Eastern Suburbs

and West Berlin. The reason behind building this wall was to prevent people from the West Berlin fleeing to the West Berlin. It was also symbolized as the “Iron Curtain” that divided the democratic western countries and the communist countries of Eastern Europe throughout the Cold War. It all started after the Second World War, Germany ended up dividing into two separate countries. Like it has been mentioned before, East Germany became a communist country, which was controlled by the Soviet…

Throughout the course of this essay i will be comparing two drawings. One drawing was done by Michael Craig-Martin, Drawings of four identical boxes with lids reversed,1969. The other by Liam Gillick, Farm Form Firm Forum, 2014. Both pieces share visual similarities. They both use strong, defined straight lines and symmetrical shapes. The images create a sense of both order and anarchy. Michael Craig-Martin’s piece is made using plastic tape on paper while Liam Gillicks piece is a set of three…

Jeffrey Mankoff, a Yale graduate and scholar in Russia and Eurasia studies, in this book examines the development of Russian foreign policy since the Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Mankoff provides a thoughtful overview of the continuity and change in Russian foreign policy since the end of the Cold War to Putin, and analyzes Russia's interactions with major global considering various theoretical approaches including theory of international relations, classical geopolitical theory, and…

allies forces would have been lost. The only effect would be that the war in Europe would have been extended a few years. The remaining forces of the Allies would have been diverted to Italy and Russia, allowing massive offenses into Southern and Eastern Europe. Stalin’s request for a second front would be fulfilled, and the Allied air force would continue supporting Russian and Allied armies. The time it would take to divert and transport those troops would mean that Russia would take more…

¬ Hitler’s European policy in the 1930's and Putin’s Eastern European Polices Since 2011 INTRODUCTION Similarities and differences exist between what Adolf Hitler sought in central Europe in the 1930s to what Vladimir Putin is seeking in the former Soviet Union, more so Ukraine through the establishment of eastern European policies since 2011. Both the situations are characterized by an elected leader who turns into a dictator through successfully stroking powerful ethno-nationalism ideological…

absence was greatly noticed. For example, the East version of Coca-Cola was called Vita-Cola. Although they were very similar, sometimes it was the little things that people really missed (Aranda). Today, some Germans will even pay extra to have the Eastern vintage style Cola, simply for sentimental reasons. East Germany can also be visited today. The people of Germany can go to the many tourist attractions to reminisce about the old ways of East Germany. Because of many of these small…

Latin America before this recent trend was seen as making economic progress and having improved democratic governance by many of the centrist governments. Although the nation has recently enjoyed its best two years of growth in a long time, times have changed and it seems Latin America has noticed this change. In Venezuela, all leaders, parties or movements that have been successful over the past eight years are generally labeled as “leftist.” Countries of Latin America also showed this trend,…

Following World War II there were obvious tensions between the Soviet Union and the United states. These tensions resulted in suspicions and international incidents that could have destroyed these two superpowers. The tensions stemmed from conflicting ideologies between the two nations. In 1917 during the Russian Revolution communism took over and became their form of government. In fear that United States and Britain would face a similar fate they put all of their support in the “White Army,”…

The two main student groups in the sixties were the Students for a Democratic Society( SDS), and the Young Americans for Freedom( YAF). While the two groups did not openly attack the each other, they were diametrically opposed to one another in terms of ideology, the first calling for change, the second embracing the status quo. Cold War politics dominated both groups' concerns, with the YAF equating political freedom with economic freedom, an obvious indictment of socialism( YAF, p. 1, line…

The Soviet Union is to blame for the tension during the Cold War because of Stalin’s forceful spread of communism throughout the world; eliminating the freedom of culture, self-rule, and speech and expression. The Cold War was caused by the military expansionism of the Soviet’s to grow their economic views, which ended up separating the world instead of uniting it. In the “Iron Curtain Speech,” Churchill states,“At the end of the fighting last June, the American and British armies withdrew…