particular government was deemed unfit to rule itself. The American government now held the power to both criticize and occupy these nations if they were deemed to be unstable. Stuart Creighton Miller says that the public’s sense of innocence about Realpolitik impairs popular recognition of U.S. imperial conduct (“American Imperialism”). The resistance to actively occupying foreign territory has led to policies of exerting influence via other means‚ including governing other countries via surrogates or
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POLT 4600: RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE AND PERSECUTION Spring 1‚ 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS: I. DEFINITIONS OF KEY CONCEPTS a.Religion b.Persecution and Intolerance c.Humanitarian space II. RISE OF EXTREMISM a.Why? b.The response and role of the international community III. HOW TO CREATE HUMANITARIAN SPACE FOR THE VICTIM OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION? a.Mobilization of the international community as a whole b.Fight the
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Focus Preventive Diplomacy‚ Defence Cooperation & the Pursuit of Cooperative Security: The Indian Experience Swapna Kona Nayudu* This article is an exploration of the effectiveness of defence cooperation as a means of preventive diplomacy. The paper begins by suggesting that both defence cooperation and preventive diplomacy are concepts rooted in cooperative security. For the purposes of this paper‚ cooperative security is understood as an overarching concept that comprises alliances
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environmental occurrence; nevertheless‚ these analyses themselves are influenced by the shifting ideas of assumptions about what the ‘cause’ means. Herodotus‚ the so called ‘father of history’‚ has stark contrast to Thucydides‚ the so called ‘father of Realpolitik’‚ on the way of how they interpret the historical causation. In general‚ Herodotus involves an extensive amount of theology to manifest his moral pedagogy; in contrast‚ Thucydides contempts on the unreasonable exaggeration of the function of the
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Human nature desires power and it is this desire that when unchecked by moral constraints becomes a corrupting force. This idea is thoroughly explored in Shakespeare’s 1592 play ‘King Richard III’ and Pacino’s 1996 docudrama‚ ‘Looking for Richard’. Despite the different contexts of the Elizabethan Era and the post-modern world respectively‚ the texts share the universal themes of Richard’s pursuit of power and the effect of political power on one’s morality which broadens our understanding of the
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regionalization and integration but it becomes more pronounced among inter-state cycles as a result of interdependency. The adjacency of states makes it a real issue in regional politics as far as security is concerned. Theoretical foundations of ‘realpolitik’ become weakened by the likely effects of electoral management to neighbouring states‚ which in a way calls for considerations of reliance on enhanced foundations of institutions under neo-liberalism. The visible election management structural-
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How valid is the claim that in 1914 states went to war due to fear rather then motives of gain?Austria ’s quarrel‚ Germany ’s warOne of the theories about the outbreak of the First World War is that nations went to war not to necessarily gain something but mainly because of fear which caused by many different factors. Europe before the war can be compared to a round-about with the countries involved‚ Germany being the central pole‚ speeding up and thus causing the nations into uncontrollable chaos
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the First World War and even after the war‚ into the turbulent period of the inter-wars. The first of Bismarck’s impact on history is his contribution to the unification of Germany. His tactics ‘Blood and Iron’ from his famous speech of 1862 and Realpolitik to pursue the needs of the state managed to affect Germany through their diplomatic and military victories. After the disaster of the 1850 Erfurt Union the German people were reluctant to attempt to unite all the states in fear that Austria
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The Causes of Genocide: WWI World War I was the deadliest war of the 20th century resulting in a death toll of around 16 million and over 20 million injured. However‚ this deadly conflict cannot be blamed on solely one country‚ but on many different countries that used imperialism and nationalism to their personal gain. The outbreak of WWI was primarily due to the tensions created by nationalistic ideas‚ imperialistic actions taken by many European countries‚ and militarism which is a combination
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do in light of all this (Operational Approach)? Answers to these questions can be large or small; military‚ political‚ or economic; short-term or long-term. The ADM does not demand that these answer be novel or innovative. For example‚ since realpolitik – with states jostling for power via armies‚ diplomacy‚ and economic desire – existed for centuries in Europe and was the baseline for their formation‚ Bismarck and his staff’s analysis of the situation was sound. Or‚ as Clausewitz wrote: “Politics
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