The historian Sally Marks uses her article “Smoke and Mirrors: In the Smoke-Filled Rooms in the Galerie des Glaces” to argue that the terms of the Treaty of Versailles were moderate and only appear severe because they are clouded with ambiguity. In her article‚ Marks discusses how the terms of the Treaty of Versailles were not as harsh on Germany as most historians believe. The politicians representing the Allies were under tremendous pressure to please the public who expected Germany to pay for
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After World War two‚ nations believed that cooperation could speed up recovery. They cooperated in aspects like population control ‚ environmental protection‚ medicine and science. However‚ international cooperation faced difficulties due to conflicts between developed and developing countries‚ different culture‚ limited power‚ controversy on financial assistance‚ competition among nations and circumstances of LDC. International cooperation faced difficulties due to conflicts between developed (MDC)and
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The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on June 28‚ 1919. The USA however‚ never signed the treaty or joined the League of Nations. It was not the strength of the opposition forces in congress that led to the defeat of the treat‚ but rather the ineptitude and stubbornness of President Wilson. It was Wilson and his supporters who complied with the terms of the treaty. In 1918
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GLOSSARY The Patents Act‚ 2005 Section 2. (1) of the Patents Act‚ specifies the following terms‚ c. "Convention application" means an application for a patent made by virtue of section 135; d. "convention country" means a country or a country which is member of a group of countries or a union of countries or an Inter-governmental organization referred to as a convention country in section 133; j. "invention" means a new product or process involving an inventive step and capable
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Jervis: Cooperation under the security dilemma This summary needs formatting (i.e. "wikification"). Can you help us improve it? (Formatting help.) Please volunteer. Jervis. 1978. Cooperation under the security dilemma. World Politics 30: 167-214. [mostly from handout] PUZZLE Anarchy and the security dilemma make cooperation seemingly impossible. Why would states cooperate anyway? Presumably‚ there must be some mechanism which allows states to bind themselves (and partners) not to "defect
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a “Eurasian political‚ economic‚ and military organization which was founded in 2001 in Shanghai by the leaders of China‚ Kazakhstan‚ Kyrgyzstan‚ Russia‚ Tajikistan‚ and Uzbekistan”(Lukin‚ 2014‚ p.3). The SCO is a significant player in the political arena (Shabad‚ 2014). Its goal is to strengthen stability and security on the territory of the six member States (Giustozzi‚ 2008). Moreover‚ it is an important tool of Russian foreign policy‚ consequently
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Contingency for a Verdict Overturned on Appeal M International (“M”) and W Inc. (“W‚” a competitor of M) have been engaged in long- standing litigation over a specific patent infringement matter. Below is a summary timeline of specific events that have taken place related to this matter: In May 2007‚ W filed a claim against M for patent infringement. For the year ended December 31‚ 2007‚ management of M determined that a loss for this matter was probable and represented that the estimate of loss
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Overview of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation: Found in 1989‚ Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is one of the latest organizations that have been establishment mainly for the purpose of promoting and facilitating free trade in different countries belonging to the Asia-Pacific region. The organization that started with twelve members has been growing and demonstrating several benefits in different areas. The main goal or aim of the entity is to facilitate the economic growth of its member
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CONTENT 1. What is microfinance? 2. NORAD’s principles and focus 3. Microfinance and Norwegian development cooperation 4. Principles for building pro-poor financial systems Annex 1: Microfinance and poverty reduction Annex 2: Microfinance market niches and approaches Annex 3: Background papers 1. What is microfinance? Microfinance can be defined as provision of a broad range of client-responsive financial services
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The Impact of the Treaty of Versailles Germany had to sign a war guilt clause stating that they had started the First World War. This made Germany look weak as they gave in easily. The German public didn’t support the government from the start and found that their surrender was a stab in the back. However as the Treaty of Versailles was signed on the 28th June 1919 accepting full responsibility the citizens of Germany felt that the government stabbed the army in the back even more. They did not
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