The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a “Eurasian political‚ economic‚ and military organization which was founded in 2001 in Shanghai by the leaders of China‚ Kazakhstan‚ Kyrgyzstan‚ Russia‚ Tajikistan‚ and Uzbekistan”(Lukin‚ 2014‚ p.3). The SCO is a significant player in the political arena (Shabad‚ 2014). Its goal is to strengthen stability and security on the territory of the six member States (Giustozzi‚ 2008). Moreover‚ it is an important tool of Russian foreign policy‚ consequently
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points out how the presences of US troops have relieved Afghans from Taliban domination and the regimes extremely violent principles. Afghans now feel great amount of liberty and democracy‚ especially since they are neighbor to Soviet satellites like Uzbekistan‚ Tajikistan‚ and Turkmenistan. (Turner para 6). Poppy fields are other of the country’s major problems. Attraction to farming poppies caused people to avoid other forms of work that will improve the country economy‚ and affected the world as well
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Kushan Dynasty: After the disintegration of the Mauryan Empire in the second century B.C.‚ South Asia became a collage of regional powers with overlapping boundaries. India’s unguarded northwestern border again attracted a series of invaders between 200 B.C. and A.D. 300. The invaders became "Indianized" in the process of their conquest and settlement. Also‚ this period witnessed remarkable intellectual and artistic achievements inspired by cultural diffusion .The Kushan Kingdom controlled parts
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Foreign relations of Ukraine have started to develop after it accepted the Declaration of State Sovereignty in 1990 and especially after the Act of Independence of Ukraine was announced in 1991. Ukraine was until then‚ although it had its own seat in the United Nations and was one of its 51 founding states‚ a part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and thus unable to lead it own foreign policy. The Declaration of Independence became the cornerstone and starting point creation of the foreign
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Sunflower Company : Adapting to Changing Market Conditions Problem : Looking ahead‚ there are 4 challanges for Sunflower Company ; Splitting the company up and / or selling a part of the company Retaining people Applying Information Technology Managing counrty or regional economic factors Timeline 1992-1994 : Start of the firm Firm started with 3 employees; founder‚ accountant‚ sales agent. There was high demand and low competition.In early 1990s it was diffucult to gt a loan from a bank‚ by 1994
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Water Water Everywhere There is more than 1.4 billion cubic kilometres of water on the earth. If divided evenly enough to give every man‚ woman & child 230 million cubic meters. However 98% of that is saltwater and nearly 1% of it is locked as polar icecaps. Less than 1 percent of the Earth’s freshwater is accessible in lakes‚ rivers‚ and groundwater aquifers. This vital 1 percent of available freshwater is con- stantly in motion‚ either flowing in rivers‚ evaporating and moving around the globe
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The Soviet Union was the largest country in the world‚ as it covered the sixth of Earth’s land surface. The European part occupied a quarter of the country’s area‚ and was the cultural and economic center. The eastern part of the country extended up to the Pacific Ocean in the east and to Afghanistan in the south. The Soviet Union included 11 time zones and five climatic zones: tundra‚ taiga‚ steppes‚ desert‚ and mountains. Besides‚ the country was extremely rich in various resources: freshwater
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choosing‚ I would create a Union State similar to the defunct Soviet Union with some important changes. The country I would create would be composed of the same countries that formed the former Soviet Union: Armenia‚ Georgia‚ Azerbaijian‚Tajikstan‚ Uzbekistan‚ Kyrgyzstan‚ Latvia‚ Lithuania‚ Estonia‚ Belarus‚ Moldova‚ Kazakhstan‚ Turkmenistan‚ Ukraine and Russia. This state would also be a one party country dominated by the Socialist Union Party. This is where the similarities would end. The political
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The Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains : usually called the Himalayas or Himalaya‚ is a mountain rangeimmediately to the north of the Indian subcontinent. By extension‚ it can also refer to the massive mountain system that additionally includes the Karakoram‚ theHindu Kush‚ and other lesser ranges that extend out from the Pamir Knot. Some of the world’s major river systems arise in the Himalayas‚ and their combineddrainage basins are home to some 3 billion people (almost half of the Earth’s population)
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