OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR For Greece’s Economy‚ Geography Was Destiny By ROBERT D. KAPLAN Published: April 24‚ 2010 THE debt crisis that caused Greece to ask for an international bailout on Friday has been attributed to many things‚ all economic: Greece’s budget deficits‚ its lack of transparency and its over-the-top corruption‚ symbolized by the words “fakelaki‚” for envelopes containing bribes‚ and “rousfeti‚” political favors. But there is a deeper cause for the Greek crisis that no one dares mention
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delicate relationship between loyalty and ethics. When asking a question about loyalty‚ one must know this virtue that lies in ethics does not fall under an exact science‚ nor religion‚ but under moral law. The ethnologist Dr. Rudolf Steinmetz of The Hague states‚ “the significance of loyalty is a central principle of the moral lifeâ€(Royce‚ 1969). Loyalty can take two positions in the moral life‚ good and bad. But the purpose of moral rules is to guide human behavior toward actions which may be considered
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testing facilities in a transparent way. ‣ The opening of a treaty to ban the use of fissile materials in the production of nuclear weapons. ‣ The opening of a treaty to ban ground to ground missiles. ‣ The accession to and implementation of The Hague Code of Conduct by all States. ‣ Mobilization in all other areas of disarmament. FRANCE AND PREVENTION OF ARMS RACE IN OUTER SPACE Facts : ‣ On 29 October 1998‚ the French delegate to Conference of Disarmament was quoted saying‚ “At
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starting with their derivatives. Directly contradicting the trial’s convictions against human rights and wartime law is the superior orders theory. German doctrines have been proven to have directly contradicted the international standards of the Hague Convention‚ allowing civilian abuse if it will further the war’s agenda. The German soldiers and officers were acting under the direct orders of their respective commanders‚ under penalty of exile or death. A logical course of thought would not lead
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Anton du Beats an expert in the Relationships between history‚ ethics and human rights‚ argues in his article ‘A Declaration of the Responsibilities of Present Generation towards Past Generations’ that both living and deceased have the same right of dignity and the same right to be respected. As a consequence of these equal rights‚ living people‚ have responsibilities toward the dead to ensure their right to dignity and respect. These responsibilities as he suggested are represented in four categories
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10 The Politics of Power: a Life History of the Party System This chapter is the ®rst of two on political parties. Although unknown to the constitution‚ parties dominate the real world of politics; they are symbols of the modern age. The ®rst section examines the concept of the modern mass party. Parties in a democracy should not be seen in isolation; it is in their essential nature to be linked through competition and cooperation. The following sections identify a series of key periods
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Introduction - ANA * Who is it written for? With the beginning of term three we‚ us students‚ are required to start working on projects at a professional level. The first task that we already received is a cooperation of two parties‚ in this case The Hague University and “Yakult” company. After receiving a brief from the Yakult’s company‚ we are supposed to create a new product for an out-of-home channel with the DNA of its mother brand. In order for us to build the concept for the new product we need
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vehicle for expressing myriad of world views held by citizens as well as an instrument to garnering the informed and active participation of the citizens in the political process which constitutes the hallmark of any democratic practice. As noted by Hague and Harrop (1987:141-142)‚ party competition is the hallmark of liberal democracy because it is the device which makes governments responsive to the electorates by providing voters with some choice while simultaneously restricting that choice to a
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communicative interaction. Multilingua 7(4)‚ 385-409 Hickey‚ L. (2005) Politeness in Spain: Thanks but no “thanks”. In L. Hickey and M. Stewart. Politeness in Europe. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. Wierzbicka ‚ A. (1991) Cross-cultural pragmatics. The Hague: Mouton de Gruyter. Ch 2: “Different cultures‚ different languages‚ different speech acts”
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rights‚ every human being has the right to live and peacefully. There are war ethics which help decide right from wrong‚ there are debates and countries try to solve conflicts. War ethics also lead to the creation of some formal codes such as “The Hague” and “Geneva conventions” which places rules in warfare. Rules have been made to govern the conduct of war. In 1864 the Geneva Convention was created to protect the wounded and sick affected by warfare‚ they provide medical facilities and they also
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