Crimea

their own time and in the past, and to consider how to create long lasting peace. Just war theory forms the basis of much of international law today, and still can be used to analyse modern day conflict, such as the Russian Federation’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. Just war theory in its most coherent form was first discussed by Saint Thomas Aquinas in the 14th Century, and has gone on to be analysed and debated by many scholars since. A more contemporary analyst of just war theory, Michael…

attributes and ideologies of a state’s leader affect foreign policy and their decisions in contrast to systemic or domestic factors. In Daniel Treisman’s Why Putin Took Crimea he argues from the individual level of analysis. While Treisman acknowledges that some systemic factors may have influenced Putin’s decision to annex Crimea, he argues that it is best explained by understanding Vladimir Putin’s personal beliefs. Treisman’s syntax and focus on Putin’s reasoning throughout the writing…

sovereign nation in the name of “protecting its legitimate security interests” (Daly 2014). Russia claims that they had a legitimate claim to Crimea, over NATO, and that they’re nation’s “behavior towards Ukraine is actually a reasonable response to Western attempts to wrest Ukraine from Russia’s sphere of influence” (Motyl 2015). The annexation of Crimea by the Russian federation along with their subsequent strengthening of the black sea fleet was purely a way for Russia to further increase…

liberties and were in no way diverse. Because of this, Americans felt it was imperative for the United States to prevent the spread of communism, for it threatened their idea of freedom and the “free society”. 3. Do you think Russia 's movements in Crimea and Syria reflect a 'new cold war”? Are you concerned at all about what will happen in the near future with our relationship with…

There are many counties with many different forms of government. Although, what is widely considered to be the best form of government is democracy, it allows citizens to have a variety of rights and freedoms while putting constraints on the government’s power. Authoritarian regimes on the other hand are widely considered to be awful forms of government. Authoritarian regimes have centralized leadership without any real checks on power and suppression of civil liberties. This begs the…

Nightingale, with her remarkable impact on the soldiers of Crimea and the hospital, was embraced by the public as a hero. Her reputation among the communities were so great that she became the Founder of Nursing, and the Queen bestowed an engraved brooch known as the “Night Angel Jewel” and the government awarded…

the US Congress also sent 1 billion US $ in order to arrange reforms and organize elections in Ukraine. Moreover, the US began to maintain NATO expansion in the Eastern Europe. According to NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the joining Crimea to Russia was a “wake-up call” for the NATO and other European establishments (Rywkin 2014). However, some republicans and democrats criticize Barack Obama actions towards Ukraine, recalling the Afghanistan and Iraq…

then sent back to Britain. The work of Roger Fenton can presented as realistic as his work was like a documentary because he was “telling it how it was” (source 4). This means that by using real pictures of real soldiers who were fighting in the Crimea, Fenton provided primary evidence to the British public. As it was primary evidence it had not been manipulated by others’ accounts or recollections and was an accurate representation of the war by this means, thereby defining…

Florence Nightingale, a pioneer nurse, went against her parents and her upbring, by becoming a nurse and going to war, and this decision had changed the way of nursing. She has done so many amazing things to nursing. Nightingale was born into a pretty wealthy family. Her father was a wealthy landowner, who had inherited two estates. Her father had raised her and her two sisters, on one of the family estates her that he had inherited. Her mother had come from a family of merchants and had a…

2. Cold War II: IS IT POSSIBLE? The confrontation between the European Union and the United States with Russia over current events in Ukraine, cooperation against international terrorism, agreement to Syria’s chemical weapons, cooperation in the Middle East and Afghanistan and Russia’s closer partnership with China have begun to produce gossips of renewal of the Cold War with exchanges of sharp accusations, the statement of economic sanctions, and-most dangerous-military race that would put both…