Non-cooperation and Khilafat Movement During the First World War‚ the prices of various commodities rose‚ the conditions of the people worsened and the government extracted many dues from the people in the name of war efforts. This gave rise to resentment among the Indian people and there were several agitations against the government. To contain this‚ the government passed the Rowlatt Act in 1919 which authorized the government to arrest any person without warrant and to detain him/her without
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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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SAARC The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an organization of South Asian nations‚ founded in December 1985 and dedicated to economic‚ technological‚ social‚ and cultural development emphasizing collective self-reliance. Its seven founding members are Bangladesh‚ Bhutan‚ India‚ the Maldives‚ Nepal‚ Pakistan‚ and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan joined the organization in 2007. Meetings of heads of state are usually scheduled annually; meetings of foreign secretaries‚ twice annually
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CONTENT 1. What is microfinance? 2. NORAD’s principles and focus 3. Microfinance and Norwegian development cooperation 4. Principles for building pro-poor financial systems Annex 1: Microfinance and poverty reduction Annex 2: Microfinance market niches and approaches Annex 3: Background papers 1. What is microfinance? Microfinance can be defined as provision of a broad range of client-responsive financial services
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Jervis: Cooperation under the security dilemma This summary needs formatting (i.e. "wikification"). Can you help us improve it? (Formatting help.) Please volunteer. Jervis. 1978. Cooperation under the security dilemma. World Politics 30: 167-214. [mostly from handout] PUZZLE Anarchy and the security dilemma make cooperation seemingly impossible. Why would states cooperate anyway? Presumably‚ there must be some mechanism which allows states to bind themselves (and partners) not to "defect
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Overview of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation: Found in 1989‚ Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is one of the latest organizations that have been establishment mainly for the purpose of promoting and facilitating free trade in different countries belonging to the Asia-Pacific region. The organization that started with twelve members has been growing and demonstrating several benefits in different areas. The main goal or aim of the entity is to facilitate the economic growth of its member
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Alexander Clackson Word Count: 2900 What are the main obstacles to cooperation? The world we live in always seems to contain wars and conflicts. Just by looking back over 100 years‚ the history is filled with major wars like the two World Wars‚ the constant scare of escalation of threat during the Cold War and more recently The Afghan and Iraq War. Despite the fact that people always talk about the need for peace‚ the world is instead filled with fear and constant security threats. Since the First
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Module “Conflict Management” Facilitated by C-T. H. Bayer & B.T. Schernick Organized by FES YLDP Module on CONFLICT MANAGEMENT Table of Contents Training Approach .......................................................................................3 What is Conflict ?........................................................................................5 Five Basic Styles in Conflict Situations .................................................7 Different Behaviours in Conflict Handling
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Conflict: The Good‚ The Bad‚ and The Ugly Marrietta Forsyth‚ Stephanie Munoz‚ Derrick Samuels‚ and Allie Smead Gen 200 January 8‚ 2013 Thomas Snook Conflict: The Good‚ The Bad‚ and The Ugly In life‚ everyone must work with teams or other people at times to reach a common goal. One may need to work with one or two people in the co-parenting of a child or children‚ at work to complete a project‚ at school for an assignment or any other number of ways. As one can guess‚ when there is more
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The European Union POS 405 ( ASEAN & The EU ( Mirror Images of Cooperation? By: Bryan Noyes Ever since the Cold War‚ the leaders and foreign ministers of Southeast Asia knew they had to have a united front against the new-age threats to their existence. The ideal of combined interests in the region for peace and prosperity nearly collided at the same time as the transition of the European Economic Community 1973. ASEAN would experience the same trials and errors as the successful
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