... Yugoslavia. It is a small country with an area of 20,251 square kilometers and with population of less than 2 million. As Niigata prefecture where I live has an area of 12,500 square meters and population of 2 million and a half, Slovenia is smaller than our prefecture in terms of population. After the breakup of the Federation and the transition to a market economy Slovene economy experienced ... a depression for a while, but since 1993 it has been steadily developing. In 1998 the per capita GDP was US$ 9,899. If we view ... . It is necessary to take adequate preferential treatments of...

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... . State control was lo! osened and individual initiative encouraged. He expanded the authority of the Soviet presidency and transferred power from the Communist party to popularly elected legislatures in the union republics. In international affairs, he withdrew Soviet troops from Afghanistan, normalized relations with China, signed a series of arms control agreements with U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush. During ... which ended any attempts to preserve the USSR. He moved to end state control of the economy, privatized most industries and among other things outlawed the Comm...

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... groups. Roman and Uniate Catholics, as well as Lutherans are present outside the Russian republic, yet there are few followers. Being Jewish in Russia is considered a nationality rather than a religion. The Jewish population in the former USSR has been steadily decreasing since late 1980`s, when immigration to Israel and other countries has first been allowed. Before the ... research infrastructure. For years, technological institutions and universities have produced technology for the military. Secondly, although Russia has a large uneducated rural population, there is a highly educat...

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... blackmail to achieve their own selfish goals of regional policy. Currently, the presence of US and Russian nuclear weapons predetermines saving concept of nuclear deterrence. As is known, June 17, 1992 was signed the Charter, which, inter alia, declared that the United States and Russia "do not consider each other as enemies and develop a relationship of partnership and friendship." Essence, Specificity ... , the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Afghan war, and others.); conducting a massive "psychological war", whose aim was to promote their own ideology and way of life, as well as discredi...

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... erosion during the sixteen years of then cold war, and particularly during the five years following 1956, the crucial year, perhaps the turning point. In 1945 the United States was the undisputed and the indisputable leader of the free world. By 1961 this leadership may have been still undisputed but it ... acts which deprived Cuba of the right to trade with the U.S. Subsidiaries These acts being the Cuba democracy act of 1992 and the Helms Burton act of 1996. President Clinton in his address on March 20th, 2000 issued a directive that would restore flights to Cuba. He allowed Cuban Amer...

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... . State control was lo! osened and individual initiative encouraged. He expanded the authority of the Soviet presidency and transferred power from the Communist party to popularly elected legislatures in the union republics. In international affairs, he withdrew Soviet troops from Afghanistan, normalized relations with China, signed a series of arms control agreements with U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush. During ... which ended any attempts to preserve the USSR. He moved to end state control of the economy, privatized most industries and among other things outlawed the Comm...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School