... the per capita GDP was US$ 9,899. If we view the per capital GDP on purchasing power parity basis already in 1997 it corresponded to US$ 13,000, exceeding the level of Czech Republic. When I visited Slovenia in April 1991, that is, immediately before the Federation's breakup, I was skeptical about its independence on the ground that Slovene industries, which were competitive ... European markets. Nine years later, however, the performance of Slovene economy seems good in spite of the previous anticipation. What is the reason for its success? My research on Slovenia's strategy for surviv...

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... cause enough domestic division which would ultimately weaken Détente. Prior to Détente and the Nixon Administration, the American foreign policy that predominated during the Cold War was the strategy of containment. The Soviet and Chinese military expansion and international hegemony was cause of deep concern to American administrations. Balancing military power along with a willingness to use that power, ... Americans had developed. What emerged from the tumult was an atmosphere of intense nationalism (441). The traditional notion of containment through strength was now reemerging as ...

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... civil war in other European nations like Germany or France, where people wanted to bring about some sort change either on the political or the social level, the Spanish Civil war ran on those ideologies as well but it had very long lasting effects for a number of decades to come. A the ... (PSOE), and the General Confederation of Labor (CNT). All of these trade unions were pretty large in terms of their population size. From a general level, one can state that the war was basically between the upper and the lower classes in Spain at that era in time. There was a big political ... and ot...

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... meant the end of "atomic diplomacy". Under her mark in the next over half a century now by two countries - the United States and the Soviet Union carried out a military-political strategy based on the threat of use of nuclear weapons. It is worth noting that the "nuclear diplomacy" has not lost its relevance today, but due to the new challenges of ... . The arms race between the two countries actually did not give the possibility to other countries to join the fight for the equivalent development of nuclear technology at the appropriate level. The combination of economic opportunities an...

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... power with the lure of the same widespread power. (6) As a result of the government structures found in both systems, the intensification of power and control on the upper level necessarily translates into the usurpation of remaining personal freedoms during its expansion. (http://members.tripod.com/~GOPcapitalist/socialistmyth.html). Historical Evidences of the Failures of Communism The initial impression ... the globalization scenario. Globalization of markets carries with it an imminent threat of disrupting the cultures of traditional societies, implicitly promoting cultural hegemony ...

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... a means of boosting the economy of their hosts but not anymore as can be experienced with the trends in the contemporary refugee movement. The first conscious attempt at the international level to solving refugee problems started in 1921 when the first High Commissioner for Refugees was appointed by the League of Nations. The League of Nations itself was formed in the ... Organization (IRO) The International Refugee Organization came into in being 1946 after the crisis that rocked UNRRA. Before its demise, there had been series of heated argument about the repatriation strategy and prog...

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... wage differentials on the basis of piece work. A new managerial class emerged in Russia with better housing, special mess halls, vacation resorts, and restricted shops. In the new system top level managers and party officials were on the top of the pyramid; engineers, doctors, and foremen followed leaving clerks and common laborers above only from "slaves". Stalin re-introduced slavery to ... government of the United States and Great Britain at the Tehran Conference in 1943 and at the Yalta and Potsdam conferences in 1945 to decide the overall military and political strategy of the war ...

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... wage differentials on the basis of piece work. A new managerial class emerged in Russia with better housing, special mess halls, vacation resorts, and restricted shops. In the new system top level managers and party officials were on the top of the pyramid; engineers, doctors, and foremen followed leaving clerks and common laborers above only from "slaves". Stalin re-introduced slavery to ... government of the United States and Great Britain at the Tehran Conference in 1943 and at the Yalta and Potsdam conferences in 1945 to decide the overall military and political strategy of the war ...

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... and the USA would have no means of retaliation. The race for Kennedy was now to overcome the disadvantage of not having the ICBM but also to develop a second strike strategy. During the 1960's both Kennedy and Krushchev spent large sums of money to develop the capabilities of a second strike, the plan was to increase the numbers of nuclear warheads on ... side. As a result in 1963 the Superpowers installed a telephone "hotline" between Moscow and Washington so that problems could be discussed by leaders in the figure before they reached an unsuitable level. The implications on both side...

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