Dubai: Globalization on Steroids by William Morehouse in The American Scholar‚ Winter 2008‚ 1st December Promotions for Dubai on CNN‚ BBC World‚ and other satellite channels show a shimmering skyline of glass and steel office towers with their graceful curves and aquiline shapes‚ suggesting a distant galaxy where all the unpleasantness of urban life has been airbrushed away. But advertising almost always offers more promise than reality‚ whether the product is potato chips or a city or a country
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Barack Obama once said “When we fail to pursue peace‚ then it stays forever beyond our grasp. That’s where human progress ends.” With that in mind‚ my partner and I negate the resolution. Resolved: Unilateral military force by the United States is justified to prevent nuclear proliferation. Introduction----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Definitions We define unilateral as “done or undertaken by one party without the agreement
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the Cold War‚ such restrictions applied to Communists. Now they are more commonly applied to organisations perceived as promoting actual terrorism or the incitement of group hatred. Examples include anti-terrorism legislation‚ the shutting down of Hezbollah satellite broadcasts‚ and some laws against hate speech. Critics claim that these limitations may go too far and that there may be no due and fair judicial
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Love and compassion are central themes to most of the world ’s religions. While subscribing to this philosophy‚ they also share another more sinister philosophy - that of extremism. We would like to look into the three major religions of Islam‚ Judaism and Christianity (including cults) and how that they all have a history of extremism and also extremist activity today. We would like to study why extremists believe what they do so we can better prepare for them. Islam Extremism Islamic history
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SECURITY RESEARCH PAPER A PERSPECTIVE ON TERRORISM Piers Hutt piershutt@hotmail.com 1 March 2015 A PERSPECTIVE ON TERRORISM ABSTRACT Purpose: To critically examine the threat of modern terrorism to Western society. Design/methodology: An assessment was made of publically available documentation. The paper is then divided into a number of sections. It initially deals with the difficulties of defining terrorism‚ followed by its symbiotic relationship with the media
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THE DANGERS OF REVOLUTION: EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF THE 2011 MIDDLE EAST UPRISINGS ON REGIONAL STABILITY Joseph W. Mulcahy NSEC 613 Current and Emerging Threats to National Security American Public University Summer 2011 1 Introduction In the waning weeks of 2010‚ a twenty-six year old Tunisian street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi “opted not to pay off yet another official—and instead set himself on fire at the governor’s office in Sidi Bouzid.”1 The fatal act of civil disobedience
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Are Muslim and Western values generally incompatible? The case of Turkey and the EU. An easy answer to this question would be a decisive yes. Many argue that the Muslim and Western world are completely different as they are based on different religions‚ Christianity and Islam. In the Christian Bible there is a definitive separation of church and state‚ it documents Jesus Christ as saying “Give to Caesar what is Caesar ’s and to God what is God ’s” (Matthew 22:21). Islam‚ on the other hand‚ is
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RISHI SARASWAT A MODERN HISTROY OF IRAN DR. ARMITAGE 6/21/2012 Introduction Iran‚ formerly known as Persia‚ has a rich fascinating history that shapes the modern day culture of the region. Iran is known for housing one of the world’s oldest major civilizations that has its roots dating back to 4000 BC. The Medes were the first people to occupy the region; they unified the Iran as a nation and major empire. Iran was ruled by a series of empires and dynasties‚ starting with The Achaemenid
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Topic 1: Afghanistan images “At the end of the road” Mortenson‚ 2009 “The Pashtun elders say that when Allah was finished creating the world‚ he cobbled together all the leftover bits and pieces‚ and it was from this pile of rubble that he fashioned Afghanistan.” p. 37 Meeting point of Ptolemy’s Two Scythias and high point of the Silk Road. p. 37 Linchpin of greatest trade route becomes farthest border of imperial powers. P. 39 Ultima Thule: a place so remote that it delineates the outer
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Issues of Iranian foreign policy Topic: US-Iran relations Submitted to: Sir Syed Sikander sb Submitted by: Waseem Abbas -02 Asrar Hussain -19 Department of International Relations Introduction With more than 70 million people‚ the Islamic Republic of Iran is one of the most populous countries in the Middle East. In addition to this large and talented human-resource pool‚ Iran possesses a
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