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After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as the two great powers, creating a bipolar international stage. After the end of the war, the realist interpretation reigned dominant among other international relations theories. In the 1970’s, the middle of the cold war, realist theory expanded, creating structural realism (neorealism). Though realist theory cannot be applied to explain everything that happens in international politics, it can very well be used to explain…

During most of the twentieth century, two World Wars, the Cold War, the rivalry of two Super Powers, the ‘ideologization’ of International Affairs and military confrontation have made diplomacy a subsidiary instrument of power politics and ideology. As a result, diplomacy has very often executed the "dance of death." The end of the Cold War has radically changed the international political scene. Moreover, today we are facing the shift of the civilizational paradigm, which affects not only the…

Communism and Capitalism are ideologies that had torn the world into two halves, steered by the United States of America (USA) and the United Soviet State of Russia (USSR). Both of these countries used mediums of propaganda to build up patriotic morale while creating a sense of panic, fear, distrust and hatred towards the opposing country. This division has come to be known as the Cold War. This essay will outline the various means of propaganda distribution, and some of the effects caused by…

Security Dilemma has been one of the core concepts of international relations theory since the past fifty years or so as it has played an important role in explaining the major events in the world such as World War 1 or the cold war. It looks into the problem of states going into war even though they do not desire to only because they feel insecure or threatened by the actions of another state. This term looks into the dynamics of relationships between countries and how lack of communication…

Remarks at the brandenburg gate Ronald Reagan in his persuasive speech, “Tear down this wall”,(June 12, 1987); Ronald Reagan suggests,”Es gibt nur ein Berlin. [There is only one Berlin.]”, Ronald Reagan is strongly stating that there is only one Berlin, he says it in German, which is a pathos, he uses it because it is the native language of the area which he spoke at. Ronald Reagan uses diction, ethos and a understanding tone, one which he feels what the people want and therefore addresses the…

This investigation aims to discuss the extent to which Tito-Stalin split in 1948 created new type of communism or “Titoist” communism. It will mostly focus on Yugoslav policy between the Second World War and the Tito-Stalin split, (1945-1948), the Yugoslav policy after Tito-Stalin split and consequences of that split. The research question that this study will seek to answer is “To what extent it can be said that Tito-Stalin split in 1948 created ‘Titoist’ communism?” I chose this question…

social restraints keep individuals occupied and disconnected from nature. Readers during and after the 20th and 21st century of Frost’s pastoral poetry can catch a glimpse of nature before modernization. Joseph R. Roach, professor at Washington University, states, “Nature, as portrayed in poetry, has the ability to tell a story.” The natural world has long stood and provided for individuals, these are just some of the messages that underline Frost’s…

Introduction: The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 by German Democratic Republic’s (GDR) government to stop people form the eastern bloc to escape to the west through West Berlin. Its downfall in November of 1989 was huge news to the world as with its importance it affected the whole world. It was not just uniting a single country again but it also opened the border between the East and West of Europe and the world. It was an end to the Cold War tensions between the two ideologies of the USSR with…

The Cold War began after World War II between the Soviet Union and the United States. Both had different beliefs because the Soviet Union is communist and the United States is capitalist. Each side wanted to dominate the world by forcing other countries to become either communist or capitalist. Because each side had different beliefs, Americans viewed communism as evil and it had an impact on American religion. The Cold War shaped American religious ideals because it elicited a stronger…

Nazi-Soviet Pact that the directive for Operation Barbarossa was issued. Signed by Hitler on December 18, 1940, the secret document demanded the Wehrmacht to crush Russia in a rapid campaign, undoing the agreement for spheres of influence throughout Eastern Europe. It remains a point of contention whether Berlin wooed Moscow into benign rapprochement in a series of deceptions stemming from the directive or Stalin, throughout it all, remained sceptical of Hitler’s true designs, merely…