Diagnosis - Analysis of Opportunities and Obstacles The Iranian nuclear program is one of the new century's main foreign policy challenges to the United States. ... It could also significantly distort the existing military balance between an adversarial Iran and the United States and its regional allies. ... It could also put U.S. interests and military forces at risk in Iraq, Afghanistan, and throughout the Middle East. ... The United States, as the world's most powerful player, has a large and diverse set of interests that must always be considered when defining its foreign policy...

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In less than two hours after the attack began 2,403 Americans were killed and 1,178 military and civilian were wounded. ... The United States and the world were aware of the inhumane treatment inflicted upon Prisoners of War by the Japanese Military. ... However, as Vice President Truman, knew virtually nothing of the project or foreign policy, since he had not been part of the administration's inner circles. The night of FDR's death James Byrnes, the Foreign Policy Advisor, briefly told Truman about the Manhattan Project and the design of a bomb so powerful it had the potential of ...

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Lao Tzu will not prevent any future terrorist or foreign country attacks. ... Machiavelli understands the nature of military and how to use it wisely. ... Same concept holds true internationally when the U.S. use foreign affairs in their own benefits. ... It simply eliminates any military activity around the world. ... It is vulnerable to foreign invasions. ...

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The first two are military power and economic power. ... Foreign citizens want to attend our universities, watch our movies, buy our products and live the American dream. ... Even though the Japanese military does not boast as many men under arms or nuclear weapons as others, the quality of their military and their ability to develop nuclear weapons is superior to many other countries. ... This shows a great deal of importance regarding foreign policy decisions and our coalition building in order to stay at the top of the global food chain. If we play our cards right and prevent outright b...

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" Alperovitz claims that military experts have assessed Japan's "military vulnerability, particularly its shortages of everything from ammunition and fuel to trained personnel.... Alperovitz makes one fair claim and it's that the United States wanted to impress Russia with their military prowess by dropping the bombs on Japan. ... This, however, is simply not true because there are telegrams sent between Minister of Foreign Affairs Togo and Ambassador Sato discussing their war-time plans which included preparations for a two front war against Russia. ... Alperovitz's ...

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A number of factors had greatly changed the way the military could react by the beginning of the First World War. ... For instance, the steam engine had brought trains, important for industry and trade as they could transport goods quicker, but also important for the military. ... Boundaries are permeable by more than just military application. We must remember that advancements in technology have effects on both the military and civilian aspects of society. ... Over the past few decades we have seen big firms setting up production in foreign countries (foreign direct investment). ...

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The deterrence was enhanced and less conventional forces in Europe reduced the threat of military attack by the West upon the Soviet Union. ... Prestige increases foreign policy accomplishments, producing even more prestige. The second important political function of prestige is a low cost foreign policy that brings compliance by foreign governments. ... The Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START 1), which limited Russian and US nuclear power reduced the military budgets. ... http://www.atomicarchive.com/ACTreaty.shtml Foreign policy in focus...

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According to Thomas Robinson, author of The Sino-Soviet Border Dispute: Background, Development, and the March 1969 Clashes, CIA Director Richard Helms told the Associated Press in late summer of 1969 that "Moscow had been approaching foreign governments to inquire about their reactions to a potential Soviet preemptive strike (p. 1187). ... Both the Chinese and Soviets hoped the United States and our Western allies would deem this rift as a sign of regional and political instability between the two Asian nations, resulting in military cutbacks and a reduced state of readiness. ...

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The on november 8th 1960 new elected democratic president of the USA, John Fitzgerald Kennedy wanted to dam the soviet influence on Cuba - because of this he put at the beginning of his term of office in april 1961 a decision which first inflicted (zufugen) high damage in foreign politics - he allowed the invasion plan of the CIA. ... The CIA didn't recognize the critical situation on Cuba and assured that after the landing of Castro - hostile troops and a rebellious army with parts of the cubane military forces would be there to help. ... Another meeting was held, in which President Ken...

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Because the war was close to ending, to Truman the Soviets were an important strategic consideration, especially with their military control over most of Eastern Europe (Grant 38). ... Historians argued that the reason why the U.S. dropped the bombs wasn't because they wanted to scare the Soviets but to thinking that with an atomic bomb the U.S. can The third reason was that Japan's leader, Emperor Hirohito, refused to surrender even though they were warned because he was thinking about how to respond to the declaration of their surrender, the military members wanted to reject it but...

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Sanctions resumed with increased ferocity during the Reagan administration, with extensive sanctions including even items which can be adapted for military purposes, such as scuba gear. ... The Clinton administration also passed the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act 1996, aiming to press foreign companies to join the US in boycotting Iran's oil and gas industry. ... The chosen path to a solution for Iranian/Western tensions have successfully diminished the threat posed to World Order, and have done so in a virtually peaceful way without military action. ... This was done peacefully, conformin...

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It would be these people, and these people only who would notice the three foreign aircraft flying mysteriously high above their city. ... The city was founded as a military fortress in 1594, and it grew rapidly to become a commercial and industrial center in Japan. ... Japan found the United States was getting in the way of their goals, so the Japanese bombed a military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ... The Americans could not believe that the Japanese had the nerve to bomb their military base, and over the next four years, the Americans secretly sought a way of revenge. ... The most advan...

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Developments in industrialisation, military technology and mass society have changed the face of modern warfare. ... First, the global military system is remarkably resilient and since 1945 the basic framework of two central blocs and a non-aligned periphery has remained intact. ... American economic and military power was supreme, and it provided the basis for an American -centred world economic and political order. ... During the first decades of the postwar period, its power and influence expanded until it was finally checked in the jungles of Southeast Asia and by more fundamental chan...

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With military technology becoming ever more precise and devastating, creating an effective defense against these weapons is quite essential. ... The Nixon Administration revamped the Sentinel system, renaming it to Safeguard, moving ABM sites from large cities to guard military cites, specifically missile silos... It was result of a visit to defense headquarters at Cheyenne Mountain, where Reagan was shocked to hear that we had no ability to shoot down enemy missiles attacking our country. (4) There was much scrutiny over this new policy, claiming it was merely an excuse to increase military...

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In the foreign relations field most of the situations are more likely to be accordant with the variable sum-game. ... In an international ambit this example would relate with a war of weapons in which both parts would be in better conditions with military expenses and with an agreement over the control of the weaponry. ... Kennedy wanted to appear tough yet avoid military confrontation. On the twenty fifth Kennedy decided to pull back the quarantine line and raised military readiness to DEFCON. ...

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[He recorded that he had instructed Stimson to use the bomb] so that military objectives and soldiers and sailors are the target and not women and children... ... The target is a purely military one. ...

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Since the explosion of the first Soviet nuclear bomb in 1949 and the Hydrogen bomb in 1953, both the East and West had been tied in an arms race attempting to secure a military advantage over the other. ... In 1955 the then West German foreign minister, Walter Hallstein, laid down the policy that came to be known as the Hallstein Doctrine. ... The first departure from this policy occurred in 1967 when Willie Brandt, the then Foreign Minister for West Germany, established diplomatic relations with Romania and Yugoslavia, who both recognised the government in East Germany. ...

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The planet is covered with geographical, political, and racial boundaries. Everyday citizens around the world are faced with pressures that have been inherited from the day they were born. An illusion of peace was given with the dawn of the atomic bomb. The threat of an apocalypse has halted armies ...

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Dr. Heinrich lived an ordinary life. Every day he would go down to his lab and try to unlock the secrets of the human mind. His cognitive science position was a very complex job, of course. It often was frustrating work. His world was at a very competitive age and the government he worked for had wa...

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