ANTON DE KOM UNIVERSITEIT VAN SURINAME Faculteit der Maatschappijwetenschappen Public Administration Term paper Case-study: The United Nations in Crisis Situations Subject: The Failure of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations in 1994 Rwandan Genocide Written by: Michelle Simson Course: International Relation II Semester: B-II Educator: R.A. Franklin Place: Paramaribo Date: 18 august 2009 Foreword This term paper is part of the course International Relations
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Passage 57 of Jacob Rader Marcus’s work‚ The Jew in the Medieval World‚ provides great insight into the role of Jews under Muslim rule during the 10th century. The primary individual of the document is Saadia‚ who became the Gaon at the academy of Sura during the period of the Abbasid caliphate. During this dynasty‚ the “Jews had a political head in the exilarch and great religious leaders in the Geonim” (Marcus 323). Through the story of Saadia‚ it is apparent that while both the gaon and the exilarch
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What Makes A Nation‚ A Nation? No nation can exist forever. So what makes a nation‚ a nation? Milan Kundera’s essay‚ “A Nation Which Cannot Take Itself for Granted” examines this significant question. Published in June 1967‚ Kundera‚ a reformed Czechoslovakian communist writer‚ explores the sphere of culture and optimism of the Czech nation during the period of de-Stalinization in Eastern Europe. “The existence of the Czech nation has never been a matter to be taken for granted and
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For millennia‚ women have left their mark on the world‚ at times changing the course of history and at other times influencing small but significant spheres of life. Only in the past century‚ however‚ have concerted efforts been made to represent women’s contributions more fully in history books. Consequently‚ changes in status for many women in modern times—the right to own property‚ to vote‚ and to choose their own careers—may obscure the accomplishments made by women of earlier eras. In selecting
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pattern to U.S. foreign policies towards 3rd world countries. By examining some of the actions‚ military and non military‚ one can see that‚ whenever it comes to its own economical interest‚ the U.S. will be involved directly or indirectly. To really understand foreign main policies objectives towards 3rd world countries‚ one has to narrow it down to two main objectives‚ sanctions that are designed to impact on the poor‚ and enslavement of most poor countries by economic debt. Military for the most part
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reasons as to why he wanted to create Looking For Richard‚ these reasons include wanting to revive Shakespeare and also to bring Shakespeare and Richard the Third to a Modern audience‚ as Pacino states‚ ‘It has always been a dream of mine to communicate how I feel about Shakespeare to other people… and taking this one play Richard the third analysing it approaching it from different angles‚… we could communicate both our passion for it our understanding that we’ve come to and in doing that communicate
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Throughout the history of the United States‚ dissent and debate about‚ both the structure of the government‚ and the laws created by that government have been an integral part of the growth and development of the United States. Peaceful opposition to laws is one of the most important tenets of a free and just nation‚ however‚ resistance to legally passed laws is something that has been debated since the beginning of this nation. Despite this debate‚ peaceful resistance to laws‚ by people willing
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The reasons that I think the United States shouldn’t have entered World War I is if the Europeans would have settled their issues on their own‚ there would have been a tie in the end‚ or maybe Austria/Germany would have won. In that case Hitler would not have arisen and WWII would never have occurred‚ many Eastern European countries wouldn’t have suffered communism. The United States had no reason to get involved in the war. The only reason we went into the war was because we merely got caught in
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Diffusion allows cultures to share with each other and see much more of what there is outside of the circle they are in. The United States is a combination of different cultures. It is basically a thousand subcultures combined into a larger one. Subcultures are smaller cultural groups within a larger culture (Keirns‚ et al.‚ 2015). There are so many ethnicities that come to The United States and they all come with their cultures. All these cultures come together and they share language‚ food‚ and customs
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To what extend did the European leaders recapture the holy land from Saladin in the third crusade? Forty years after the failure of the Second Crusade‚ Richard I of England‚ Philip II of France and Barbarossa leader of Germany all ended their conflicts to assist the Third Crusade (1189-1192). Saladin‚ who captured Jerusalem in 1187‚ had unified Syria and Egypt in the past‚ making him a very powerful adversary and an excellent military leader. Losing the Holy Land was too shameful for Christendom
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