated with political,economical, ideological, military and others aspects of life. ... e) Foreign Interference Seemingly ethnic problems of one country can be traced with the foreign interference in many occasions. ...

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" These people sacrificed their lives to fight for us in a war that no one wanted to be involved in, and they come home and receive no respect or thanks for their service in the military. ... The people at the top didn't have to suffer in a foreign country, they weren't in any danger. ... Military analyst Daniel Ellsberg stated, "We weren't on the wrong side, we were the wrong side....

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From this point onwards, things such as the war, foreign affairs (such as the period of communism), immigration and trade have changed the policies and attitudes of the Australian people, which were in place from federation (1901) to the beginning of the war. ... This attitude was in place because the Japanese had shown themselves to have a much stronger military than had been previously thought when they defeated the Russian forces in a territory dispute. ... After World War 2 there were also changes in policies and attitudes concerning foreign affairs. ...

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Governments have to deal with international conflict, which includes economy and military action and nation problem such as health, education and welfare. ... Particularly, Europe companies are actively challenging America's military industry. Martin Breck and Jenny Franco in The ultra Nationalism Investigation (TNI) analyse this situation as "Shriveling Europe military industry after cold war, they are knocking the door of 4th biggest arm import country, Korea with technology transfer advantage. ... Military industry helped George Bush in the last election, therefore Korea needed to conc...

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Out of these 20,000, 16,000 changed their minds when they reached military camps, 1300 went to non-combat units, 1200 gained furloughs to do farm work, and 100 of these, 450 went to prison. ... Congress not only supplied funds, but made sure that all foreign radicals were deported. ...

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All of this, of course, would have a huge affect on domestic and foreign policy and created a new set of beliefs and a way of life that was otherwise unimaginable and in some ways, unconstitutional. ... Nixon used a budget device to make military spending look less with social security. ...

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States have two premises to start with, one of which is to believe that the world is more open to capital flow between countries, hence, cutting the tax will attract higher levels of foreign investment, which, in turn, will increase a country's net tax revenue. ...

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