forge greater co-operation between their nations. There were three main factors which encouraged the drive towards greater European Integration. These were: The desire for lasting peace. The emergence of the economic superpowers of the US and Japan. The emergence of the political superpowers of the US and USSR. The European co-operation was supported by‚ and led to the creation of‚ organisations including: Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC) 1948 - Succeeded by the Organisation for
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In the years following the industrial revolution and the Civil war the United States began to emerge into an economic superpower. The corporations of the United States grew significantly in number‚ size‚ and influence as well. From the post Civil War period to the turn of the twentieth century America witnessed its greatest period of economic growth in American history. During this time the country became what it is today with thousands of technological advances and outbreaks. The growing economy
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might happen you wouldn’t feel any kind of pain‚either emotional or mentally? That would be great wouldn’t it? That despite any words or actions you wouldn’t get hurt and continue with your normal life. For me Invulnerability‚ would be the best superpower anyone could have‚to be able to be invulnerable to things that make us‚ as humans‚ suffer and that most of the time are out of our control therefore we are not able to stop anything that might come with it. We as humans are always involved in
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warfare‚ in particular. At a time when the worlds two superpowers were at odds‚ engaging in a cold war‚ America was able to prevail through the eventual break up of the Soviet Union‚ and intervention in foreign affairs such as the Korean war and the Cuban Missile Crisis. With the end of the second World War‚ the Third Reich fell leaving two clear superpowers in the world: The Soviet Union‚ and The United States of America. These two superpowers had vastly different ideologies. The Soviets were a
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made in the attempt to become the best. The Cold War was a prime example of a time where competition most certainly got the better of people or more precisely‚ got the better of the United States and the Soviet Union. The rivalry between these two superpowers has created another level of competition‚ with need of one side almost always feeling obligated to one up the other side‚ for the sake of being declared superior. Between the arms race which dealt with military ideas‚ and the space race which regarded
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between to hegemonies during the Cold War at least one half of the world acknowledged and even depended on the American supremacy. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War in 1991 really demonstrated that USA was the one and only superpower in the world. Since then the world has changed and new countries and regions seem to emerge and challenge the American role as the world leader. First of all China is predicted by the OECD to overtake USA as the world largest single state economy
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Great Britain France and Italy known as the superpowers had gained an immense amount of power because at the time they had colonized many states around the world and with no surprise they were greedy for more. The Europeans countries were in search of new land‚ wealth and the desire to explore the world. It was an attempt to expand and develop Europe’s Imperialism‚ however think that quickly escalated into a race to capture the most land and the superpowers set out to compete. One main interest for
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relationship with the United States. Therefore Canada did ally with the United States‚ but at the same time Canada remained a sovereign nation and remained able to make its own independent decisions despite being allied with one of the world’s superpowers. Canada lies right between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ so Canada was caught right between this arms race and tensions between the two countries. Although mostly siding with the United States‚ Canada often did not agree with the American’s
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Democracy while it lasts long is bloodier than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember‚ democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes‚ exhausts‚ and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide - John Adams Dictatorship; a rule with just one person or a few of them controlling the country may sound like a regime with less chaos and corruption. Despite such a promising scenario I tend not to agree with John Adams statement. It’s not democracy that dies off‚ rather it is
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Stalin was successful in increasing the influence of his own country and turning it into a superpower‚ but also installing communist regimes in foreign countries‚ two of which are still active today. Not only this‚ but both North Korea and China are both major players in the political battleground of the modern world. Stalin’s legacy remains one of the most important superpowers today- the same superpower that struggles to this day to recover from the detrimental impact of his
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