... of Japan and the US balancing Russian military power, today Japan and the US act to balance Chinese military power. I will elaborate on this issue later, in my discussion of the Japan-US-China triangle. Democracy and prosperity, two traditional goals are back on the US agenda after the disappearance of the Soviet threat. Yet for the US, like for the others ... constituting the cornerstone of its foreign policy; Japan's policy of "expanding equilibrium." Today's US-Japan-China triangle also reveals Japan's increasingly independent stance from the US, the US's stress on democracy and huma...

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... constitution which is placed to persuade Americans that they are exceptional. Interestingly the first scholarly mention of the term American exceptionalism actually comes from a man called Max Lerner in his book titled "America as a Civilization".13 He mentions that one of the main institutions that is singled out as the root of American exceptionalism, is the constitution. He wrote; ... the Truman Doctrine completed the transition. John Fousek believes the doctrine "tapped into the existing fusion of universalist and nationalist values that already shaped much public discourse concern...

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... was still the Union of Soviet and Socialist Republics, it was one of the greatest superpowers in the world. At that time, the USSR and the United States of America were the sole players in the bi-polar world stage. However this all changed after the cold war ended and the ... if they give Chechnya independence the current government will lose most of the hard-line support it gets from conservative reactionaries after it succeeded in adopting policies that satisfy both sides of the political spectrum. All hardliners have strict thoughts about keeping all of Russia intact and even try ......

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... the Soviet Union. Because of the growing fad of communism and the USSR attempting to spread it across Europe to get closer to the US, America initiated their containment policy that was in the name of democracy in liberalist eyes but was really them just ensuring their hegemon. The containment policy was meant to expand the newly formed NATO and block the Soviet advancement ... opinion. Promoting democracy in European countries is an idealistic form of liberalism but it also portrays offensive realism. Keeping those countries a democracy and an ally to the US prevented the USSR from gai...

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... to prove this by argue that why political problems are essentially practical and require pragmatic solutions. Success and failure of political ideology and ideological, material limitation of consumerism in democracy will be main element of my argument. Firstly, why political problem needs pragmatic solution to be solved. I am going to analyse with making examples about success of ... , German, Italy, Spain and Russia were competing each other, then finally 2 possible outcome showed up, U.S and France. Particularly, Europe companies are actively challenging America's military industry. Ma...

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... the U.S.S.R began near the end of World War I. The Bolsheviks (later communists), led by Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the existing Russian government. The socialist Bolshevik regime believed in all men being equal, although democracy certainly wasn't part of their intentions. The western powers looked on with horror at the Bolshevik Revolution. Winston Churchill, British secretary of state for war wrote that, ... that dictators must be faced and stopped, by force if necessary. Roosevelt had worked out America's aims during the war in the "Atlantic Charter". These included a United Nations ...

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... the U.S.S.R began near the end of World War I. The Bolsheviks (later communists), led by Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the existing Russian government. The socialist Bolshevik regime believed in all men being equal, although democracy certainly wasn't part of their intentions. The western powers looked on with horror at the Bolshevik Revolution. Winston Churchill, British secretary of state for war wrote that, ... that dictators must be faced and stopped, by force if necessary. Roosevelt had worked out America's aims during the war in the "Atlantic Charter". These included a United Nations ...

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... that the citizens must be equal before the law. Okay, this doesn't even exist here in the United States; it is no longer a great, big secret that money influences the law. Obviously the oligarchs in Russia are a little more taken care of than a Russian cab driver. Here in America our politicians and wealthy citizens are favored more. The final idea, and most important, is ... that the government exists to serve the people; it derives its power from the people. Once again by allowing elections they are leaning in this direction, but they are not all the way there. These are the ideas of ...

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... on September 11, 2001 are both events that pulled our nation together. These events though different created a strong sense of patriotism. The 1980 victory in Olympic hockey was a much-needed kick-start to our nations feeling of strength in democracy. The underdog hockey team made up of u.s. college kids was up against a professional soviet team. The goal of the nation seemed not to ... get embarrassed in the Olympics. No one thought these kids would pull off the impossible .win the gold. When the team beat the unbeatable Soviets, the ... an amazing display of patriotism, love for our ...

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... businesses and an Evil dictator. It was not until the early 1990s when the U.S.S.R. fell that people began to talk more about Communism, and even now it is still hidden in a shadow of the unknown. Communism vs. Democracy, the greatest psychological war the human race has ever faced (almost bringing the species to extinction), and it gets less than 50 pages ... Communist ideas of the government ownership of business while having the democratic ideals of checks and balances with the people voting for officials. Also, let's not forget the flaws of Democracy (and the Republics such as the U...

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... immediate years following the war, was the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the successful formation of a Communist or Socialist state in Russia. The creation of the Soviet Union and its communist government led to a fear in the U.S. that communism could spread in America and the U.S. government would be overthrown just as the Russian government and its Tsar (the Russian King) had been replaced (Tsar ... basic freedoms of speech, the press, religion, the right to assembly and petition the government must be maintained if we are to remain a democracy and a free society. The Red Scare under...

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... constitution. But what is clear is the unsatisfactory ability of a constitution to remedy the problems of nationalism and ethnic differences. Preuss notes that when the constitutional state gained favor in North America, it was founded on the principle of the unitary state; it was not designed to address the lack of national identity which is found throughout Europe - and which is ... Soviet Union. According to theories of modernization, the higher the levels of socioeconomic achievement, the greater the pressure for open competition and, ultimately, democracy. As such, the nations in Ea...

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... Kennedy looked very foolish. Kennedy's image around the world left people wondering if he was strong enough to be president. This outcome also meant that Cuba's hopes for democracy were demolished. The fact became more and more clear that Castro was following the role of a dictator. Needless to say that United States relationships with Cuba was becoming very small. ... take action". However, there were a lot of things for the president to consider. Soviet Military presence in a region regarded as the United States backyard would have huge impacts and fears would go up in the United Sta...

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The Stop of the Iron Curtain After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union certainly had different goals and aims. America wanted to spread democracy and capitalism while finding places to trade with in the open market. At the same time, the Soviet Union looked to spread communism and secure its borders to prevent any future invasions. The ... attitude that all communist movements were hostile to the interests of the United States and its allies and the anti-communist effort in Vietnam was part of the struggle of the "Free World" against global communist expansion. Communist's s...

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... -speed world of today. Globalization improves the quality of life for citizens living in poverty-stricken regions of the world. When large, multinational corporations such as Dell Computers, British Airways, and America Online are in search of quality labor at a low cost, workers can be found in developing third world countries. The wages paid to overseas employees encompass a greater ... value than what appears on a paycheck: "The AOL subsidiary in the Philippines paid its workers in 1999 about $5.50 a day, the [Far Eastern Economic ... tends to lead to more pluralism and political libe...

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Truman's presidential style definitely contributed to the Cold War. He was much more outwardly aggressive in showing his dislike and distrust of the Soviets than Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Truman believed Roosevelt was too soft with ... of the Cold War. After the war, disputes between the Soviet Union and the American democracy (due to the Soviets not fulfilling America's expectations), particularly over the Soviet takeover of East European states, led Winston Churchill to warn in 1946 that an "iron curtain" was descending through the middle of Europe. American's expectations ... of the occu...

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... the it appeared that Stalin was attempting to spread communism to Turkey, Greece, and China. The United States quickly passed the Truman Doctrine in an attempt to stop the spread of communism throughout Europe and Asia because the U.S. government thought that the expansion of the Soviet Union ... was a direct threat to the world's developing nations. In 1949, Truman approved almost $400 million in development programs in African, Asia, and Latin America. This was an attempt by the United States to strengthen the economies of developing nations in order to ensure that communism did not spr...

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... more American lives after the losses of WW1. The Republicans wanted to return to Isolationism - being an independent country and not involving itself in other countries affairs. America also strongly disagreed with the Treaty of Versailles. Many Germans lived in America and Americans felt it was far too harsh. One of the Leagues aims was to uphold the Treaty of Versailles which made some ... 's economic infrastructure was devastated. The soviets forced to ally with US resented the U.S. for it. 4) The soviet government in theory had all of the state power in the hands of the workers, or t...

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... to deal with the smaller issues that may eventually lead to war. The United Nations does what it can to keep its set priorities of peace, development, and democracy. It has been important in the past for various reasons. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is arguably the U.N.'s most monumental achievement, has gained prominence as a universally-recognized set of norms and ... , expression, culture, and the freedom from prejudice and discrimination. This Declaration of Human Rights is essential to the sustainable achievement of the three agreed global objectives of peace, de...

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... them of all the great things had by creating the communistic equal share to everyone. President Eisenhower recognizes the great living standards that Americans now possessed and lists them in a press conference in 1954. He also understands that they fear losing these possessions, so he addresses this fear by building huge projects which would make the rich richer, create more jobs ... freedoms which the bill of rights gives. They loved the power by the people and the free world. They would hate to come under the suppression of communism. To preserve democracy and to relieve tensions, Ei...

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... more immediate Soviet threats. The lack of attention by the U.S. to the pressing social. political and economic problems in Latin America would prove costly to the U.S. The cost would come in the form of new political views emerging to deal with the problems at hand. The U.S. would come to pay ... at the National Military Academy of Guatemala. He later joined a group of leftist army officers that overthrew the Guatemalan dictator Jorge Ubico in 1944. In March 1951 he succeeded to the presidency, supported by the army and the left-wing political parties, including the Guatemalan Communis...

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... Russians cannot be trusted and that they "cannot afford any more compromises, we will have to stand at every point- (Niebuhr). Thus, this resulted in the extensive use of Propaganda and ideology to justify its actions. America began a series of tasks by making use of Propaganda by funding Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty to broadcast throughout Western and Eastern Europe. This ... extreme methods to Contain Soviet Influence' (Le Fever). When the Berlin Crisis erupted in 1948, America risked war to protect its ideology. Berlin was divided into four separate occupation zones, though it...

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... all along. Had America chosen to emerge from the Cold War using its hegemonic power to champion ethics above interests' in its foreign policy, the long-term interests of the nation may have actually benefited from such a weak' and unrealistic' stance. The U.S. could have become an enabler to the developing world, a defender above reproach in the campaign for human rights and democracy, and leader ... have provided a unique opportunity to present to the American public the need for sacrifice if they truly desired security. The belief that America can continue to live off the riches explo...

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... the purpose of dividing land up was to control Germany until a new government could be instated. West Germany became a surprisingly stable western democracy. However, East Germany was established as a Stalin-style communist state. The East German government was formed into a centralized and dictatorial regime. ... States, Finland, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Albania and Romania. With Communist governments established throughout Eastern Europe, Stalin gradually tightened his control in each country. The secret police imprisoned anyone who opposed Communist rule, or might o...

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... out of the building. I think this was a giant step for the United States as a whole. These protests that the students organized, showed America and its citizens how to stand up for what they believe in. This was a critical time in America were civil rights were being violated and a lot of people were not getting treated fairly. I honestly believe that these students help spark a fire ... planned to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro. The Cuban army easily defeated the rebels and by April 20, most were either killed or captured. A) The invasion provoked anti-U.S. demonstrations in La...

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