University of Phoenix Material Power‚ Ideology‚ and Terror in the Atomic Age Worksheet The Cold War Answer each of the following questions in a single paragraph: 1. What role did atomic weapons play in the Cold War? Summarize nuclear developments from 1945 to 1991. 2. What important events and symbolism in Berlin helped define the Cold War? 3. Why did European communism collapse? Terrorism and the West Answer each of the following questions with a short
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Taliban and to have another thought about Afghanistan . Also to show how Housseini’s succeeded in showing a new trend of New Orientalism to prove to the west how Muslims are not bad after 9/11 or as they described Muslims as terrorists . Introduction : A brief introduction about the novel and the current affairs of the country . Main body : ( will tackle a few main themes + giving evidence from the novel ) * The theme Discrimination: Afghanistan has many ethnic groups‚ like Hazaras and Pashtuns
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Containment policy of the Truman administration. This was an effort to stop and later reverse Soviet aggress Th Reagan officials would include an offensive component to containment that was at least as clear—and more wide-ranging—than anything that policy had authorized during the early Cold War. Secretary of State George Shultz‚ similar to Secretary John Foster Dulles before him‚ spoke of "rolling back" Soviet advancements‚ bringing back those nations and peoples for democracy. Shultz vowed to do so
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Causes Rise of the Taliban The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was part of a long term cause of the cause the of Taliban. The foreign influence that was exerted by the Soviet Union shaped the foreign and domestic policies in Afghanistan. The social and political impacts of communism and the Cold War put Afghanistan’s government in a very weak and unstable state. This made it easy for the allowing of the extremist group the Taliban to take over weaker groups and take power in 1994. Since
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geographically‚ a notorious regime emerged to fill the leadership void left by years of war. At first‚ they were greeted as bringers of hope to a hopeless society‚ but soon after brought oppression and fear to all. The Taliban‚ or “students‚” were only brought to the attention of most westerners after the terrorist attacks on September 11‚ 2001. However‚ they have a much deeper history rooted as far back as the Soviet Union’s invasion and occupation of the region. In order to comprehend the rise‚ fall
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Unending Afghan War g. Crippling Economy 5. Is Terrorism a Great Threat to Pakistan: YES I. To Democracy II. To Sovereignty III. To Economy IV. To Governance V. To Progress VI. To National Security VII. To National Integrity 6. Recommendations: I. Using the Influence of Religious Leaders II. Utilizing Civil Society III. Employing Media Effectively IV. Revamping Education System V. Achieving Peace in Afghanistan VI. Ensuring
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traditional‚ ultra-patriotic (and by some studies‚ increasingly-racist) American patriotism that emerged after 9/11 (Traugott‚ Michael‚ et al.)‚ as an extension of the racism and bigotry that forced her people into a weak‚ passive state. As “the hunger for war rose up in those who would steal to be president to be king or emperor‚ to own the trees‚ stones‚ and everything‚” the Native Americans are forced to be a “watcher” among the powerful‚ American others
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A REVIEW OF PAKISTAN’S FOREIGN POLICY 1980-2004 SUCCESSESS AND FAILURES CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Formulation of foreign policy of a country is a complicated process. It implies consideration of long term and short term interests of a state. Policy at the same time is required to be dynamic‚ as it has to be modified or changed with the changing global scenario. Foreign policy of any country is based on numerous determinants that can be divided into variable and invariable factors. The invariable
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Features Afghan Girl: In December 1984‚ Afghanistan was five years into a bloody civil war between the Soviet Union‚ which sought to maintain a Marxist government there‚ and anti-government Islamic rebels called mujahedeen. Millions of refugees were pouring over the borders into Pakistan to escape the fighting. National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry was in the region for a story on the refugee crisis. While touring a refugee camp on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border‚ he entered a large tent
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further questioned the novel’s authorisation of representing the divisive nation that has been attached to labels of war and terrorism (Butler‚ 2012). At the same time‚ Aubry (2009) also recognized the political landscape at the moment‚ of which Afghanistan was centred around war on terror‚ has inextricable relations to the novel’s reception and resonance‚ as headlines of warfare in Afghanistan‚ coupled with the popular topical affairs of terrorism‚ has not come to a complete conclusion ever since the September
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