Decolonization

As stated by Anderson, S., Peterson, M., & Tops, S., “ Africa is perhaps the least understood continent in the world. Misperceptions about African civilization and peoples have abandoned since European traders, slavers, and imperialists came into greater contact with Africans in the sixteenth century.” Africa located in a very special region, i.e. between Americans Continents, Europe, Asia, and Australia continents. It is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the west, the Mediterranean Sea on the…

Vietnam, along narrow shaped country on the eastern coast of mainland Southeast Asia, has been through a long history of struggling with political situations, from Annam to Indochina to Vietnam. Small territory, small populace: it was able to manage to defend and defeat flows of enemies and struggles. Initially, there were always been struggles within the domestic spheres. Under the oppression of their own emperors, the empire was disjointed while also suffered frequent economic downturns, which…

Week 14 Summaries Chapter 2) This chapter begins by introducing international society which relate to systems or hierarchy that are dictated by similar guidelines. In addition, a ‘family of nations’ was introduced by European states to safeguard and bring about civilization. 36 *International society work by availing of juridical independence. Its key features include legal equality, protecting sovereignty and removing the threat by others in the state seeking legal authority. 37 *The…

The Impact of Colonization on Islam Islam is a religion that is deeply rooted in its value of tradition. This value became more important during the time of colonization, when Muslims were being forced to homogenize with Western values. Like many religions, Islam has faced the oppression from the colonization of Muslim states. The colonization has affected how Muslims practice their religion today, after Muslim countries gained their independence, and is included in the history of their religion…

The history of the Cold War is well-known to foreign policy analysis scholars, yet the United Nations’ role and its lost opportunities in the Cold War era remain largely undervalued, overlooked and misinterpreted. This paper attempts to sort out this missing puzzle and its current foreign policy implications. After the failure of the League of Nations, the foundation of the United Nations as a result of the conclusion of the WWII was the second brave political endeavour to unite nation states…

Roger Lewis’ book Imperialism at bay: the United States and the Decolonization of the British Empire, 1941 to 1945, Lewis threw majority of second section discuss the Atlantic Charter. He discusses that the Atlantic Charter was aimed to eliminate imperialism and promote self determination. One of the largest disagreements…

The 20th century was overshadowed by a sequence of events that indicated significant changes in world history as to redefine the era as a whole: World War I and World War II, nationalism and decolonization, nuclear power and space exploration, the Cold War and post-Cold War conflicts; intergovernmental organizations and cultural institutionalization through growth in emerging transportation and communications technology; world population growth and poverty reduction, first realization of…

Fortunately for the people of Sierra Leone, independence was won from the British without any form of violence during most of the 20th century. In 1951, a constitution was made which declared decolonization, undoing the domination of the British establishment in Sierra Leone (“Embassy of the United States Freetown, Sierra Leone” 1). Independence was granted to Sierra Leone on April 27, 1961 when the country became a constitutional monarchy. Sir Milton…

Valliéres work focuses on the struggle for freedom in Quebec in the context of decolonization battles around the world and the Black’s struggle in the United States of America. In terms of its importance to Quebec, Valliéres believes that Quebec has been oppressed because both Canada and the United States have exploited their work class…

to concessions the government significantly lacked control over exploration and production; IOCs were the owners as well as operators of the oilfields. This traditional arrangement had been taken over by a modern partnership-based system due to decolonization, the emergence of OPEC and the creation of the New International Economic Order (Smith et al., 2000; Likosky, 2009). This shift was unavoidable by host governments including Nigeria, who was financially at a disadvantage in the concession…