While much of current international attention is focussed on the time from now to 2014‚ with the enteqal (handover) process moving into the focus – President Karzai just had defined the first seven areas of security responsibility affair‚ namely three full provinces and four other provincial capitals – in particular many Afghans look at the post-2014 period with fear. Our guest blogger Almut Wieland-Karimi(*) has thought about some scenarios – interestingly one which features a negotiated settlement
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the United Nations General Assembly session were claimed to have injected greater clarity to the US ‘endgame’ plans for Afghanistan. If so‚ there is little evidence of this. Conscious of the need not to draw the electorate’s attention to the “good war turned bad”‚ President Barack Obama made only a passing reference to Afghanistan in his nomination speech‚ mentioning that “in 2014‚ our longest war will be over”. Mitt Romney ignored this issue. Senior US Administration officials‚ however‚ insist that
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Natalie Sanchez‚ Rhiannan Stegenga Con NATO presence improves the lives of Afghan citizens. “Victory is impossible in Afghanistan.” These are the words of former Soviet Union president Mikhail Borbachev who from personal experience knows that it is difficult to help Afghanistan maintain a stable government after his failed attempt to protect the socialist government SET UP THERE by former Soviet leaders.NATO’s main goal in Afghanistan is to assist the government in extending its authority across
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ORGANIZATION Introduction NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO is a political and military alliance whose primary goals are the collective defence of its members and the maintenance of a democratic peace in the North Atlantic area. All 28 Allies have an equal say‚ the Alliance’s decisions must be unanimous and consensual‚ and its members must respect the basic values that underpin the Alliance‚ namely democracy‚ individual liberty and the rule of law. NATO has a military and civilian
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Research report on gender differences in conforming behaviour at traffic lights. Abstract This study was carried out to examine gender differences in relation to conformity at pedestrian crossing. The hypothesis of this study was that females were more likely to conform than men at pedestrian crossing. This study involved recording all pedestrians that used the pedestrian crossing at the junction of Aungier Street and Cuffe Street over a 30 minute period. The total number of pedestrians observed over
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Should the NATO exist? From the early 1949-ties when NATO started the existence till the end of the Cold War there was no doubt about NATO necessity. The entire world was living of new war fair between western countries and the Soviet Union. Western countries were convinced about the western countries necessity to have NATO alliance as sustainable power of Soviet Union. But the Cold War ended after collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. And on the same day NATO faced with the question – what is the
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the Alliance in 1955 and‚ in 1982‚ Spain also became a member of NATO. The Czech Republic‚ Hungary‚ and Poland joined NATO in 1999. Bulgar-ia‚ Estonia‚ Latvia‚ Lithuania‚ Slovakia‚ Slovenia‚ and Romania became NATO members in 2004. Croatia and Albania became members in April 2009. Objectives and Structure: The North Atlantic Alli-ance was founded on the basis of a Treaty between Member States entered into freely by each of them after public debate and due parliamentary process. The Treaty upholds
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Quality Starbucks sets its prices on a simple idea: high value at moderate cost. When people feel like they are getting a good deal for their money‚ they are more likely to pay a higher cost. Quality is key. Starbucks has to maintain strict quality controls in its coffee sourcing as well as in its customer service and peripheral products to justify its costs. Differentiation Starbucks also spends a lot of time and energy differentiating itself from the competition. You can see this in the design
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Stroke Association‚ nearly 60 percent of stroke deaths occur in women‚ meaning that they are more susceptible to this problem compared to men. In addition to this‚ they are less likely to identify its signs and get proper medical care. It is worth noting that around 80 percent of strokes are preventable with lifestyle medications‚ exercise‚ diet‚ and medical care. Understanding why women are more likely to have strokes‚ which are the signs‚ and what can be done to prevent them is of utmost importance
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success? Here are 7 reasons generous people are more likely to be successful‚ in terms of personal life and material success: 1. They are Truly Happy One thing is certain - there is not a generous soul in this world that is both grumpy and unhappy. The ones who are free in giving their resources‚ which are time‚ and possessions are some of the happiest people that you will ever know. They might have known that the true meaning of life is in giving more‚ and contributing for the goodness of the world
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