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The idea in an arms race is to control the actions of the opposition. This creates a very unusual way to strategize during near war times. The near war times referred to here are the years of the Cold War between the Untied States and the Soviet Union. Tensions were high between the two countries, from the time in 1945, when the Soviets blocked the Polish government-in-exile in London from becoming part of the Moscow-sponsored communist government (Norton, 2015.) The Soviets feared that the…

The European Union (EU) is a political-economic union of 28 member nation states which while retaining their independence have agreed to operate according to common policies framed by the Union pertaining to trade, regional development, agriculture, security etc. These laws and policies aims to create a single integrated market and ensure free movement of people, goods, capital and services within the market. 26 of the member states of the EU have also agreed to create the Schengen Area by the…

a little history of the of the European Union. Everything started in 1992 when EU nations signed the Treaty of Maastricht, which set steps to accomplish two goals: political union and the decision to replace each national currency with a single European currency, that until this days has eliminated different currencies as a trade barrier. According to the Treaty of Maastricht, countries had to meet certain criteria to be part of the European Monetary Union (EMU) such as the annual government…

1650 through the 1800 's was a time when educated westerners began to look to science and reason instead of religion for the improvement of humankind. This era is referred to as the Enlightenment. Beginning in the 1800 's many began to reject some of the major ideas that the Enlightenment entailed. Such as the idea of the individual, private property, human rights, human equality, and the idea of progress. With this came the "age of uncertainty" which reached it 's first high point with the…

The Korean War was an armed conflict spanning from June 1950 – July 1953 and involved two opposing sides, North Korea and South Korea. Each side was backed up by the Soviet Union and United States, respectively, and was part of the larger, long-term Cold War. The stage was set for a South Korean-U.S. victory with the allied forces pushing back the communists north of the 38th parallel and to the Yalu River in North Korea. However, victory could not be seized as the South Korean troops were met…

and Equal Pay, Not So Fair and Equal Labor Unions seem like a decaying memory; over the past few years, numbers of membership of unions have dropped to a low 11.1 percent in 2015, while membership in 1983 was at 20.1%. (“Union Members Summary”) The drop-in numbers seem to be related to economic issues like the recession in December of 2007(“By comparison”). Or could it be that workers are sick of equal pay for all employees? People that belong to unions, seem tired of going to work, doing their…

few months ago, news broke that Britain had decided to leave the European Union. Britain’s decision is now known as “Brexit”. There were many theories as to what was going to happen to the economy from Britain leaving the European Union. Now that a few months have passed, we can take a look at the overall outcome of the situation. We can also make guesses as to what will happen in the future. Britain leaving the European Union has had many effects on the European economy as well as the global…

next generation results are beginning to show. The end result is progressivism Communism was never anything other than a power grab by the elite, incorporating equality and utopia content as an inducement. This is progressivism, this is European Union progressivism in action and this is how it 's achieved, previously producing a 20th century Europe resembling a graveyard. Progressivism and its reliance on creating a utopia based on eugenics and racial theories is where Hitler got many of his…

Animal Sprits, written by George A Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller analyses the standard economic principles and reveals the disasters that account for human emotions. In the first part of the book, George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller says that there are five main animal sprits that have an impact on global economics. These five components of human psychology contradict the traditions of economic theory and explain the recent economic cycles. These include: confidence, fairness, corruption and…

Throughout Crime and Punishment (CP), the protagonist Raskolnikov battles with a variety of different philosophical beliefs and follows a somewhat unanticipated mental and emotional arc. Such beliefs that he embodies, like the coldness of Utilitarianism and the positivity of Christian faith, mirror the common beliefs of nineteenth century Russia and his reactions mirror how citizens of the time responded to the changes in societal beliefs. More specifically, the author of Crime and Punishment,…