what they believed would help the world. World organizations were created at this time. One organization that was for communism was the Warsaw Pact‚ the Warsaw Pact acted like one big military. Another organization that was for democracy was NATO. NATO was like an alliance‚ if one country got attacked the other countries in the alliance would help the country that got attacked. Stalin created the Soviet bloc and life in the Soviet Bloc was difficult. The countries not agreeing with each other
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doctrine was structured around the worst-case scenario of total war. In that case‚ while national command was always retained in Ottawa‚ operational command were to be devolved to functional subordinate commands - ultimately to be given over to a NATO or NORAD commander for actual operations. Plans and procedures focused on Alliance structures and the mechanisms for approval and transfer of this operational control. NDHQ’s role was seen as controlling national resources and generating follow-on
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so catastrophic‚ that is still remembered up to this day. On September 11‚ 2001‚ Al Qaeda extremists carried out suicide attacks on the World Trade Centre killing over 3‚000 Americans. This then resulted in the Afghan mission as Americans launched a NATO-sanctioned invasion of Afghan on October 7‚ 2001 in an effort to capture Osama Bin Laden and to expel the Taliban power in Kabul. Canada then joined the mission in 2001‚ deploying a 40 person commando unit to Kabul. By 2002‚ Canadian military commitment
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The position of Russia with regard to the declaration of independence of Kosovo Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 3 I. Historical Overview: From the Yugoslav Wars to Kosovo ’s Declaration of Independence 4 1.1. The break-up of Yugoslavia 4 1.2. Kosovo’s overall situation 5 II. Legal Framework 5 2.1. Serbia’s reaction to Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence 5 2.2. Two theories of state recognition 6 2.3. Kosovo and statehood criteria 6 2.4. UN Security Council
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At the time of my writing‚ the NATO war in Afghanistan has just become the longest war in U.S. history‚ a status it seems likely to retain for some time. It has been‚ and remains‚ a very strange war‚ all the stranger now that General Stanley McChrystal has been fired as commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan following the lamest Douglas MacArthur impression on record. He has been replaced by General David Petraeus‚ the father and executor of the doctrine that lay behind the eventual U.S. military
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CMUN COMMITTEE: Disarmament and International Security Committee COUNTRY: Netherlands SCHOOL: Hiranandani Foundation School DELEGATES: Syed Sharique Ahmed and Aditya. A. Kumar TOPIC AREA: Cyber warfare The Kingdom of Netherlands expresses it deep concern of the rising problem of cyber warfare and regrets the rise of yet another form of warfare. The Netherlands fully supports all international efforts for solving this major problem‚ reaffirms its readiness for a continuation active role
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invade them and take over their government system. In contrast to the NATO‚ The Warsaw Pact included nations that were controlled by The Soviet Union. This also means that they all had communist economic systems. This pact was also important because it separated the Western European Countries from the Eastern European countries because of their differences in the government and economic systems. Thus‚ The Warsaw Pact and the NATO were the two
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So‚ the Americans responded but using an 11 month airlift of supplies that eventually leading Stalin to lift the blockade in 1948 and the building of the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall was built in 1961. The Soviets detonate their first atomic bomb‚ NATO was established‚ the Chinese Revolution ended in Communist victory. By the 1950‚ the contours of the Cold War had been established‚ West versus East‚ Capitalist Freedom versus Communist
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A New Gear in the CFSP Machinery: Integration of the Petersberg Tasks in the Treaty on European Union Fabrizio Pagani* Abstract Article ]. 7 of the Amsterdam Treaty‚ which amends the Treaty on European Union‚ establishes that the Western European Union shall provide the European Union with access to an operational capability for ’humanitarian and rescue tasks‚ peace-keeping tasks and tasks of combat forces in crisis management‚ including peacemaking’. Making reference to the 1992 WEU Petersberg
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The Beginning of Cold War The Cold War i) Lasted 45 years‚ from 1946-91 ii) A war without actual fighting between the United States and the Soviet Union The Rise of the Superpowers: USA and USSR After WWII‚ Europe was in ruins. USA and USSR emerged as the strongest powers. During WWII‚ USA and USSR had been allies and fought on the same side. However‚ after the war‚ there was growing distrust between them. A. Britain and France i) Weakened by the Second World War ii) Lost their colonies in
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