The threat of a nuclear war is greater now that the cold war is over because, more nations have nuclear warheads, the smuggling of nuclear materials is on the rise, and nuclear treaties are ineffective. ... The war there is not a cold war. ... In 1993 the U.S. and Russia signed the START II treaties, which commits both nations to reducing arms to levels of 3,500 and 3,000 respectively. ... The START II treaty was not ratified by congress until 1996. ... (4) In addition, the START treaties, I, and II apply only to the United States and Russia. ...

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The idea of human rights is ancient, but it was only after World War II that a concern was raised for the protection and enforcement of human rights and freedoms. After the horrific events of World War II the United Nations and the international community believed it was time to guarantee the respect for human rights universally. ... It was in 1942 that President Roosevelt of the United States and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of England met to resolve the atrocities of World War II. ... It was after World War II that the international community saw a need for an international organization ...

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After the end of World War II the Soviet Union developed nuclear weapons and both the U.S. and the Soviet Union identified ways to increase the explosive yield of nuclear weapons by using the fission core (or primary) as a thermal source that stimulated fusion of hydrogen isotopes that would form a secondary yield of the nuclear weapon. ... At that point, nuclear weapons were no longer weapons of war, they were political tools useful for avoiding nuclear war and manipulating domestic and international politics. ... The world obviously survived nuclear weapon use in Japan and the hundreds of ...

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After the US troops completed their mission of taking down Saddam Hussein who was the dictator in 2003, Iraq was soon soaked in chaotic civil wars between the Sunni and Shia branch of Islam, which are the minority and majority of the Iraq population, respectively. ... It is not our interest to engage in distant wars that the United States feels it needs to pacify " (Laxer). He agrees that ISIS may bring potential threat to the Canadians but nowhere close to the extent of "The Second World War when Canada's vital interests were genuinely at stake " (Laxer). ...

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II. ... Eventual escalation would then lead us to nuclear war. ... Neither of these nations is ready, at this point and time, to allow diplomacy to bring an end to the cold war that exists between them. ... Secretary the mass destruction and breakdown that Nuclear war could give rise to. ... Soviets are as reluctant to enter into Nuclear war as the US, I am sure. ...

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Peacekeeping initially developed during the Cold War. ... The main purpose of peacekeepers is to help two warring parties make an agreement and stop hostile actions. ... After the Cold War approach to war changed. ... After World War II every U.S. ... Civil war exploded because of the two ideas. ...

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After the World War II, however, it was ended due to the lack of army and dependence on the Great Powers. ... Firstly, the U.N. can prevent wars and promote the world peace. ... In short, the UN has mostly succeeded in preventing wars and promoting the world peace. ... As Nossel (2005) mentioned, the UN feed 104 million people a year in 80 countries including people in war zones, natural disaster situations, health emergencies, and plain poor countries. ... In war zones, most people have to face the threats of hunger, but the UN had saved millions from hunger in 80 countries. ...

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The Allied victory in World War I led to Belgian military rule in Burundi in 1916, known then as Ruanda-Urundi. ... After World War II, Ruanda-Urundi was changed from a League of Nations Mandate to a trust territory under the United Nations. ...

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Due to the unexpected amount of deaths from the war there is disruption in the lives of the people, and a threat to their way of life. ... This is one of the most spectacular accomplishments of the United States since World War II and can be witnessed by the casual visitor ( Nuveen, 49). ...

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The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, which succeeded the Permanent Court of International Justice after World War II. ... In instances of threats to or breaches of the peace short of war, they may decide politically to take anticipatory action short of force. ...

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Iran is a nation surrounded on all sides by some of the States deemed most threatening to World order in recent years, its decline from democracy to an extremist Theocracy earning strict UN supervision, economic sanctions and a place among George W. Bush's "Axis of Evil." Iran's path to peaceful Dem...

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II. ... Financial integration helps to combat health challenges: A case of Sierra Leone After the end of the civil war, Sierra Leone, the small beautiful developing nation in West Africa experience several health challenges in various forms. ...

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The European common market is a step that has been in progress since the second world war and the European countries have been delaying it until its prerequisites are ripe "Europeans lefts to make sure that each step of the integration was accompanied by double series of measures " (Amin 7). ...

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