Intercultural Communication Studies XVII: 2 2008 War and Peace of Languages and Cultures? Svetlana Ter-Minasova‚ Moscow State University Ter-Minasova The future of mankind depends largely on its ability to communicate. Technical progress provides mankind with an ever-increasing variety of more and more powerful devices and forms of communication: tele-conferences‚ multi-media bridges‚ His or Her Majesty – the Internet! However‚ “the human factor” presents a number of problems hampering
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2001 AIDS and violent conflict in Africa * In sub-Saharan Africa there are more than 25 million Africans infected with HIV/AIDS (70 percent of the world’s cases) and 17 million dead; on its current trajectory‚ by 2010 the disease will decrease life expectancy on the continent to levels found at the beginning of the last century. * Many governments‚ international organizations‚ and NGOs have joined a UN-led movement to address the causes and effects of AIDS in
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War is a natural and necessary side effect of conflict. There must be resolution as nothing poisons the hearts and souls of a people more than a never ending conflict. No evil even war at it’s worst is more painful to a culture than unresolved major conflicts. There must be resolution and once a conflict reaches a certain point no amount of talk will ever solve the problem. Force must be used‚ whether implied or actual. Conflict is a vital element of human nature. The day we cease to have conflict
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Problems Associated with Foreign Aid Picture One year after the release of The End of Poverty‚ New York University economist William Easterly released a book entitled White Man’s Burden which criticized Jeffrey Sachs’ promotion of more aid to Africa. Easterly contended that "Sachs’ anti-poverty prescriptions rest heavily on the kindness of some pretty dysfunctional regimes"‚ arguing that large amounts of international aid are generally wasted or embezzled by corrupt governments. For example‚ he points
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In the nonfiction novel "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles‚ there are many themes. One theme that appears in every chapter is "war and rivalry". The novel "A Separate Peace" presents many examples of the theme "war and rivalry" like World War 2‚ enlisting for the war‚ and Gene and Finny’s egos. One way war is represented in this novel is the setting‚ WWll. In chapter 1‚ the setting is stated in the first paragraph. "Perhaps the school wasn’t as well kept up in those days; perhaps varnish‚ along
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Pros: MORE than 1 billion people live in extreme poverty. If targeted effectively‚ foreign aid can make a positive contribution to improving people’s lives‚ reducing inequality and promoting justice. A fundamental principle for effective aid is that it should be focused on reducing poverty and be driven by those whose needs are being addressed. In other words‚ the interests and rights of the poor and marginalized must be at the center of any program. First‚ in humanitarian emergencies‚ lives are
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the differing types of aid‚ as well as attempting to explain the theory and some practical issues with the idea of humanitarian NGOs using responsible enterprise effectively. The final part to this essay aims to deconstruct three reasons explaining why responsible enterprise either fails or is not as successful as it should be‚ when supporting crises. Firstly‚ the question of whether humanitarian aid actually prolongs war should be investigated. In Polman’s (2011) book‚ War Games‚ she states that
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What is the reason behind the peace between the United States and the U.S.S.R. during the cold war? How were their relations and reasons for peace different from that of second-tier powers such as Japan? The United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics emerged as the two most powerful nations in the aftermath of World War II. After five years of fighting the Germans‚ the soviet nation was more powerful than ever‚ and Joseph Stalin wanted to continue their rise to power and become the
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violence (war) but believe in peace. Roman Catholics must not love violence instead; they must promote peace whenever possible. They were once taught that pacifists were the enemies of humankind and that war was just a responsibility if it was a ‘just war’. But now this is no longer an official teaching and that Catholics have a pacifist tradition where churches argue and refuse to participate in violence such as capital punishment and warfare‚ but Roman Catholics still believe in Just War only for
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The Effects of War For almost 50 years‚ the world war was one of the most talked about destruction of war. The wars break out for various reasons. There are world wars in the world‚ and they made every countries became the fighting area. Whenever‚ wars have happened there are always destruction everywhere and destroyed everything in each country by dropping bombs and using powerful explosive weapons. The most effects of war is that people are died‚ destroyed the infrastructure
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