East Germany

Based in a divided Germany, Alec Leamas, the main character, is a British secret agent who becomes a double agent to try and undermine the head of the Communist intelligence agency in East Germany. Everything is going smoothly until Leamas discovers himself before a person that will do everything in their power to bring him to the light as a British spy. The story begins with Leamas as the head of the British Intelligence in West Germany, who checks and inspects the spy missions in East Berlin.…

Introduction In 1914, the world was divided by power and who held it. In the Middle East that was the Ottoman Empire. An empire that expanded that ruled from Turkey and held control along the Arabian Peninsula. This region was as complicated as the western front with a multitude of players on a single field, with Germany, France, Britain, and the Arab tribes all vying for power and influence. Germany combined with the Ottoman Empire and the allies of Britain and France backing their support for…

do not follow their faith. The threat of ISIS has made many refugees flee north to Europe. The whole middle east has been affected by the migration. Many countries are suffering from a migrant problem (1). The refugees are not only from Syria, but other countries as well, such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Eritrea. The ISIS terrorist group is spreading throughout the middle east, causing the mass exodus. The number of refugees in Syria is nearly 60 million as of fall 2016, surpassing…

Halana Kaleel SOC 366 17 October 2014 Uganda Early Uganda and Colonization by Britain Before Uganda was colonialized in the late 1800’s, the area of Uganda was a variety of different ethnic and religious groups. However, the Bugandans who live in the southern part of present day Uganda were the largest. The northern part of present day Uganda was Sudanic and Nilotic tribes, and there was strain between the north and south. Uganda is on the great lakes of central Africa, and located on the…

caused internal strife while external factors such as aligning with Germany during World War I and the desire to become “modern” and join the global economy. These elements lead to the Ottoman empire being split apart into various countries or regions that would in some way under the control of the British or French. One of the starting factors that influenced the decline of the Ottoman empire was European commerce entering the Middle East to an extraordinary degree (C&B 54). This caused cheap…

In chapter ten of Gelvin’s The Modern Middle East, the state building process after World War One was discussed. This chapter focused on the states that were created by the decree of Great Britain and France. Gelvin focuses on the states that were created in the Levant and Mesopotamia. The states created are present-day Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, and Iraq. The process in which these states were constructed was by the mandated power of Great Britain and France, and they were…

The Conflict of Land in the Middle East Ever since 1300 CE, land has been an issue in the Middle East because of recurring fighting. The partitioning of the Ottoman Empire caused conflict because of the separation of religious and ethnic groups. Correspondingly, Israel has been fighting for their rights against Palestinians. Altogether, the Middle East has experienced a very disastrous history full of fights and war. The Middle East, a highly diverse and controversial region, comprises of a…

of June 1963 in the west of Berlin. The Belin Wall was built in 1961 and divided Berlin in East and West Berlin. The east of Berlin and also the east of Europe, was controlled by the soviet Union and the west of Berlin was controlled by the Allies. The Soviet-union built the Berlin Wall to prevent people from the east to move to the west of Europe. Before the Berlin Wall many people moved away from the east, because the circumstances were better in the west. Though in the speech Kennedy doesn’t…

Airbus Group (formerly EADS) is one of the world’s leading Aerospace and Defence corporations. Born from the merger, on July 2000, of the French company Aerospatiale Matra, its German competitor DASA and its Spanish pair CASA, the group has managed to develop a strong expertise in a large range of complementary businesses, such as commercial aircraft, military and defence equipment, helicopters, communication systems, missiles, satellites and related services. Reorganised in January 2014, the…

trade and economic coalition(paragraph 9 lines 7-8). It is very similar to the EU however, communist would rather Moldova join this organization (paragraph 9 lines 6-7). They are contentious because in 2004 as well as in 2007, 10 former Central an East European communist nations joined the EU (paragraph 7 lines 1-2). 2.…