in Ramallah. DCAF provides its partners with comparative and policy advice‚ and research‚ promotes inclusive approaches and processes to Palestinian SSR‚ and conducts various capacity building programs. DCAF works with the UN‚ EU‚ ECOWAS‚ NATO and the NATO parliamentary Assembly‚ African Union 2) European Union‚ EU‚ and the police
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The M240B Joseph Carlson The M240B is belt-fed‚ gas operated medium machine gun that fires a 7.62x51mm NATO round. It weighs 27.6 pounds‚ has a length of 49.7 inches‚ (The barrel having a length of 24.8 inches) a width of 4.7 inches‚ a height of 10.4 inches‚ and has a maximum range of 3‚725 meters. The maximum effective range of this weapon is 800 meters while mounted on a bipod‚ and 1‚100 meters while mounted on a tripod. Rounds leaving the muzzle of the M240B have a velocity of 2‚800 feet per
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and destroy Al Qaeda; those allegedly responsible for the attack. But after the Taliban refused to hand over Osama Bin Laden‚ the US‚ assisted by NATO and anti-Taliban elements in Afghanistan‚ attacked the fundamentalist regime. Facing a shocked and angry super power‚ Pakistan was left with no option but to give logistic and intelligence support to the NATO forces. Even if we concede that perhaps it was not whole-hearted support‚ Pakistan’s assistance annoyed the Taliban and most importantly Al Qaeda
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Cold War DBQ Between 1941 and 1949‚ the Soviet Union and the United States‚ capitalists and communists had a major disagreement about political affairs. From the Red Scare‚ to the Bolsheviks Revolution‚ communism fright has spread around the US. The United States wanted to spread capitalism and decrease communism‚ while the Soviet Union wanted the opposite. Both sides used several methods and/or tactics to stop the spread of the opposite political view. These methods used by the United States and
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What is ideology? Ideology is mainly defined as Science of ideas‚ visionary speculations‚ manner of thinking‚ characteristic of a class or individual‚ ideas on the basis of some economic‚ social or political theory or system is called Ideology. It contains those ideals which a company needs to establish a stable nation. Defining ideology George Lewis says “ideology is a plan or program which is based upon philosophy” Ideology of Pakistan Pakistan’s ideology was based on the Islamic principle
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nuclear weapons on the Eastern Boarder. They were first placed in Turkey in 1959. Turkey was chosen for a number of reasons however geographical location as the primary reason‚ Turkey itself is very close to the Soviet Union. Turkey as well as being a NATO member also shared two boarders with Soviet Republic countries providing the United States with a prime position to defend Europe from a Soviet invasion or so they said . However the fundamental reason in which they positioned themselves on the brink
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Exam Russian Foreign Policy 25/I/2010 PART I : Write an essay Discuss the elements of continuity and change in the foreign policy of post-Communist Russia‚ comparing it with the policies of the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire. Globally seen‚ the goals of the current Russian foreign policy are completely different than the goals the Russian empire or the Soviet Union were wanting to achieve. Nowadays‚ the main interest of Russia is nothing but Russia itself and this is completely different
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By Gerard Chretien The massive‚ protracted bombing of Serbia was "the first offensive action for NATO‚ and the first time that Allied armed forces were unleashed against a sovereign nation with which the United States was not formally at war or without express authorization by the United Nations Security Council‚" observes Stephen Presser‚ professor of law at Northwestern University. "What we were doing in the Balkans is part of the post-Vietnam creation of a new set of doctrines of international
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1. Explain the US policy of containment abroad. What were the economic‚ military‚ and political strategies of enforcing containment? Identify at least three specific programs or institutions in your response. * First laid out by George F. Kennan in 1947‚ Containment stated that communism needed to be contained and isolated‚ or it would spread to neighboring countries. This spread would allow the Domino Theory to take hold‚ meaning that if one country fell to communism‚ then each surrounding
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The 6 Life Changing Decisions Discuss the developments of the Cold War using the Presidential policies (6 paragraphs). (1) In 1950‚ President Harry Truman prevented the expansion of Chinese communists and soviets from influencing East Asia. He did this by resisting North Korea’s invasion of South Korea. Although President Harry Truman’s decision prevented the expansion of the Chinese communists and Soviets‚ his decision was very risky and could have gotten the United States in big trouble
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