would not instinctively excuse and defend brutal regimes. Unlike China and Russia‚ it has few skeletons in its cupboard. With its enormous coastline and respected navy (rated by its American counterpart‚ with which it often holds exercises‚ as up to NATO standard) India is well-placed to provide security in a critical part of the global commons. The modest power Yet India’s huge potential to be a force for stability and an upholder of the rules-based international system is far from being realised
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History Exam Notes June-12-12 7:33 PM Prime Ministers and Important People: * Robert Borden: 1911- 1920 * Conservative * Efforts in WW1 made him a successful PM * Arthur Meighen: 1920- 1921 * Conservative * William Lyon Mackenzie King: 1921- 1926‚ 1926- 1930‚ 1935- 1948 * Liberal * Independence of Canada in foreign policies * Richard Bennett: 1930- 1935 * Conservative * Create Bank of Canada‚ 1934 * Canadian Wheat Board‚ 1935
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after three weeks. Terms of the agreement included dividing Bosnia into two main portions known as the Bosnian Serb Republic and the Muslim-Croat Federation. The agreement also stipulated that war criminals would be handed over for prosecution. 60‚000 NATO soldiers were deployed to preserve the cease-fire. Over 200‚000 Muslim civilians had been murdered. More than 20‚000 Muslim civilians were missing. 2‚000‚000 Muslim civilians became refugees. It was known as "the greatest failure of the West since
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Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent‚ it extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean. Canada is the world’s second-largest country by total area‚ and itscommon border with the United
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After ww2 Germany had surmounted many difficulties in economical‚ political and cultural fields. The country was divided into two areas:West and East zones. West Germany was taken under control by the United States of America‚ Great Britain and France; East Germany was controlled by the Soviet Union. When the US‚ GB and France combined their zones into one‚ it became the Federal Republic of Germany. After the meeting in Bonn and discussion about the mistakes and failure of the Weimar republic the
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In December 2010‚ mass anti-government protests began in Tunisia and later spread across the Arab world. By February 2011‚ revolutions occurred in Tunisia and Egypt‚ Libya and Syria. The uprisings were dubbed as “Arab Spring”. Many nations in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA)‚ that neighbor the conflict spots‚ have been greatly affected by the uprisings. Neighboring countries have experienced an influx of refugees‚ and a possibility of violence spilling over their borders. Nations
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forces‚ an ungrateful tone always arises from Afghanistan’s side either from Afghan officials or US’ alliances. This ongoing operation not only eliminating terrorists from Pakistan‚ but also contain the precarious situation that would craft after US-NATO forces’ with-drawl from Afghanistan. As Afghanistan security forces not able to control the cross border flow of
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35th President of the United States of America‚ from 1956 to 1963. He was the youngest president elected for the Democratic Party in a time of a worldwide conflict between communism in wide parts of the world and capitalism‚ mainly represented by the NATO states. Due to his father’s work as an ambassador in Great Britain‚ he gained access to British politicians and subsequently wrote his senior Thesis at Harvard University on why “Great Britain was unprepared for war with Germany” (jfklibrary.org‚ 2012)
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Lorrianne Lucas W0443814 Assignment 9 Afghanistan Dilemma Following the September 11 terror attacks‚ the U.S. sent thousands of troops to Afghanistan to pursue the al Qaeda terrorists who plotted the terror attacks. Almost 10 years ago‚ the U.S. sent troops to the Central Asian country in order to protect the U.S. after Osama Bin Laden declared war on the United States. Within a year of entering into the country‚ the U.S. shifted its focus from Afghanistan to Iraq‚ which led to the resurgence
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MILITARY AIRCRAFT A military aircraft is any fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft that is operated by a legal or insurrectionary armed service of any type Military aircraft can be either combat or non-combat: Combat aircraft are aircraft designed to destroy enemy equipment using their own armament. Combat aircraft are normally developed and procured only by military forces. Non-combat aircraft are aircraft not designed for combat as their primary function‚ but may carry weapons for self-defense
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