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. ... In addition, the wide spread proliferation of nuclear warheads has created a worldwide nuclear deterrence. (3) The risk of world destruction is more emphasized now, despite the fact that it existed during the cold war. ... The mutual deterrence that existed during the cold war, because instead of two parties fighting for the world you now have numerous parties trying to defend their own i...

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Wells wrote in his book, The World Set Free, that atomic bombs were used in a war between the alliance of England, France and the U.S. against an alliance of Germany and Austria. ... The myths include: (1) Mankind could not survive the use of nuclear weapons. ... The world obviously survived nuclear weapon use in Japan and the hundreds of above ground and underground nuclear weapons tests that were conducted during the 30 year period following the end of World War II. ... (5) The use of a single nuclear weapon by one of the nuclear nation states for military purposes would spark a wo...

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Im going to give you a look at World Hunger as a Picture of Poverty, how it affects Third World Nations, and How World Hunger is a disease that is plaguing our society. ... The world hunger problem is the absence of food security for 10 percent to 20 percent of the world's population. ... A Third World Nation or Country is a developing country, for example: Ethiopia could be considered a Third World Country. ... There are seven main reasons why poor countries can't provide food for their people: 1) The demand for exports: Wealthy countries demand products like coffee, sugar, lumb...

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In fact, 80% of deforestation is from the third world (Memmott). ... For instance, after WWII, the U.S., mounted one of the largest relief efforts ever to help ruined European countries recover from the war. ... Currently the United States commits less than 1 percent of its annual federal budget to foreign aid each year - which amounted to about $13 billion (Memmott). ... Recognizing that more than 1 billion people are living in poverty and that there is decreasing natural resources present a serious problem, the nations of the world are reevaluating their efforts to relive the struggle of dev...

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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. ... As UN PEACEKEEPING reported, the UN had raised $1 billion from the Better World Campaign to fulfill U.S. financial commitments between 2006 and 2008, which impacted millions of people to continue their lives (2012). ... 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 Jacobson talked, nearly 1 million innocent civilians and citizen soldiers in Rwanda, Bosnia, and other pla...

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Alternative 1 The first option that could be used in this situation is "the political course of action". ... Eventual escalation would then lead us to nuclear war. ... One thing is for sure though: The US, Soviets, or any other part of the world is not pleased or outgoing about the possibility of nuclear warfare. The eventual outcomes of Nuclear war could lead to mass death and poverty, destabilization of the entire international community could occur, and at worst the death of the majority (or whole) of the worlds population. ... Option number 1 is far too utopian. ...

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Peacekeeping initially developed during the Cold War. ... After the Cold War approach to war changed. ... After World War II every U.S. ... Since January 1, 2001 the U.S. is assessed twenty-two percent of the UN's budget and twenty-eight percent of the peacekeeping operation budget. ... Civil war exploded because of the two ideas. ...

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Moreover it will be elucidated how UNESCO influences the world tourism. ... Secondly, the report will analyse: the fairness of the assignation of World Heritage (WH) and the main UNESCO's objectives. ... The World Heritage Project As stated by Keogh (2012), after the First World War the United Nations (UN) realised the importance for the whole humanity of natural or human-made sites such as the Vatican City, the Grand Canyon or the city of Bath and many others. ... Six criteria are related to the cultural importance of a human-made site and four are associated with the importance of a nat...

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World War I had left Europe in a state that needed to be reformed. ... 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. ... The Atlantic Charter was a document that reiterated the four freedoms; Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear, and set the standard at which the post-World War II world would base its values. ... The UN replaced the League of Nations and immediately went to work resolving complications and issues caused by both World Wars. ......

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Globalization has to its identity social, economic, and political reforms, .however the globalization that we are about to discuss is the term that combines the past socio-economic and political reforms and cross with them to the world where their are no boundaries, restrictions, and immobilization what Mittelman describes as " cross-border flows of capital, knowledge, and consumer goods " (Mittelman 1). ... The upraise of the global market lead to the division of the world in to three categories: first world country -developed -, second world country -communist-, and thirdly the third world c...

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Introduction The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is the sole body granted the power to mandate legitimate military actions, which was founded in 1945 after the Second World War in an attempt to maintain peace and security in the world. ... Globalisation greatly changed the nature of security threats from wars among countries into stateless crises (Naim, 2013). ... Some perceive the Iraq War as a historical watershed when the United States ignored the UNSC and launched the war and think that the Council has become a "paper tiger" or a "talking show" and therefore wor...

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Some causes for this situation range from their parents dying because of AIDS or war, lack of money, lack of resources, and above all, lack of support from the African government. ... The reason for this is that many of the childrens' parents have died from AIDS or wars. ... One of the most widely known organizations, UNICEF, was created in 1953 to help post-war child victims in developing countries. ... Because of technology people are able to go to third-world countries and broadcast to the first-world countries the horror children live in. ... The World-system theory sees the gap ...

