Crimea

The historian would ask specific, ideographic questions, while the IR scholars would ask general, nomothetic questions. For example, the historian could ask, ‘Did Russia’s desire to regain Crimea as part of the Motherland, drive their decision to annex Crimea?’, while the IR scholar would ask a much broader question, such as, ‘Does the a state’s desire to regain land that once was once part of a state, drive a state’s decision to annex the land?’. By knowing the distinction…

Thesis: Mary Seacole has an enormous amount of impact on the advancement of public health by rising above oppression, discrimination and prejudices faced during her lifetime because of the color of her skin and her sexuality, and thus opening the door for ethnic minorities in nursing (spartacus-educational.com, 2003). II. Mary Seacole A. Early years and Education – Mary Grant Seacole was born in 1805, in Kingston, Jamaica, to a local and a Scottish naval officer, and was affectionately known to…

In August 6th, 1956, I danced with Manuel in the dance organized in my village, at an orange grove that was placed near the public washing place. The walls had recently been whitewashed and the moon corroborated that whiteness. It seemed day to me, I swear it seemed day. The stars were placed by our waist, they were so many that started tickling us, wrapping us. I danced with Manuel as I was dancing with the eternity. I remember quite better his hot breathing in my neck than his awkward words he…

The Black Death, as it was most commonly called, was renowned as the most devastating pandemic to have even swept over the Eastern Hemisphere during the fourteenth century. It was the cause of over tens of millions of deaths throughout Europe and Asia and went by many names, including the “Great Mortality,” and “Universal Plague.” The widespread plague originated in Central Asia and was most likely variants of the bubonic and pneumonic plagues. The bubonic plague, which was the most common…

Florence Nightingale volunteered to take care of injured soldiers as a nurse during the Crimean War. She analysed the difficult conditions to help reorganise the service of nursing and the treatment of patients. Florence was born on May 21, 1820. She was raised in a wealthy family and her father educated her at home. She dreamt of working for others, mainly she wanted to become a nurse. Her parents did not agree with that, but despite her parents' disapproval, she continued and trained to be a…

convey his wariness of Trump and the future that would likely occur if he were to be elected as president during the upcoming election. He alludes to Putin and how he attempted to distract from his “economic mismanagement and illegitimacy” by seizing Crimea and burning massive amounts of foreign food imports. He also discusses China’s Securities Finance Corporation that spent the equivalent of twenty-nine billion U.S. dollars, from their government budget to stabilize their economy. The tone he…

In 2009, as Russia was trying to emerge from recession, few would have predicted that five years later Russian soldiers would be making moves into Ukraine following the annexation of Crimea. The Cold War was history, as our President reminded in 2012 when he told Mitt Romney the 80’s were calling to ask for their foreign policy back. A few exceptions stand out. Author Tom Clancy wrote about it in his final novel. On a more scientific level, geopolitical forecaster George Friedman who wrote in…

n the Russian classical music in the history, has the inestimable influence folk songs. The world famous Russian composer "powerful group" and Tchaikovsky had to folk music has a strong interest in. A major factor in these composers writing is the folk song. They learned from the folk song in his works, folk songs which music language acquired unique incomparable. People in the "powerful group" and a Tchaikovsky symphony and opera works according to their own fantasies created gained new…

After Waltz opened the door in the structural theory, other neorealists created theories to build on top of Waltz’s foundation. One in particular, John Mearsheimer, agreed with almost everything that Waltz said, except for his stance on security. In Waltz’s neorealism theory, he spoke about the security dilemma, and how that shapes a states foreign policy, and how they, in turn acts towards others. Mearsheimer offers the offensive realism theory, which is the opposite to the defensive theory…

Ever since Russia annexed Crimea (a peninsula in Europe) from Ukraine, there has been an on-going Russian-Ukranian conflict. Since April 2014, more than 6,500 people have died due to the atrocious and barbarous war. Ukraine, a country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia, is the location of the controversial battle. The conflict began due to Russian-originated Rebels wanting to establish a self-governing, autonomous government, non-dependent of the Ukranian one, led by Petro Poroshenko. The…