Boris Yeltsin

After the Cold War, the American alliance with Russia seemed strong. Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin had forged a close bond, and following 9/11 Russian President Vladimir Putin had grounded his air force out of sympathy for the tragedy. Americans no longer viewed Russia as purely an enemy. However, this outlook on Russia changed during the Obama…

The table above lists the characteristics of each country during the time each of these oil spills took place. While understanding the characteristics of these countries during the oil spills was important, understanding how each of these characteristics affected the response differently, was the goal of this research project. The rest of this section is served to look at each of the how each of the four independent variable (Democracy, GDP, Institutional Gridlock, and Corruption) influenced the…

A space is an area that is free from buildings, cultures, societies and human interactions. A place is when humans through the process of spatiality, build structures, cultures and societies on a space. Spatiality is the process in which human spaces become places. Human spaces and places have changed over time due to political reasons, such as war; social reasons, such as migration for a better quality of life; economic reasons, such as better paying jobs; or ever environmental reasons, such as…

“It was a such pretty day that day, it was a really picture perfect sky, blue skies, the marathon feeling is that everybody is really upbeat and excited,” said Melinda Arredondo, when describing the 117th Boston Marathon on April 15th of 2013. Carlos and Melinda Arredondo stood at the finish line of the marathon with 400 small American flags to hand out to finished runners in honor of their two sons, Alex and Brian, who had passed away. Alex Arredondo was killed in a sniper attack in Iraq at 20…

-The aftermath of the Cold War was a recent and a very important period of time in history for the development of the countries. In this period of time the political relationships of the countries in the world were not having their best confidence moment at all. A lot of spying was going on during those years. The two biggest powers( U.S.A and the Soviet Union) were having that information battle that we cannot know a lot more about it. The aftermath of this war determined the stability…

There are many topics out there to choose from. Sex trafficking in Thailand, AIDS in Africa, or the African Food Crisis of 2011. (globalissues.org) The topic chosen is one that isn’t just happening in Russia. It happens all over the world. The topic is “Human Rights - LGBT” and the paper will focus on Russia. History and Demography With a population of 142.470.272, Russia is a huge country. Out of all the people in Russia only 29.918.757 people believe that homsexuality is an orientation that…

Introduction The Soviet Union, or the USSR, has had its fair share of leaders since its conception on November 7th, 1927. Throughout the Cold War alone there was a total of seven leaders. Arguably, one of the most famous of the seven leaders was Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbachev was the last head of the USSR, and many believe he was to blame for its ultimate downfall and the eventual dissolution of the Soviet Union. There are a variety of viewpoints when it comes to the leadership of Gorbachev. Two…

Throughout the semester we have been taught nothing more than Transcendentalism and about how Chris McCandless survived months on end until he ate the wrong thing one day. To me Transcendentalism means letting go of everything, such as technology, to go back into the nature or roots that our founding fathers had to endure. Chris McCandless before this semester meant nothing to me because I had never heard of him or even knew that someone had done something like this. I think that this…

1. Considering the period 1953 to 1991, analyze the problems within the Soviet Union that contributed to the eventual collapse of the Soviet system. Starting in 1953 the downfall of the Soviet Union began with the death of Joseph Stalin, dictator of Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953. Stalin started his leadership as Communist leader, but over time turned the Soviet government into a dictatorship. After his death, Communist Party leaders did not know what to do with the government which created…

“We Win, They Lose”: How Reagan’s Foreign Policy Brought Down the Soviet Union The 1980s was a pivotal era in world history. After decades of America’s failed containment policies which strengthened and helped spread Communism across the globe, a change in direction was desperately needed. Ronald Reagan fundamentally shifted American foreign policy as president, which in turn, greatly influenced the collapse of the “evil empire” by the early nineties. Although the Reagan Administration did…