Michael T. Klare‚ Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America’s Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum (New York: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt‚ 2004). Preface How to explain the post-Cold War violence? Some attribute it to identity politics (xi-xii). Pace Samuel Huntington‚ the cause is a struggle for resources (xii). Oil as special resource: 2001 and since revelatory of the consequences of oil dependency (xiii-xv). Goal of book: “Tracing the evolution of U.S. oil policy and weighing
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Table of Contents 1. Theoretical background 4 1.1. Introduction 4 1.2. Definition of Key Terms 5 1.3. Effective Research 10 1.3.1. Logistics and time as a trade barrier 10 1.3.2. The Logistics Performance Index 14 1.4. Summary 21 2. Data Analysis of Logistics industry and Trade in Kazakhstan 24 2.1. Introduction 24 2.2.1 External Trade 24 2.2.2. Assessment of the Transport and Logistics Sectors 29 2.2.2.2 Logistics Sector 41 2.2.3 Constraints in Physical Infrastructure
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Westminster International University in Tashkent Level 6 Business Administration 2011 – 2012 [pic] To be completed by the student |Student’s ID number |00001102‚ 00001162‚ 00001151‚ 00000746 | |Module name |Strategy in a Complex World | |Module code |2UZB615
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referendum (no country today uses such a system). So‚ all democracies have elected representatives. At its most basic‚ a democracy is a system of government where leaders are chosen by election‚ but there are other criteria. After all‚ Russia‚ Uzbekistan‚ and Egypt all have elections‚ but they are emphatically not democracies. Even the USSR had elections‚ which were claimed to prove that the government had the support of the people‚ despite their being totally fraudulent. Typically‚ democracies
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an extent of 22‚402‚200sq km and population of 250million residents. The capital of U.S.S.R. was Moscow and it was consisted of Russia‚ Estonia‚ Latvia‚ Lithuania‚ Belarus‚ Ukraine‚ Moldova‚ Georgia‚ Armenia‚ Azerbaijan‚ Kazakhstan‚ Turkmenistan‚ Uzbekistan‚ Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The form of the government was Communist Dictatorship. The Russian Federation was founded in 1992. It covers an area of 16‚377‚742sq km and has a population of 138‚739‚892 residents. The capital of the Russian Federation
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The Current State and Future of Al Qaeda United States President Barack Obama announced on May 1‚ 2011 that “Osama bin Laden‚ the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world‚ was killed in a firefight with the United States forces in Pakistan.” The death of Osama bin Laden is certainly a major blow to the Al Qaeda terrorist network causing many of its leaders to go underground. Yet‚ the threat of Al Qaeda still exists and many
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Eurasia Daily Monitor‚ Vol. 7‚ Issue 59‚ 26 March 2010 Stratfor‚ 2009a. “Azerbaijan: Looking at CSTO Membership‚” 9 December 2009 Stratfor‚ 2009b. “Energy: A Natural Gas Cartel‚” 9 December 2009 Stratfor‚ 2009c. “Central Asia: Russia Moves to Keep Uzbekistan in Line‚” 22 December 2009 Stratfor‚ 2010. “Russia‚ Croatia: Courting Zagreb on Energy”‚ 3 March 2010 Stratman‚ Klaus‚ 2009. “Ostsee-Pipeline Soll Bereits 2011 Realitaet Sein‚” Handelsblatt‚ 28 December 2009 27 Torello‚ Alexandro‚ 2008. “Nabucco
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Ethnic Cultural Diversity Emily Aboosamra CLS 100 Mrs. Daniels December 14th‚ 2012 Throughout my weeks of researching Ethnic Cultural Diversity‚ i’ve found that trying to define the words ethnicity and culture aren’t in any way easy‚ but are significantly easier that trying to define the word diversity. When I began this project‚ in my CLS 100 class a few weeks prior to now‚ I hadn’t really gone into depth on the topic of diversity in any way‚ shape‚ or form. When I say “...in any
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(1) The decline of Harappan civilization The decline of Harappan culture is difficult to explain. During its late phase between 2000 and 1700 BC ’The Indus Valley Civilization as a distinct entity gradually ceased to exist’. Scholars have given different answers to the question as to why did the civilization end? Some scholars‚ believing in a dramatic collapse of the civilization‚ have looked for evidences of a calamity of catastrophic proportions‚ which wiped out the urban communities. Some of
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End of Cold War Summary 1. Why wasn’t the commie system working? 2. Gorby’s reforms 3. Fall of Soviet Union & Failure of Gorbachev Background info: Soviet Union was made up of 15 satellite states ruled by the Communist Party. Gorbachev: Leader of Soviet Union until 1991. S.U. broke up then‚ into smaller‚ separate republics. Played a part in breaking up USSR. Did not cover up S.U.’s mistakes and problems. Correct intentions but USSR had too many problems piled up since Stalin‚ so he couldn’t
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