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With more than 3.2 million new pages of content every 24 hours ("Indigenous Internet") and an estimated 1 billion users by 2005 ("Indigenous Internet") the internet proves as a powerful influence and hegemonic power. ... Mc Donald's in almost every corner in the world. ... With this web space, people deep in a rain forest or in the center of the world for that matter, can sell their homemade woven baskets or other crafts to people on the other side of the world. ... To give an overview of the power of the IMF and the World Bank, both were initially set up at the 1944 Bretton Woods confere...

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After the First World War, everyone wanted to avoid repeating the mass slaughter of the war which had just ended. ... In 1918 he quoted, "Merely to win a war was not enough. It must be won in such a way as to ensure the future peace of the world." ... Sweden accepted the League's ruling and war was avoided. ... On February 24, the report from the League's officials was approved by 42 votes to 1 in the Assembly. ...

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This point of analysis is not only relevant for Afghanistan but for all the humanitarian operations around the world. ... This focused on the four basic aspects in detail (ibid); 1. ... These guidelines which are mostly produced or revised post War on Terror (WoT) are the product of the recognition and growing concerns of militarization of aid. ... Barnett and Weiss (2008) put these issues as such; 1. ... Would armed protection facilitate access, or create an impression that aid workers were now one of the warring parties? ...

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The start of the third wave and the end of the second wave of globalisation were marked by the end of World War Two. War creates room to move and sudden and justifiable need for new and better technology. The end of the Second World War also brought with it the recognition that the world was no longer a lot of small nations, but rather a whole being. ... The final change to become evident in rebuilding after the second world war, was practice of a Fordist ideology and the emergence of an economically democratised society. ... United Nations Official Website [online] Available: http://www.un...

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The armed forces ended up participating in various peacekeeping missions, most important during the Cold War. For most of the war, the mission caused appreciation and praise, but with minimal military advantages. ... For instance, the peacekeeping mission during the cold war used up pilots of small aircraft or the bilingual army signalers, scarce resources, as well as disrupting training of the navy, army and air force in preparation for war. Additionally, to majority of the senior officers, the missions tend to develop a naive feeling on the public and the soldiers as well: "that, by sim...

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Iran's path to peaceful Democracy was interrupted by a Coup in the 1950's, following the occupation of the Allies during World War II. ... The US opposed Iranian loans from the World Bank, formally declaring Iran a "Sponsor of International Terrorism". ... President Bill Clinton expanded US sanctioning of Iran, banning all US participation in the Iranian oil and gas industry, preventing a $1 billion deal between a U.S oil company and Iran. ... Over the following years, economic sanctions of increasing harshness worked to push Iran deeper into economic hardship and isolatio...

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Voices in the Wilderness, an antisanctions activist group based in Chicago, has used the figure of 1 million children dead from the sanctions; the Iraqi government claims 4,000-5,000 deaths per month of children under 5. ... Indeed, many of those opposing the Gulf War in 1990 urged the use of sanctions instead" (Gordon 19). ... Unfortunately for many of the opponents of sanctions, the memories of the Gulf War of 1991 have faded and the perceived threat posed by Saddam Hussein has also diminished with time (Ya'ari 68). ... Conclusions Like the issues in other countries through ou...

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Africa is performing a peripheral role in the capitalist-world economy. ... Better policies in developing countries, together with improved allocation of aid since the end of the Cold War, imply that aid is more effective today at reducing poverty than ever before. ... However, thirteen years later the dam only managed to provide 1% of rural population with the electricity and Ghana was still facing severe power shortage. ... The number of people subsisting on less than $1 per day rose steadily for nearly two centuries, but in the past 20 years it has begun to ...

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China and India together account for 6.4% of the total world output and integration into global economy plays a vital role behind it. ... The primary objectives of this current study are: 1. ... Positive Impact of Global integration to developing countries 1. ... 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. ... Negative Impacts of Global Integration 1. ...

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Historically, this region has been under constant strife and political instability due to many invasions, wars and more recently its boundaries with Israel. ... After several years of wars and rebellions the Hasmoneans gained control over the area. ... In 1516, The Ottoman Empire defeated the Mamluk armies and they controlled the area until their defeat in World War I. ... Arab opposition continued, however, and full-scale fighting broke out again in 1956 (the Sinai Campaign), 1967 (the Six-Day War), and 1973 (the Yom Kippur War). ... According to Article 4. 1. ...

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American business executive Jack Welch says, "Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell or to source, but to find intellectual capital - the world's best talents and greatest ideas.... Proponents of globalization have recognized it as one of the best things to happen to the world. ... Some benefits of globalization include: 1. ... Spread of Culture: Culture has made the world what it is today; several cultures coming together. ... Some negative effects of globalization include: 1. ...

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Especially in Africa, as of 2012 the population of Sub-Saharan Africa was 910.4 million, but 48.5% of the population was living off of $1.25 a day as of 2010 (World Bank). ... A common argument is that a very small portion of the US federal budget, 1% goes to foreign aid. ... The lack of results indicates that aid efforts have failed not because of a lack of aid, but rather "corruption, mismanagement, war, unaccountable donors etc.... The Africa Development Bank is a bank modeled after the structure of the World Bank (Browne, 109). ... According to Browne, African development has been so ...

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