DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIZATION: THE PROBLEM WITH USING THE DEMOCRATIC PEACE THEORY AS A PRINCIPLE OF FOREIGN POLICY Paper presented at the annual meeting of the ISA’s 49th ANNUAL CONVENTION‚ BRIDGING MULTIPLE DIVIDES‚ Mar 26‚ 2008 The Democratic Peace theory argues that democracies do not make war against each other. Immanuel Kant made the argument in his essay “Perpetual Peace‚” that republican forms of government and an international organization dedicated to peaceful resolution of disputes is
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score of zero indicates the most amount of corruption. To provide a benchmark‚ the United States registers a 7.3 on the TI scale and Pakistan has a score of 2.8. Denmark and Finland prove to be the least corrupt countries with scores above 9 whereas Iraq and Haiti appear to be the most corrupt countries‚ registering less than 2 on the TI scale. Consistent with the extreme range of the least and most corrupt countries‚ there is an extensive amount of variance amongst countries in between as well
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Overview of OPEC Is a permanent‚ intergovernmental Organization‚ created at the Baghdad Conference on September‚ 1960. Founder Members: Later joined Members •Iran •Iraq •Kuwait •Saudi Arabia •Venezuela •Qatar (1961) •Indonesia (1962) – suspended membership 01/2009 •Libya (1962) •United Arab Emirates (1967) •Algeria (1969) •Nigeria (1971) •Ecuador (1973) – suspended membership 1992-2007 •Angola (2007) •Gabon (1975–1994) Objectives of Opec • OPEC’s objective is to co-ordinate and unify petroleum
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technology‚ more stable political system (democracy)‚ and globally dominate economy‚ we can and will‚ be successful in COIN operations. Examining each of these pillars of power will illustrate the advantage the United States has already demonstrated in Iraq and Afghanistan‚ and how these pillars will give us the strategic advantage in irregular warfare or “COIN‚” going forward. Three pillars form the foundation of my argument of why the United States can and should engage in COIN operations in the
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kartofeln”‚ the potatoes) and Poles settled near Istanbul in the village called Polonezköy (“the Polish village”) (1). The largest minority in Turkey have been the Kurds. My interest in this ethnic group is because one of my close friends is a Kurd from Iraq and of course who can forget our favorite waiter in Istanbul‚ Turkey Hamdin Genc. I know that the Kurds are known for their constant struggle to attain an independent nation of their own but my focus will be on their history and role in Turkey as the
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Globalization‚ Terrorism‚ and Democracy: 9/11 and its Aftermath1 Douglas Kellner Globalization has been one of the most hotly contested phenomena of the past two decades. It has been a primary attractor of books‚ articles‚ and heated debate‚ just as postmodernism was the most fashionable and debated topic of the 1980s. A wide and diverse range of social theorists have argued that today ’s world is organized by accelerating globalization‚ which is strengthening the dominance of a world capitalist
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The Rise and Fall of Oil Prices POSC 101: Introduction to Politics & Government Professor Taehyun Nam December 6‚ 2012 Professor Taehyun Nam POSC 101 6 December 2012 The Rise and Fall of Oil Prices In the previous writing assignment‚ I wrote about how the high price of oil has affected my life as a commuting college student. Therefore‚ now I would like to explain the causes that contribute to the rise and fall of oil prices in the world economy. Oil is arguably one of the most
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Scott Van-Newhouse GVPP Book Review: Andrew Kohut America Against The World Rise of Anti-Americanism There are many conversations and explanations on why America has encountered an anti-American backlash in recent years. In reading Andrew Kohut’s America Against The World‚ I found it particularly useful to debunk the misconceptions that current foreign policy makers and news personnel both –explain as the reason why America is being viewed in such a negative light. Kohut’s book is a collection
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The article that will be review is an article written by Weale A‚ in 2007 in his book known as the “In Democracy”. The article that is of review is taken from chapter 1 and the articles title is “The Theoretical Challenges of Democracy”. The main theme of this article is the “global resurgence of democracy”. In 1989‚ the Berlin Wall was destroyed and which brought communism to an end in the Central and Eastern Europe. This Berlin Wall was considered as one of the major challenges of democracy but
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Philip Gamaghelyan: “Intractability of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: a myth or reality?” • Shahen Avakian: “Nagono-Karabakh‚ Legal Aspects”. • www.flashpoints.info Nagorno-Karabakh: Azebaijani and Armenian perspectives. • Tigran Mkrtchyan: “Democratization as the key to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution” • www.wikipedia.org Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict • Nora Dudwick‚ “Armenia: Paradise Regained or Lost?” in Ian Bremmer & Ray Taras (Ed.)‚ New States‚ New Politics: Building the Post-Soviet Nations
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