threats such as other countries and terrorists. Deterrence is necessary to protect a country and to give people a sense of security. * 7. Means of deterrence: Military Defence Citizen armed force: Singapore cannot afford a large professional army. NS was introduced to build a citizen armed force. All able-bodied male citizens were called up to serve full-time NS. Helps Singaporean men learn to defend their country. Helps in terms of bonding as they share a common experience during their training. Continue
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Throughout the history of the United States‚ different foreign policies have been very important in terms of the relationship of the United States with foreign countries. George Kennan‚ the author of An American Diplomacy presents the history of foreign policy in the United States. In addition‚ Kennan presents two dire foreign policies that were used in the U.S for over the past century and a half. The two policies are liberalism and realism. In order to understand the U.S’ international relations
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factors at the time. Taft attempted to pass the Dollar Diplomacy to make the volatile situation to stabilize‚ this was known as the Banana Wars‚ along with the military presence in these countries. The Dollar Diplomacy failed to counteract the instabilities and failed to stem the revolution in Haiti‚ Nicaragua‚ and the Dominican Republic. Taft sent a bunch of troops to protect the American investments in these countries. Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy failed in Mexico and West and East Asia as well‚ in fact
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you agree that Mussolini’s foreign policy in the years 1933-41 was a complete failure? ’I want to make Italy great‚ respected and feared’ said Mussolini in 1925. Mussolini’s foreign policy included a number of positive and negative factors which all contributed to the rise‚ and the ultimately to the downfall‚ of both Mussolini and the Italian empire. Mussolini was intent on revising the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles and was very keen to show off Italy’s power. He felt that Italy had been
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disfranchisement‚ and police brutality. In the late 1960s‚ the Chicano movement brought the mass walkouts by high school students in Denver and East Los Angeles in 1968 and the Chicano Moratorium in Los Angeles in 1970. An important civil rights activist was Cesar Chavez. Influenced by leaders such as Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Chavez wished to help migrant field workers of California in a peaceful manner. He created a union of migrant farm workers‚ the National Farm Workers Association‚ to
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1. States participate in various sorts of conferences. Evaluate conferences as a tool of international diplomacy. The role of conferences in international diplomacy have increased over the years‚ by gathering official representatives from various sates in order to engage in multilateral discussion. In order to resolve international conflicts‚ however conferences are not the most effective in doing so. Even though conference participants are for the most part official representatives of their respective
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What is a failure? Lack of success fragment. What is success? The accomplishment of one’s goal. Successful athletes have faced a controversy of difficulty in order to make it to the top. Their determination exposes them to more experience than the person that decided to give up at the first glance of difficulties. In the world of sports‚ dealing with loss cannot be avoided. An athlete can do one of two things‚ after experiencing a setback in sports;‚ they can either feel bad about themselves
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Faith and Diplomacy in a Modern World The human race has been struggling to find peace between religion and diplomacy for decades. The start of numerous wars was due to a misunderstanding between policy makers and religious figures. Religion is an emotional thing‚ something that happens with compassion and understanding and traditions‚ people will take disrespect of a religion as a personal offence. Diplomacy is something that uses rules and regulations to control and order. This is why the
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They represented a departure from medieval views by emphasizing individual talent and curiosity. This individualism was a major shift from the communal ideals valued within the guilds during the Middle Ages. Guilds were professional associations devoted to protecting the special interests of a particular trade or craft and were established to monopolize production and
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Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the South Republic of Korea are heavily armed‚ the situation is potentially explosive. Since the 1953 armistice a series of diplomatic efforts had been launched to pacify such situation. Promising progress was seen in the 90s‚ thanks to the initiative of Clinton’s administration. The 911 incident deals a serious blow to these efforts and DPRK were
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