The most important and influential period during Cambodia's ancient history was that of the Khmer Empire rule starting around 802 AD and lasting as long as 1431. ... 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. ... This sense of nationalism resulted in the French losing their foothold within Cambodia during the Second World War and consequently led to the independence of Cambodia in 1953. ... This horrific time period came to an...

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An important topic in international politics today is if Iraq has the ability to politically succeed. ... That this is an existing problem for the Iraqi government can be seen in the chaos and civil conflicts that have been occurring between the various religious and political factions in Iraq since the 2005 elections. ... They have never lived in a democracy where they are guaranteed certain basic civil and human rights. ... Ramsay (2005) also discusses the current state of civil war between the various factions of Iraqi society, and the growing influence of insurgent groups and terrorists i...

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Background The Arab Spring is the name that has been given to the recent wave of protests, civil wars, and political unrest in the Arab region of the world. ... To date, rulers have been forced from power in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen; civil uprisings have erupted in Bahrain and Syria; and major protests have broken out in Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, and Sudan. ... The fall of longtime leaders, and the peoples rising demands for a stronger voice in their own governance, have brought new opportunities for civil rights reform. ... In Libya, such a change only occurred after mon...

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Furthermore it will discuss the important issue of the European Union, and show how, depending on the country, and its success of democracy it has been given the opportunity to join the European Union, which proves to be a very important indicator as to who has succeeded and who has not. ... The list goes on, and with two world wars, the division of Europe, a world warped with ideological conflict during the cold war and political and economical pressures of the late 60's and 70's which had previously shattered complacency about stability and progress in the democratic world, now fai...

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Machiavelli believed the only purpose for a ruler was to make war, and protect its citizens from attacks by other states. ... "A prince, therefore should have no care or thought but for war, and the regulations and training it requires, and should apply himself exclusively to this as his peculiar province; for war is the sole art looked for in one who rules" . ... More importantly, he believes that the citizen has an inherent role within the state by virtue of his individuality and uniqueness. ... Machiavelli's Republic Considering Machiavelli's concepts of virtu and the funct...

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During the 19th century China finally saw fall towards the West through unfair trade impositions and regulations, and after World War II the Chinese Communist Party took control of the China that is known today. Shortly after World War II there was a power struggle between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Kuomintang (KMT), the nationalist party, shortly after the Treaty of Versailles in 1920. The two factions held civil war for more than 20 years before the CCP won control of China under Mao Zedong. ... Property rights was a new concept to most Chinese during the economic revolutio...

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Democracy means the rule of the people (Sa-rensen, 1993: 3). ... However, although this is the most significant characteristic of democracy, there are other important features. ... There democracy is described with competition, political participation and civil and political liberties (Sa-rensen, 1993: 13). ... Finally, civil and political liberties imply liberties like the freedom of expression, press, and forming and joining organisations, which links democracy again with liberalism. ... In democracies it is necessary that the majority of the people, or in a representative democracy rathe...

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The debates on the amendment of the Constitution which have been going on for slightly over one year now seem to turn in favor of having these two elections at separate dates, stance backed by both civil society and parties across the Romanian political stage. ... A few days ago during a meeting with the Romanian Diaspora on the Black Sea coast, the Romanian prime-minister Nastase even referred to the Status-Act" as a model to be used in drafting a corresponding Romanian regulation. The various disagreements between Romania and the EU, brought about last year by the signing of the treaty wit...

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