Quince Chong Wai-yan Director Corporate Affairs Cathay Pacific Airways Quince Chong joined Cathay Pacific Airways as Manager Corporate Communication in 1998 with a responsibility for the overall communications strategy of the company. She became General Manager Inflight Services in July 2000 to manage the airline’s cabin crew and develop inflight catering and service products. Ms Chong then assumed the position of Director Service Delivery in July 2004 to oversee all aspects of the airline’s
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Barış Erbil 20700985 IR 495 World Energy Politics Final Exam Recommendations Report to Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and the Minister of Foreign Affairs “Ever since the Industrial Revolution‚ energy and the need to secure it’s supply have been fundamental to any position of power in the world." At the very start of my recommendation report‚ I would like to say something about importance of an energy as a full concept for a certain country. Without an energy production
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Peace Treaties Peace Treaties Versailles Aim: punish Germany‚ prevent war and allow self-determination Territorial Aim: to weaken Germany by taking away territories‚ to get compensation for cost of war by gaining land‚ and to allow for self-determination -Germany lost 13.5% of land‚ 12.5% of population‚ 15% of farm production‚ 48% iron production and 16% coal production Alsace-Lorraine | France | Eupen‚ Moresnet‚ Malmedy | Belgium | North Schleswig | Denmark (through plebiscite) self-determination
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late 1800s and the early 1900s‚ the US became much more involved in world affairs. In other words‚ they were becoming a world power. This meant many things‚ many changes. In the 1880s‚ the US was still known as a minor county‚ a nation known to play only a small role in world affairs. Before the start of intervening in other nations‚ the US had followed a policy of isolationism‚ or having little to do with the political affairs of other nations. This was advised by George Washington in his Farewell
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[accessed 28 January 2010] Drew Thompson‚ China’s Soft Power in Africa: from the “Beijing consensus” to health diplomacy‚ China Brief: Volume 5‚ Issue 21 (October 13‚ 2005) Joseph S. Nye Jr‚ Soft Power: A Means to Success in World Politics. Public Affairs‚ New York. 2004. http://mountainrunner.us/2006/02/practicing_effe.html [accessed 28 January 2010] Robert Cooper‚ Hard power‚ Soft power and the Goals of Diplomacy‚ in David Held/Mathias Koenig-Archibugi‚ American Power in the 21st Century‚ 2004‚
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Othello: Iago Makes Othello Believe His Wife Is Having An Affair In Shakespeare’s "Othello‚" Iago carefully and masterfully entraps Othello into believing that his wife‚ Desdemona‚ is having an affair with Cassio. He does this through a series of suggestions and hesitations that entice and implant images into Othello’s head that lead him to his own demise. More importantly‚ Iago gives Othello the motive to murder his own innocent wife Desdemona‚ satisfying Iago’s immense appetite for revenge
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Define ‘humanitarian intervention’ and explain how it is used to justify interference in another state’s affairs. Throughout history‚ governments of countries or ‘states’ have found cause to interfere in other states’ affairs. ‘Humanitarian intervention’ is a means by which several states have justified this interference. The Iraq War in 2003 was caused by an unjustified intervention‚ and as a result‚ bore severe repercussions. Defining humanitarian intervention shows that even though the process
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In their 2011 publication‚ Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty‚ Public Affairs‚” economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo put forth over fifteen years of data to better paint a picture of the behavior of poor people around the world. Being that I tend to have a rather strong interest in behavioral economics‚ yet a liking for strong empirical facts‚ I found their work to be very attention-grabbing and eye opening. In my opinion‚ the authors did a wonderful
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There is still no unanimous consensus on whether wealthy individuals and countries should only concern about their own affairs. I concede the statement that not everyone in poverty could be financed‚ but that is not to say their generosities are useless. Seemingly‚ the point that individuals and countries can not prevent the countless tragedy is plausible. There is also an ongoing concern that the aid money‚ in stead of alleviating sufferings‚ could be misused by dictators to consolidate their
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Throughout her career‚ the South African novelist Nadine Gordimer has wanted to explore the terrain where personal interests‚ desires and ambitions encounter (and‚ not rarely‚ contend with) the demands and trials of a politically active life. She has had a keen eye for the exceedingly precarious moral situation of her own kind - the privileged white intelligentsia that abhors apartheid‚ detests the exploitation of 25 million unfranchised‚ economically vulnerable citizens at the hands of five million
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