Crimea

With the annexation of the Crimea, Russia claimed that the majority of Ukraine were unhappy and thus pro-Russian. However, with a rigged public vote and the institution of a new pro-Russian Prime Minister Sergei Aksenov, the West looked on with suspicion. In response, heavy sanctions…

What you can learn from John Stuart Mill’s Essay on Non-Intervention? Ethics of military intervention. The argument of Joan Stuart Mill and its relevance today. A small essay called “A few words on non-intervention” was published in the conservative magazine “Fraser Journal” in 1859. This essay written by John Stuart Mill was destined to have a significant impact on the liberal approach to the philosophy of war. Moreover, the work has directly affected the development of the discussion on…

Purpose. To recommend the UN Secretary-General promote and create stronger engagement with BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) on ensuring a sustainable future for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine. Background. Since its inception in 2001 and international acceptance in 2005, R2P has increasingly been derided by many as a Western-centric, Occidentalist doctrine ill-suited to the realities of the developing world. Critics sensed colonialist undertones and worried about…

Truth about War Photography War Photography has been around for year and years and there's always been questions about their representation of the truth. There has always been a partiality of the representation but some want to know does photography shows the wars up close and personal or they might say what’s the purpose of war photography. Some people believe that the purpose of war photography Is that it has shifted throughout the years. During the earlier years of war photography the photos…

II was massive, the humiliation and shock he felt in regards to the Russian military 's incapability and as truly a wake up to just what the government needed to do in order for Russia to both modernise and industrialise. The embarrassing loss in Crimea and the true nature of Russia 's backwardness genuinely portrayed just how crucial reform was, especially for Russia 's military. Alexander II was desperate to catch up to the west and regain their previous military reputation, the introduction…

The end of World War II left the US, Britain, Russia, and the rest of the Allied Powers to decide the fate of Germany and Japan. Reaching consensus among the Allies was not an easy task. The US and Britain had extremely different ideological values from the USSR, which would prove disadvantageous in the nations’ hopes for maintaining positive relations. Without a common goal to defeat Germany, the US and the USSR began to clash. Within only a few years of the completion of World War II, the Cold…

in dumbfoundment when the chaos never ceases! But certainly we don’t even have to reach back into the history books to find examples that support this author’s point. Several years ago, Russia targeted the strategic territory of Ukraine to seize Crimea because Putin needed a warm water port. Sadly, this action cost many lives. I am convinced that…

The Ottoman Empire, was an empire created by some Turkish Tribes at the end of the 13th Century, in the North-Western Anatolia. The Ottomans were known as warriors for the faith of Islam, who were inspired and sustained by Islam and Islamic Institutions. The Ottomans most successful period was between the 16th and 17th centuries. During this period, the Ottoman Empire expanded out over three continents. This covers what we know today as Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia,…

The Industrial Revolution of the late 18th and early 19th century marks the transitions from an agricultural based society to an industrial nation. It boosted humankind's capacity to be productive, allowing the products we made and the things we used- whether for travel, items of clothing, and many more - to be made better and more efficiently. This revolution was not just impacting in it’s spread of new machines and technology, factories and air pollutions. It changed how people lived, and the…

U,S History This year in Mr.Koch class we have been learning how to use critical learning and system thinking. Also cause and effect in Mr.koch class for example in world war 1 we had use critical thinking to see how the U,S got involved in World War 1. The first reason was that the U,S loaned money to Great Britain and France. The second reason is lusitania the ship that killed innocent people and it had cargo in the ship sunk by a german submarine. Third was german submarines would sink any…