... ; they are strongly subjective and opinion-based. What are the reasons of the collapse of an established political system - the base of the Soviet "Empire", which has managed to stay at the top for more than five decades, outlived the Second World War, and ... and protests do not necessary denote the end of the Communist Regime, nor the will of a new policy. People remained loyal to socialism, despite its imperfections. Yes, an economic reform was essential, a more liberal and free-market as well, even a greater freedom regarding the populace's private life, ... their beliefs and commi...

• Word Count: 1300
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• Grade Level: Graduate

... of reports and official documents on foreigners and foreigner policy in the GDR from 1949-1990 with a critical focus on the aspect of hostility to foreigners. It contains several chapters on anti-foreignism and devotes an extra chapter to the GDR. Its major value lies in giving new perspectives on anti-foreignism in Germany, a situation which was often unexamined and overlooked, and reflect ... analysis, it is obvious, that the state couldn't justify the agreements with economic motivations alone, because this would have put the whole regime in an unflattering light, so they had to find...

• Word Count: 1950
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

... up his opinion and present a clear case without discussing the situation at a complete slant, which I think shows how qualified he was to influence American foreign policy because he had every right to speak about things subjectively because he was such an authority and had good insight due to his ability to look at the situation from every perspective, not just the American perspective. I believe Kennan attempting ... in the immediate sense, whereas today we have a situation before us which, I am frank to admit, seems to me dangerous and problematical in the extreme." I believe Kennan ...

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... the principle of several countries guaranteeing the security of each other, against the attack from another. A more accurate definition for security study purposes can define Collective Defence as "an agreement between two or more states to work together on mutual security issues." A "Region" for our purposes can be simply defined "as a set of states, which are located in geographical proximity ... /arrangements can be either formal or informal agreements/arrangements. Formal agreements may involve the states concerned signing treaties whereby signatories agree to provide military force i...

• Word Count: 1681
• Approx Pages: 7
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... themselves in the postwar period was almost inconceivable," and this rested on "pervasive American assumptions of Vietnamese subservience and susceptibility to external control," (Bradley 89, 93). Mecklin proves this to be the case when he states how these beliefs were reaffirmed when the Americans had arrived there, since "among most of the ten million people of rural South Vietnam, ... (Mecklin 4). What we can surmise from this was that sympathy for the Vietnamese people was secondary – if not a means to an end -- to global strategic considerations at the time, to which Mecklin...

• Word Count: 849
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... interest in the Persian oilfields and encouraged separatist movements in the Northern provinces of Kurdistan and Azerbujian. The US hence viewed these actions taken by the USSR as an attempt by Stalin to create a sphere of influence on the USSR's southern perimeter. When the Soviets did not observe the deadline of March 1946 for the withdrawal of their troops from Iran, the ... further in Europe and threaten the security and democratic ideology of the US. Hence, seeing how Soviet actions which constituted aggression had directly challenged the US and caused the US to immediately take th...

• Word Count: 2144
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Graduate