Over the next 25 years, the treaty was signed and ratified by all five Nuclear Weapons States. ... Those Depositary Nations are the Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. ... I seek to know how the United States has honored the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty since the current President took the oath of office. ... With regard to the five Nuclear Weapon States, China, France, Great Britain, Russia and the United States, an agreement is made not to transfer any nuclear weapons technology or control of any nuclear weapon...

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The single most important event since 1877 in United States history was the Manhattan Project, the project to create the Atomic Bomb. ... The project was highly classified and kept secret from all Americans except the President and a select few of inner circle scientists working on the bomb led by Robert Oppenheimer. ... " Robert Oppenheimer was the scientific director of the Manhattan Project and worked at a laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico. ... At the end of World War II, only the United States possessed the atomic bomb. ... The atomic bomb enabled the United States to dominate pos...

• Word Count: 1155
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In the article A Political Science Perspective on the Balance of Power and the Concert, the author Robert Jervis (1992:717) states, "The growth of a nation's power, if it becomes great enough to menace other strong states, will be at least partially self-defeating; the attempt to dominate the international system will call up a counter-balancing coalition that will restrain the state. ... "4 A bipolar global system is defined by two states or group of states sharing the global power. ... A multipolar world is defined by a power dived between three or more states. ... As Georges...

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That is, to prevent one state or a group of states from disrupting the status quo, through the use of violence. ... Others search for the domestic causes of war in the domestic structure of states. ... Robert Gilpin assesses the likelihood that changes in global politics might lead to what he terms hegemonic war. ... For the United States, freedom, democracy, and national independence are the most powerful forces in the world. ... At the end of World War II, the United States held a position of unparalleled pre-eminence in global politics. ...

• Word Count: 1946
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

While some may view it to be a necessary evil, such as author Robert P. ... Many believe that the bombs were unnecessary and that the United States most likely over looked other diplomatic options. ... Robert P. ... The most compelling argument presented was Robert P. ... Moreover, it is also considered essential in order to strengthen our stand in negotiations against the United States and Great Britain. ...

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However, when the United States offered a peace agreement based on "Unconditional Surrender," the Japanese refused this offer as no provisions had been made for their Emperor. ... Sigal states, " one point was clear to senior [United States] officials, regardless of where they stood on war termination the critical condition for Japanese surrender was the assurance that the throne would be preserved" (Alperovitz 31). ... The Japanese were completely cut off from the rest of the world, as Robert Butow said, " the scales of the war had been tipped so steeply against the Japanese that no counterw...

• Word Count: 3760
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate