After the Second World War‚ the USA and USSR became two Super Powers. One nation tried to reduce the power of other. Indirectly the competition between the Super Powers led to the Cold War. Then America took the leadership of all the Capitalist Countries. Soviet Russia took the leadership of all the Communist Countries. As a result of which both stood as rivals to each other. Definition of the Cold War: In the graphic language of Hartman‚ “Cold War is a state of tension between countries in which
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National Interest The world politics revolves round the term national interest. The history is as old as the history of world. The concept of National interest is indistinct and carries a meaning according to the milieu in which it is used by the states. The term national interest gained currency with the emergence of nation state system following the end of WWII‚ National interest become a tool to increase political control and the expansion of economic relations (Thompson‚ 1966). National interest
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A. Main Idea: The United States and the Soviet Union became political rivals after World War II. 1. Where did the Soviet Union set up pro-Soviet regimes? Answer: The Soviet Union set up pro-Soviet regimes within Poland‚ Romania‚ Bulgaria‚ and Hungary because of the higher potential of positive response from those areas. 2. What was the Truman Doctrine? Answer: The Truman Doctrine was a foreign policy set up by President Harry Truman during the Cold War that regulated for the US to provide financial
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Eisenhower/ Truman Study Guide The questions cover Chapters 5‚ 6‚ and 7 from the Cold War book- Pearson‚ and Ch. 12‚ 16‚ and 17 and pages 150-161 from the Todd book. All of these sections were assigned and questions were asked in class covering most of the readings. 1. What was the difference between Cominform and COMECOM? Cominform: Communist Information Bureau (September 1947) created as an instrument to increase Stalin’s control over the Communist parties of other countries. COMECOM:
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The Cold War is the closest the world has ever come to complete destruction. In this period of time‚ two world super powers were in a stalemate economically and militarily and were constantly competing to be the superior. The Cold War started as result of World War II‚ the United States and the Soviet Union had some differences on their perspectives of the world. United States being the richest country in the world promoted democracy and capitalism in the world. The newly formed Soviet Union thought
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Why was Australia involved in the Vietnam War? Australia became involved in the Vietnam War for a number of reasons. The main reasons included the fear of the spread of communism‚ Australia’s alliance with the USA and Australia’s membership of SEATO. In the years after World War 2 Australians feared that communism would spread through South-East Asia and eventually to Australia. The fear grew more when China became a communist state is 1949‚ the reason why China became a communist state was
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• Pakistan was a leading member of the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) and the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) from its adoption in 1954-55 and allied itself with the United States during the most of the Cold war. In 1971-72 • Trade embargo • In April 1979‚ the United States suspended most economic assistance to Pakistan over concerns about Pakistan’s atomic bomb project under the Foreign Assistance Act.[34] • Relations since 2001 • After the September 11 attacks in 2001 in the
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Lecture No. 1 25-10-210 KASHMIR ISSUE OUTLINE: 1. Background 2. Indian Perspective 3. Pakistan Perspective 4. Plebiscite 5. Partition 6. Independent and conclusion EARLY HISTORY: In the 18th century Kashmir was ruled by the Muslim Pashtun Durrani Empire. In 1819 Kashmir was conquered by the Sikh ruler Ranjit Singh. Following the First Anglo-Sikh War in 1845 and 1846‚ Kashmir was first ceded by the Treaty of Lahore to the East India Company‚ and shortly after sold by the Treaty
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Hegemony ("leadership‚ rule") is the political‚ economic‚ or military predominance or control of one state over others. In ancient Greece (8th century BCE – 6th century CE)‚ hegemony denoted the politico–military dominance of a city-state over other city-states. The dominant state is known as the hegemon.[6] In the 19th century‚ hegemony came to denote the "Social or cultural predominance or ascendancy; predominance by one group within a society or milieu". Later‚ it could be used to mean "a group
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BOOK REVIEW ON Emergence of a new nation In a multipolar world: Bangladesh Written by Dr. Mizanur Rahman Shelly Cover Page: The Book at a Glance: Title: Emergence of a new nation in a multipolar world: Bangladesh Edition: 4th Expanded Edition‚ April’2007. Published by: Academic Press & Publishers Library. Cover Design by: Golam Kabir Price: TK 375.00 ISBN:984-08-0147-3 All Pages are offset. Dedication: To his wife and beloved sons. About the Author: Dr
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