“Give War a Chance” is an article written by the American economist‚ historian and military strategist Edward Nicolae Luttwak in 1999‚ in the American magazine Foreign Affairs. It make an easily understandable “buzz”‚ since its main assumption is that most kind of peacekeeping or humanitarian operations are‚ in an objective point of view‚ a bad thing for the peace‚ and that it tends‚ paradoxically‚ to slower its establishment. We will analyze here the main hypothesis that Luttwak is developing among
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The Independence of Kosovo Generally speaking‚ one can state that theories possibly explain specific actions of a country or a government‚ but that governments do not automatically act accordingly. Therefore the question arises‚ whether Kosovo’s independence can be explained by a single theory of international relations and‚ if so‚ to what extent one theory can explain the processes that took place in Kosovo. On 17 February 2008‚ Kosovo’s declaration of independence was adopted at a meeting of
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world. These include the Anglo-American attack on Iraq without UN authorization and the continued persecution of Muslim peoples in Kashmir and Palestine. b. Going back a bit further‚ one can recall such horrors as the anti-Muslim ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and Kosovo‚ and last year’s officially inspired pogrom in India’s Gujarat state. To these tragedies the OIC’s response has been conspicuous by its absence. c. In the case of Gujarat‚ several European diplomats visited the riot-hit areas‚ and
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involved both as soldiers and also the innocent victims who are damaged by wars that occur around them. Blunt’s poem was written from first hand knowledge as he was a soldier serving in Kosovo trying to hold together a fragile peace in a land that had been horrifically torn apart by civil war and ethnic – cleansing. Blunt could see first hand for himself the terrible damage that war had caused to the land and its people. He uses quite graphic imagery to convey his sense of powerless at being able
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chaos and conflict that the people in these places have seen‚ a hyperintellectual may have a difficult time gaining people’s trust to help build and advance civil society. The switching of affiliations may not be a positive in places like Kosovo and Bosnia where ethnic tensions and divisions are still present. I think that because of the switching of affiliations the hyperintellectual may cause more conflict between people. I think that hyperintellectuals may cause conflict with their switching
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for the country and its people. Government Parliamentary democracy. Tension between Macedonia and Albania: Long-simmering tensions between ethnic Albanians and Macedonians reached greater heights during the Kosovo crisis‚ during which more than 140‚000 refugees streamed into the country from neighboring Kosovo. Most of the refugees returned to Kosovo in 2000. Violence between Albanians and Macedonians erupted in March 2001‚ prompting the government to send troops into the heavily Albanian western
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Fires of Hatred: Ethnic Cleansing in Twentieth-Century Naimark‚ Norman. Fires of Hatred: Ethnic Cleansing in Twentieth-Century. Cambridge‚ Massachusetts: The President and Fellows of Harvard College‚ 2001. When asked why I chose this book‚ I would normally respond with some answer conjured up from the depths of my lying brain. But I’ll be honest; I chose this book because it didn’t have as many pages as the others on the list of approved readings‚ that way I could read it faster. I would normally
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The Role of United Nations in Peace Movement Date of submission: April 13‚ 2010 Serial no. Contents: Page no. 1. Abstract 03 2. Introduction 04 3. Peace movement 05 3.1 Types of peace movement 06 3.2 Transformations of peace movement 06 3.3 Objectives of peace movement 07 4. Systems of United Nations 07 4.1 Purposes and principles of United Nations
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Muslims in Kosovo launched a large campaign to withdraw from Serbia‚ which caused a tragic response from Serbia that tore one-third of Kosovo’s two million Muslims from their homes. Serbia was punished for their claimed‚ “ethnical cleansing” and not taking multiple warnings from NATO by getting bombed. Those are some very heavy barriers that not only block off people from tolerating
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14 June 2014 The Harbinger – Jonathan Cahn Timeline: Why did the Pilgrims/Puritans leave England? The Pilgrims left England for religious reasons because they believed that they were true Christians‚ determined to purify the Christian church and return to a scripture-based service. Pilgrim groups of Puritans gathered on their own until the English parliament outlawed independent congregations. Due to living under the constant threat of imprisonment or even execution‚ they were forced to flee
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