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Furthermore, such combative action makes America appear more threatening to other countries. According to “balance of threat” realism, countries that view a great power as a threat have a much greater likelihood of engaging in balancing against that threat (Lecture/Waltz 2000). And even though no country currently occupies a position with which it could engage in hard balancing against the United States, other nations have already begun to use soft balancing techniques against the US. Soft…

Vietnam, which had a similar storyline as Korea. To fend off communist expansion, the US fought in Vietnam while the Soviet Union provided arms for the North Vietnamese. Once again, in the big picture, the fight was not between North and South Vietnam but rather between the US and Soviet Union. Afghanistan was also a strategic location in which the two major powers fought for the influence. While the US did not see value in expanding their influence to Afghanistan, they saw value in thwarting…

Brief History of Hezbollah & Motives From reference of the members of Hezbollah date, the formation of the group was founded in 1982. Even though, from the academic and professional would not actually consider to be an official thing until the mid-1980s. Additionally complicating the issues in the Middle East is the perception of Hezbollah. In one case from the western countries view point, it is viewed and listed as a terrorist organization, while counties like Syria view them to be valuable…

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 years. Russia exercised its veto power on the U.N. Security Council more often, annexed Crimea, and fomented rebellion in other parts of Eastern Ukraine. Russia seemed to be rearing its head as it had during the times of the Soviet Union, and Obama struggled to curb Putin’s hawkish actions. Two decades after the Cold War, animosity…

the room, the ground on which they lay upon— cold and wet. When it seems like there is no hope for survival, a faint light appears in the distance. The light that heals wounds and cares for the soldiers like no other— the light of “The Angel of the Crimea” (“Florence Nightingale” Bio) or popularly know as Florence Nightingale. Born into a rich British family, Nightingale strayed from her promising future of wealth and ease, and answered her calling by becoming a nurse. After her schooling, it…

The Big Three is a name that was given to the three major countries that attended the Yalta conference in 1945: the U.S, Russia, and Great Britain. These countries were represented by their leaders the U.S was represented by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Russia was represented by Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill represented Great Britain. Peace was restored and World War Two was brought to a successful end though the negotiations, disagreements, and compromises of these three men. Franklin Delano…

The atomic bomb was accredited with the end of World War II but that was not the only thing the atomic bomb should be recognized for. Many argue that the destruction caused by the atomic bomb was unjustifiable due to the sheer loss of life. But the use of the atomic bombs on Japan was justified as it shut the Soviet Union out of Japan and created nuclear deterrence that led to a relatively peaceful era. The relations between the Soviet Union and the United States were troubled since the Soviet…

Since its foundation in 1945, the United Nations (UN) has served as the centre of international diplomacy in the hope of ensuring world peace, protecting human rights, and providing humanitarian aid. Australia, being a key ally during World War II, was among the establishing nations and has played an active role in promoting UN interests. While the goals of the UN are noble from a moral perspective, the existence of a global authority has significant implications on national sovereignty, the…

In the later fifthteenth century, European exploration and discovery driven by a want to discover a sea route in the East resulted in a series of Portuguese voyages. Geographical findings by Europe brought several new assets such as land, wealth, precious metals, and new products like coffee and tobacco. Inopportunely, in an attempt to quickly use these resources to their advantage, conflict in Europe resulted in a domain which was split into commercial empires. In area such as France and…

The earliest American foreign policy successes formulated through the consistent turmoil that engrossed Europe. The historian Samuel Flagg Bemis even coined the phrase “Europe’s distresses led to America’s earliest diplomatic successes.” From the nation’s bloody revolution, to major expansions across the North American continent, major victories for the United States was an outcome of war torn European nations unable to preserve their power in the west and cunning American legislators that…