2011 Copyright © IIUM Press ISSN 0128-4878 Book Reviews Malaysia’s foreign policy‚ the first fifty years: Alignment‚ neutralism‚ Islamism. By Johan Saravanamuttu. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies‚ ISEAS‚ 2010‚ pp. 388. ISBN: 978-9814279-78-9 Reviewer: Abdul Rashid Moten‚ Department of Political Science‚ International Islamic University Malaysia. E-mail: rashidm@iium.edu.my Malaysia’s foreign policy is very much under-studied. Nevertheless‚ there exist several scholarly
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The Principles of British Foreign Policy Philip Vander Elst The Principles of British Foreign Policy Philip Vander Elst Second Edition © The Bruges Group 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9547087-5-7 Published in February 2008 by The Bruges Group‚ 227 Linen Hall‚ 162-168 Regent Street‚ London W1B 5TB www.brugesgroup.com Bruges Group publications are not intended to represent a corporate view of European and international developments. Contributions are chosen on the basis of their intellectual rigour
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Life from the 1890s to the 1920s “...Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies.” (Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 article) The election offered voters several choices: Wilson’s New Freedom‚ Taft’s conservatism‚ Roosevelt’s Progressivism‚ or the Socialist Party policies of Eugene V. Debbs. Clayton act prohibits corporations from acquiring stock of another if doing so would create monopolies. Wilson turned his attention to financial reform when the nation needed a way
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Analyze the impact of immigration on American life during the 1890s The 1890s have brought immigration have changes the American life. It has boosted the economic perspective as well as the economy‚ caused a surplus in population and has caused government to overreact by creating an amplitude off laws. To begin with‚ the economy during the 1890s flourished. The increase of population such as the Chinese moving to California‚ made the farmers get an easy source of cheap labor. That means less
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American Foreign Policy’s Between 1919 and 1946 the United States of America had 2 very different foreign policy’s. First there was the concept of Isolationism and later the idea of Containment of Communism. Isolationism was developed after the First World War and focused on the homeland United States and the issues there. Containment was developed after the Second World War and into the Cold War and focused on containing Communism in the Soviet Union. The U.S. Foreign Policy between 1919-1941
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and 1920‚ there were numerous international events. Because of these events‚ there were many substantial changes to American foreign policy. America started to lean towards to a Big-Stick foreign policy‚ which creates and uses‚ if necessary‚ a strong military to achieve American goals. The United States started to lean towards an imperialistic foreign policy and gained control over other nations‚ which benefited the United States. Thus‚ there were many changes to American foreign policy due
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Stalin’s Foreign Policy Joseph Stalin rose to power in the USSR by 1928. His foreign Policy means how the USSR interacted with other nations such as France and Germany. Historians interpret Stalin’s foreign policy in two different ways: One side describes his foreign policy being aimed at manipulating the western nations (Great Britain‚ France‚ Germany and the US) into a destructive war between them‚ making it easier for Stalin to expand towards the west. This view describes Stalin as being
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The Kaiser’s Foreign Policy Section 1: Causes of World War 1 The personality of the Kaiser‚ his foreign policy and his naval policy in particular were major contributory factors to the outbreak of WW1. However other factors were also important. System of Alliances: Bismarck united Germany by war culminating in the Franco-Prussian war. After 1870‚ his foreign policy concentrated on keeping France isolated. Bismarck’s nightmare was a two-front war and so forged agreements with Austria and Russia
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that a historian has argued that American foreign policy between 1890 and 1933 can be best explained as “an effort to expand its overseas markets.” I would argue that while the main driving force behind our foreign policy at the time may have been economic‚ a “dark side” to this ordeal can be found with a little research. To a degree‚ the unnamed historian is correct in the fact that our foreign policy had much to do with opening up trade with foreign countries. For example‚ Taft was known for
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American progressive era‚ from 1890s to 1920s‚ is believed to be a period of societal awakening. Although‚ there is no particular date that could be mentioned to mark its end‚ yet people believe that it lasted for around 30 years. After the civil war‚ the rapidly developing American economy was facing hundreds of problems due to its structural weaknesses. The capitalist system came under severe criticism because of the prominent flaws in its basic structural composition. The issues like racial segregation
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