The interventionist agenda includes "assistance to populations in the event of natural disasters, armed conflicts, and grave threats to the environment; the prevention of genocide; and the prevention of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction" (Gottlieb, p. 91). ... Acceptable collective intervention includes both responses to illegal (under international law) acts (e.g., Iraq's invasion of Kuwait) as well as intervention taken for humanitarian purposes (e.g., UN action in Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia) or in response to threats to the collective security of a region (e.g., collecti...

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The interventionist agenda includes "assistance to populations in the event of natural disasters, armed conflicts, and grave threats to the environment; the prevention of genocide; and the prevention of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction" (Gottlieb, p. 91). ... Acceptable collective intervention includes both responses to illegal (under international law) acts (e.g., Iraq's invasion of Kuwait) as well as intervention taken for humanitarian purposes (e.g., UN action in Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia) or in response to threats to the collective security of a region (e.g., collectiv...

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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. Canadians, to an extent, have lived a life of sheltered ignorance when compared to the lives experienced by those in other nations. The problems that the greater part of the world faces daily, and expects in the future, are inconceivable to those in wealthy nations. World peace through international government and law is an ancient idea that has mightily fastened itself on the minds of people throughout the ages. Never before, however, has the human race b...

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Also, the inordinate ambition for violent territorial expansion of nation states which replaced the collapsed empires in these regions meant that political opposition alliances to such ideals were crushed, minority views were violently suppressed, established ruling class structures were violently dismantled by revolutionary armed movements and the once residents and citizens of these empires lost their status and were denationalized or denied the benefit citizenship rights in the new national political nation-state model. ...

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This includes propaganda, war of words and threats. ... Truman said, "I believe it must be the policy of the U.S to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." ...

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The World Conference on Human Rights took place over two weeks in June of 1993. The Conference was held in Vienna, Austria. In attendance were 171 states committed to strengthening human rights throughout the world and to presenting an international plan to accomplish this goal. Also in attendance were thousands of delegates from more than eight hundred non-governmental organizations (UNHCHR, 1996). These people included representatives for the disabled and handicapped, children, women, those who have been tortured, prisoners, and indigenous people (Drinan, 2001: 55). ...

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The Treaty of Versailles was not the only cause of World War II, however was one of the important factors. The treaty was neither severe enough to keep Germany from once again being a significant power, nor was it lenient enough for the German people to meet its terms and move on. Instead it was ...

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"The fact is that the automobile has become hypnotic...the opium of the American people." - Fortune Magazine Table of Contents Introduction The Rise of the Automobile The Styling Redesign The Role of Attainable Pricing for the Masses The Emerging American Obsession The Impact on the Nuclear Fami...

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